skill-trend-rider · Trend-Riding Playbook
A skill that plans how to ride a specific trending topic: given the event plus your creator positioning, it outputs a concrete trend-jacking playbook. It judges relevance first (high / medium / low / none) — below "medium" it advises against riding and explains why — then delivers 3 genuinely distinct angles, each with format, title candidates, outline, production time, and expected impact.
The playbook includes publishing strategy (best time window, launch platform, hashtags) and honest risk notes; for negative events (disasters, accidents, deaths) only the "emotional resonance" angle is allowed.
Example invocation: "How should I ride this trend?" with the trending event described.
Full brief
Positioning
skill-trend-rider is a "how to ride this trend" planner: given a trending event and a creator's positioning, it outputs a concrete trend-jacking playbook. It decides whether the trend is worth riding before showing how — never downplaying risk to push a ride, never inventing a playbook for a zero-relevance topic.
Core capabilities
- Trend parsing: event type (social, entertainment, industry, policy, holiday, breaking), lifecycle stage (outbreak / peak / decline / long tail), heat tier (S/A/B/C), and remaining heat window.
- Relevance assessment: four levels — high / medium / low / none. Below medium, it advises against riding with reasons and alternative directions.
- Three angles: from six angle models (expert analysis, personal experience, tools/methodology, contrarian view, emotional resonance, extended association), the three best-fit are selected, ranked, and genuinely distinct.
- Full playbook per angle: format, 3 title candidates (each containing the trend keyword), a 3–5-point outline, production time estimate, expected impact.
- Publishing strategy: best time window per lifecycle stage, launch platform and distribution order, hashtag mix.
- Risk review: political sensitivity, legal risk, narrative reversal, moral controversy, platform red lines — each with mitigation advice. Negative events (disasters, accidents, deaths) allow only the emotional-resonance angle.
Workflow
- Trend parsing: event facts, type, lifecycle, heat tier
- Relevance assessment: overlap with the creator's niche; if below medium, output the "why not" rationale instead
- Angle mining: filter 3 best-fit angles from the six models
- Playbook generation: full package per angle
- Publishing strategy: timing window, platform order, hashtags
- Risk review: item-by-item with mitigations
- Delivery: complete playbook
Inputs & outputs
| Input | Notes |
|---|---|
| Trending event | Required — description or keywords |
| Target platform | Optional; auto-extracted with a profile |
| Creator niche | Optional; auto-extracted with a profile |
Output: a playbook — trend overview (heat tier / lifecycle / window), relevance verdict, 3 content plans, publishing strategy, risk notes; or a "why not ride" rationale when relevance is low.
Boundaries with adjacent skills
- skill-trending-topics: discovers and filters trending topics; this skill takes one specific trend and plans how to ride it.
Fit
- Spotting a trend and unsure whether it fits your niche
- Decided to ride, but need 3 differentiated angles and titles
- Unsure about political, legal, or narrative risks — vet first
Before you start
- Describe the trending event or provide keywords; with a profile, relevance assessment is sharper (niche, audience, style).
- Outbreak-stage trends (0–4 hours) are extremely time-sensitive: start now.
- No API key or fees involved.
skill-trend-rider is part of the Aiglade Skill library. Invoke it from the Aiglade chat box in plain language.