Trend research

Skill TikHub/tikhub-plugin/skills/trend-research

Discover what's trending — viral content, rising hashtags, hot sounds, and ranking boards — on TikTok, Douyin, Twitter/X, and more. Use when the user asks "what's trending", "viral right now", "hot hashtags/sounds", "rising creators", or wants a trend report for a region/niche.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add TikHub/tikhub-plugin --skill trend-research

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SKILL.md

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Trend Research

Surface trending content, hashtags, sounds, and rankings, optionally scoped to a region or niche.

Setup gate

[ -z "${TIKHUB_API_KEY:-}" ] && echo "Set TIKHUB_API_KEY first (see tikhub-onboarding)."

Sources by platform

Platform	What	Endpoint
TikTok	Popular trends	`GET /api/v1/tiktok/ads/get_popular_trends` (`period`, `country_code`)
TikTok	Trending hashtags	`GET /api/v1/tiktok/ads/get_trends_hashtag_list`
TikTok	Hot sounds	`GET /api/v1/tiktok/ads/get_sound_rank_list`
Twitter/X	Trending topics	`GET /api/v1/twitter/web/fetch_trending` (`country`)

For niche trends, also run keyword/hashtag search on the relevant platform skill. For other platforms' trend sources, use tikhub-find-endpoint "<goal>" --platform <slug>.

Workflow

Clarify scope: platform(s), region/country, niche/keyword, time window.
Pull the relevant trend boards above (one call each).
Normalize into a single ranked list (rank, name, volume/score, example content, platform).
Deliver a trend report; optionally drill into a hot hashtag via hashtag-research.

Cost awareness

Each board is 1 call. A multi-platform report is a handful of calls — cheap. Drilling into many hashtags/posts multiplies calls; warn before deep dives.

Verification gate

Each board returns a non-empty ranked list.
Region/period filters were actually applied (echo them in the report).

Red flags

Presenting Ads-API "trends" as organic virality without noting the source.
Mixing regions/time windows in one ranked table without labeling them.