Tikhub onboarding

Skill TikHub/tikhub-plugin/skills/tikhub-onboarding

Entry point for using TikHub social-media data in Claude. Use when the user first mentions TikHub, asks to download/fetch TikTok/Douyin/Instagram/YouTube/Twitter/Xiaohongshu data, or hasn't set up access yet. Walks through getting an API key, setting TIKHUB_API_KEY, choosing a path (hosted MCP / REST / Python SDK), and routes to the right skill.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add TikHub/tikhub-plugin --skill tikhub-onboarding

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SKILL.md

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TikHub — Onboarding & Routing

TikHub is a unified API for social-media data across 16+ platforms (TikTok, Douyin, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter/X, Threads, Xiaohongshu, Weibo, Bilibili, Reddit, LinkedIn, and more): download media, fetch posts/profiles/comments, search, trends, and analytics.

Read this once, get the user set up, then hand off to the skill that owns the task.

Step 1 — Get an API key (one time)

Send the user to https://user.tikhub.io: register (email verification), open the API Keys page, and create a key. Pricing is per-endpoint, credit-based.

Step 2 — Set the key in the environment

Every path reads TIKHUB_API_KEY from the environment:

export TIKHUB_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
# persist it: add the line to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc

Step 3 — Pick a path and hand off

If the user wants…	Path	Hand off to
Claude to call TikHub directly as tools (default)	Hosted MCP	`tikhub-mcp`
To script/curl it, CI, or no Python/Node	REST API	`tikhub-rest-api`
To build an app or pipeline in Python	Python SDK	`tikhub-python-sdk`
To find which endpoint does X (1,100+ exist)	Discovery	`tikhub-endpoint-discovery`
A finished outcome (download, analyze a creator, trends, listening…)	Task skill	`social-media-downloader`, `creator-analytics`, `trend-research`, `social-listening`, `competitor-analysis`, `hashtag-research`, `comments-analysis`, `bulk-data-export`
Deep work on one platform	Platform skill	`tiktok`, `douyin`, `instagram`, `youtube`, `twitter-threads`, `xiaohongshu`

Setup gate (run before any TikHub call)

if [ -z "${TIKHUB_API_KEY:-}" ]; then
  echo "TIKHUB_API_KEY is not set — get a key at https://user.tikhub.io then: export TIKHUB_API_KEY=..."
fi

If unset, halt and walk the user through Steps 1–2 before proceeding.

Red flags

Calling endpoints before TIKHUB_API_KEY is set (every call 401s).
Forgetting that calls cost credits — warn before large/bulk pulls.