trending-ad-hook-spotter
Monitor Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn, and Hacker News for trending narratives, viral posts, and hot-button topics in your space. Maps trends to ad hook opportunities with timing urgency scores. Tells you what to run ads about right now while the topic is hot.
npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill trending-ad-hook-spotter --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Trending Ad Hook Spotter Scan social platforms for what's trending in your space right now — viral posts, hot debates, breaking news, memes — and translate each trend into a concrete ad hook you can run while the topic is still hot. **Core principle:** The highest-performing ads ride cultural and industry moments. This skill finds those moments before your competitors do and tells you exactly how to capitalize. ## When to Use - "What's trending in our space that we could run ads about?" - "Find viral hooks for our paid campaigns" - "What topics are hot in [industry] right now?" - "I want to ride a trend with a paid campaign" - "What should we be running ads about this week?" ## Prerequisites - **Environment variable:** `APIFY_API_TOKEN` — required for Reddit scraping (optional if using only web_search + HN API) - **Web search access** — your AI agent must support `web_search` or equivalent for Twitter/X and LinkedIn lookups - **No API key needed** for Hacker News (Algolia HN API is free and public) ## Phase 0: Intake 1. **Your product** — Name + one-line description 2. **Industry/category** — What space are you in? (e.g., "AI sales tools", "developer infrastructure") 3. **ICP key
- When to Use
- Prerequisites
- Phase 0: Intake
- Phase 1: Social Scanning
- 1A: Twitter/X Trend Scan (websearch)
- 1B: Reddit Trend Scan (Apify)
- 1C: LinkedIn Trend Scan (websearch)
- 1D: Hacker News Scan (Algolia HN API)
- Phase 2: Trend Identification & Scoring
- Trend Detection Framework
- Score Each Trend
- Phase 3: Hook Translation
- Ad Hook Formula
- Per Trend, Produce:
What does the trending-ad-hook-spotter skill do?
Monitor Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn, and Hacker News for trending narratives, viral posts, and hot-button topics in your space. Maps trends to ad hook opportunities with timing urgency scores. Tells you what to run ads about right now while the topic is hot.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill trending-ad-hook-spotter --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, a repository with 1,091 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.