Use when the user asks to "find trending topics", "what trends should my brand jump on", or "time a campaign around a cultural moment"; produces a ranked trend report with brand-fit scores, format calls (rising/peak/declining), a cultural calendar, and go/skip recommendations. Not for finding the creators to run those trends — use influencer-discovery; not for building the brand posting calendar from a go verdict — use social-calendar-builder.
SkillScore73Maintained
Automatic
◆Marketing & Content pack
Last verified 8/21/2026
What it changes
Passed 16 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 6 of 22 without it.
Without skill27%
With skill73%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Promotes trends to avoid to memory/hot-cache.md.
Labels single-source trend signals as Estimated.
Identifies gap opportunities missed by competitors.
and 14 more in the full report
10 fixed6 passed either way6 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+45 pp
Tokens
+77%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-20%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/21/2026v116 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 10 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 10
Prompt
When creating immediate action items for top-ranked social trends in a campaign report, what two key execution elements must accompany every action item?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Requires a timing window for each action item.
Passed
Passed
Requires a content-format recommendation for each action item.
Missed
Passed
case-12 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/21/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md85 lines3 files
Trend Spotter
This skill helps you identify and capitalize on trends that matter to your audience. It monitors social conversations, emerging topics, viral content formats, and cultural moments to inform influencer campaign timing and content strategy.
Quick Start
Shortest invocation:
What trends are relevant for [brand/industry] right now?
Common scenario — analyze one specific trend before committing:
Should [brand] participate in [trend/challenge]? Score the brand fit and give a go/skip call.
Skill Contract
Reads: brand/industry, target platforms, audience, geographic focus, time horizon, content categories; prior audience and niche findings from memory/influencer/ if present.
Writes: a trend report (ranked trends, brand-fit scores, format calls, cultural calendar, go/skip recommendations) to memory/influencer/trend-spotter/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md.
Promotes: durable facts (top trends to act on now, trends to avoid, next review date) to memory/hot-cache.md.
Done when:
Each candidate trend has a brand-fit score and a go / caution / skip call.
The report names the top 3 trends to act on now plus a watch list and an avoid list.
Action items carry a timing window and a content-format recommendation.
Primary next skill: influencer-discovery — find the creators who can execute the chosen trends.
Handoff Summary
Emit the standard shape from skill-contract.md §Handoff Summary Format.
Data Sources
This skill works with no live integrations (Tier 1): ask the user for the brand, platforms, audience, and time horizon, then reason from those inputs. Where a tool would sharpen the read, use a ~~ connector placeholder:
~~social platform analytics — trending hashtags, sounds, and view counts per platform.
~~trend database — emerging topics, challenge participation, and growth rates.
~~social listening — cultural conversations and sentiment around a topic.
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