notslop-trending

name	notslop-trending
description	Surface what is blowing up right now in a niche across Reddit, Hacker News, blogs, and X. Short-window (6h default) scan reranked by ZeroEntropy. Use when the user wants the current pulse of a space, not a curated read on one topic.

Providers required

Capability	Required	Providers (BYOK)	Setup	Cost
Pull social signal (Reddit/HN/blogs)	yes	built-in, no key needed	—	free
Rerank by relevance	yes	ZeroEntropy zerank-2	PROVIDERS.md#zeroentropy-rerank--embed	free tier OK
Embed for cross-source dedup	yes	ZeroEntropy zembed-1	PROVIDERS.md#zeroentropy-rerank--embed	free tier OK
Scrape X posts	only if topic needs X data	Orthogonal (ScrapeCreators)	PROVIDERS.md#x-twitter--via-orthogonal	~$0.02/handle, $10 free at signup

When to use this skill

Activate when the user prompt sounds like any of:

• "What's hot right now in ?"
• "What's blowing up in ?"
• "What's trending in <topic / industry>?"
• "Show me what's getting attention in this morning."

The signal here is recency — the user wants to know what people are reacting to now, not a deep read on one thing. For a curated read on one named topic, use notslop-digest.

Setup (one-time)

The user must have run npx notslop init and configured:

• A ZeroEntropy API key (free at https://dashboard.zeroentropy.dev).
• Optionally: X handles, blog URLs, Orthogonal key.

If config is missing, the CLI prints an actionable error. Surface it to the user verbatim and stop.

Steps

1. Extract the niche from the user's prompt. Examples: "AI agents", "local LLMs", "devtools".
2. Pick a --since window. The trending command defaults to 6h; bump to 24h only if the niche is slow-moving.
3. Run via Bash:

   npx notslop@latest trending "<NICHE>" --since <WINDOW> --format md
   

4. Parse the markdown output. Preserve source tags and URLs.
5. Return a ranked list — 5 to 10 items, one line each, source tag + URL preserved. Lead with the highest-ranked item.

Example

User: "What's hot right now in AI agents?" → Run: npx notslop@latest trending "AI agents" --since 6h --format md → Return the top 5–10 items as a short ranked list with source tags and URLs.