| name | notslop-pulse |
| description | Track mentions of a topic across Reddit, Hacker News, blogs, and X over a multi-day window. Use when the user wants to know whether something is getting picked up, how mentions are trending, or to monitor a launch/release over time. |
Providers required
When to use this skill
Activate when the user prompt sounds like any of:
- "Track mentions of over the last week."
- "Is <product / release> getting picked up?"
- "How is trending over time?"
- "Pulse check on <launch / paper / company>."
- "Sentiment on over the last ."
For a snapshot of the current conversation, use notslop-digest. For "who" is talking, use notslop-voices.
Setup (one-time)
The user must have run npx notslop init and configured:
If config is missing, the CLI prints an actionable error. Surface it to the user verbatim and stop.
Steps
- Extract the topic from the user's prompt.
- Pick a
--window value. Default to 7d. Use 30d for "is this getting picked up at all" style asks, 24h for a focused launch check.
- Run via Bash:
npx notslop@latest pulse "<TOPIC>" --window <WINDOW> --format md
- Parse the markdown output. Note the per-source counts the CLI prints in the header — they're the trend signal.
- Summarize for the user: total mentions, breakdown by source (
reddit, hn, blogs, x), notable peaks, and the 3–5 most-relevant items with URLs.
Example
User: "Track mentions of zerank-2 over the last week."
→ Run: npx notslop@latest pulse "zerank-2" --window 7d --format md
→ Return: total count, source breakdown, top 3–5 cited items with URLs.
