Football Transfer Intel — Truth Meter & Rumour Tracker

Leon Li@leeleon

Football transfer intelligence — real-time rumour tracking, AI Truth Meter credibility scores, and multi-source verification across 137,000+ transfer events

Install

openclaw skills install @leeleon/football-transfer-intel

Football Transfer Intel — Real-Time Rumour Intelligence

Track football transfer rumours in real time. Aggregated from 3 independent data sources (Transfermarkt, Sportmonks, and social signals), with an AI Truth Meter that scores each rumour from 0–100 for credibility. No more guessing which transfer stories are real.

Free tier includes trending hot topics with no API key required.

External Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Data Sent	Purpose
`https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/hot-topics`	GET	None	Trending football transfers (free, 0 credits)
`https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/transfer`	POST	`{ "name": "<player_name>" }`	Player transfer rumour detail (3 credits)
`https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intel/verify`	GET	`?q=<player>+to+<club>`	Truth Meter credibility score (1–5 credits)

No data is sent to any other endpoint. No conversation history is transmitted.

Security & Privacy

What leaves your machine: Player name and/or club name from your query only
What does NOT leave your machine: Conversation history, other skills, local files, or your API key value (sent as HTTP header only)
Authentication: RT_API_KEY is sent as X-RT-API-Key header to api.risingtransfers.com only
Hot topics (trending list) can be fetched without any API key at 0 credits
Data retention: Query logs kept for rate limiting (max 24 hours). No personal data stored

Model Invocation Note

This skill may be invoked autonomously when you ask about football transfer news, rumours, or whether a specific deal is likely to happen. To disable autonomous invocation: claw config set skill.auto-discover false. Credit consumption applies only to authenticated calls for detailed intelligence.

Trust Statement

By using this skill, player and club names from your queries are sent to Rising Transfers (api.risingtransfers.com). Rising Transfers aggregates public football transfer rumour data — no sensitive or personal information is involved. Only install this skill if you trust Rising Transfers with those search terms.

Trigger

When the user asks about:

Football transfer rumours for a specific player or club
Whether a football transfer deal is likely or credible
Latest hot football transfer topics or trending deals
Verifying if a football transfer story is genuine or fake
Truth Meter score for a specific transfer link

Examples:

"What are the latest football transfer rumours for Mbappé?"
"Is the Osimhen to Chelsea deal likely to happen?"
"What are the hottest football transfer stories right now?"
"How credible is the Arsenal to Gyökeres link?"
"Rate the truth of the Salah to Saudi Arabia rumour"

Instructions

Step 1 — Determine query type

Identify which of three modes to use:

User Intent	Mode	Credits
"What's trending in football transfers?" / general hot topics	Hot Topics	0
Specific player's transfer rumours	Transfer Detail	3
"How likely is [player] to [club]?"	Truth Meter	1–5

Mode A: Hot Topics (0 credits, no key required)

Call:

text

GET https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/hot-topics
Headers: X-RT-API-Key: <RT_API_KEY>   (optional for free topics)

Present the top 10 results sorted by heat_score:

Player name → Destination club
Heat level (🔥🔥🔥 = high, 🔥 = low)
Last updated timestamp

Mode B: Transfer Detail (3 credits)

Call:

text

POST https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/transfer
Headers:
  X-RT-API-Key: <RT_API_KEY>
  Content-Type: application/json
Body: { "name": "<player_name>", "team": "<team_if_mentioned>" }

Present:

Sources citing the rumour (e.g. "Fabrizio Romano", "Sky Sports")
Transfer probability estimate (%)
Social media sentiment breakdown
Timeline: when first reported, latest update
Key facts: reported fee, contract length, competing clubs

Mode C: Truth Meter (1–5 credits)

Call:

text

GET https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intel/verify?q=<player>+to+<club>
Headers: X-RT-API-Key: <RT_API_KEY>

Parse audit.score and audit.verdict, present as:

text

Truth Meter: [player] to [club]
Score: 74/100 — LIKELY
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Source Authority:  32/40
Official Signals:  15/20
Progress Signals:  14/20
Market Heat:       13/20
Community Mood:    +3 (mostly believe it)

Include top evidence sources from evidence.top_sources.

Error Handling

Error	User Message
401	"Your RT_API_KEY is invalid. Get one free at api.risingtransfers.com"
403 Insufficient Credits	"Not enough credits for this query. Top up at api.risingtransfers.com/pricing"
404 Player Not Found	"Player not found. Try the full name or add the current club name."
429 Rate Limited	"Rate limit reached. Wait a moment or upgrade your plan for higher limits."
5xx	"Rising Transfers API is temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly."

Important: Do Not Fabricate

If the API returns no rumour data for a player, clearly state: "No active football transfer rumours found for [player] in the Rising Transfers database." Do not invent rumour details or probability scores.

Requirements

RT_API_KEY: Rising Transfers API key. Register free at api.risingtransfers.com
Hot Topics mode works without a key (anonymous, limited results)
OpenClaw: v0.8.0 or later
Network access: Required

Credit Usage

Action	Credits
Hot Topics (trending football transfers)	0 — always free
Transfer Detail (specific player)	3 credits
Truth Meter (credibility score)	1 credit (anonymous) / 5 credits (full detail)

Free tier: 10 hot-topic calls/day, 3 detailed queries/day.

Author

Rising Transfers — api.risingtransfers.com