Trend Intel

Trend Intelligence

Analyze trends and news for: $ARGUMENTS

Follow these steps precisely using RivalSearchMCP tools. Report progress after each step.

Step 1: Breaking News Scan

Use news_aggregation twice to establish recency and trajectory:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS", maxresults: 15, timerange: "week"
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS", maxresults: 15, timerange: "month"

Compare weekly to monthly volume. Is coverage accelerating, steady, or declining?

Step 2: Web Context

Use web_search twice for broader context:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS trends 2025 2026", numresults: 15, extractcontent: true
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS emerging growth adoption", numresults: 10, extractcontent: true

Capture analysis from non-news sources (blogs, industry sites, company announcements).

Step 3: Social Signal Measurement

Use social_search twice to measure community momentum:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS", platforms: ["reddit", "hackernews", "producthunt", "devto", "medium"], maxresultsperplatform: 15, timefilter: "month"
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS", platforms: ["reddit", "hackernews"], maxresultsperplatform: 15, timefilter: "year"

Compare recent (month) vs historical (year) volume. Note sentiment shifts, new voices, and debate intensity.

Step 4: Developer Adoption Signals

Use github_search twice:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS", sort: "stars", maxresults: 15, includereadme: true
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS", sort: "updated", max_results: 15

Compare established projects (stars) vs active development (updated). Note star counts, contributor numbers, and issue activity.

Step 5: Academic Foundation

Use scientific_research:

• operation: "academicsearch", query: "$ARGUMENTS", maxresults: 10, sources: ["semantic_scholar", "arxiv"]

Is there peer-reviewed research driving this trend? How recent are the publications?

Step 6: Deep Dives

For the 3 most insightful articles or reports found, use content_operations:

• operation: "retrieve", url: , extraction_method: "markdown"
• operation: "analyze", content: , analysistype: "general", extractkey_points: true, summarize: true

For the top 2-3 companies or projects driving this trend:

• Use map_website with url: , mode: "research", maxpages: 5, maxdepth: 1

Step 7: Compile Trend Report

1. Headlines — Top 3-5 stories in bullet form with one-line summaries
2. Key Developments — Expanded coverage of the most significant stories (2-3 paragraphs each)
3. Velocity Indicators — Table with metrics:

| Signal | Measurement | Direction | |--------|------------|-----------| | News frequency | X articles/week | Accelerating/Steady/Declining | | Social mentions | X threads/month | ... | | GitHub stars | Top repo: X stars | ... | | Academic papers | X papers in last year | ... |

1. Community Pulse — What practitioners and the public are saying
2. Maturity Assessment — Nascent / Emerging / Growing / Mainstream / Mature / Declining
3. Key Players & Catalysts — Who and what is driving adoption
4. Trajectory Projection — Bull case vs bear case with evidence
5. What to Watch — Upcoming events, expected announcements, early signals to track
6. Sources — All URLs consulted

Keep it concise but data-rich. Use clean markdown with inline citations [Source Name](URL).

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: damionrashford
• Source: damionrashford/RivalSearch-Plugin
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://github.com/damionrashford/RivalSearchMCP

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.