trend-intel

Trend Intelligence

Analyze trends and news for: $ARGUMENTS

Follow these steps precisely using RivalSearchMCP tools. Report progress after each step.

Step 1: Breaking News Scan

Use news_aggregation twice to establish recency and trajectory:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS", max_results: 15, time_range: "week"
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS", max_results: 15, time_range: "month"

Compare weekly to monthly volume. Is coverage accelerating, steady, or declining?

Step 2: Web Context

Use web_search twice for broader context:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS trends 2025 2026", num_results: 15, extract_content: true
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS emerging growth adoption", num_results: 10, extract_content: true

Capture analysis from non-news sources (blogs, industry sites, company announcements).

Step 3: Social Signal Measurement

Use social_search twice to measure community momentum:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS", platforms: ["reddit", "hackernews", "producthunt", "devto", "medium"], max_results_per_platform: 15, time_filter: "month"
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS", platforms: ["reddit", "hackernews"], max_results_per_platform: 15, time_filter: "year"

Compare recent (month) vs historical (year) volume. Note sentiment shifts, new voices, and debate intensity.

Step 4: Developer Adoption Signals

Use github_search twice:

1. query: "$ARGUMENTS", sort: "stars", max_results: 15, include_readme: true
2. query: "$ARGUMENTS", sort: "updated", max_results: 15

Compare established projects (stars) vs active development (updated). Note star counts, contributor numbers, and issue activity.

Step 5: Academic Foundation

Use scientific_research:

• operation: "academic_search", query: "$ARGUMENTS", max_results: 10, sources: ["semantic_scholar", "arxiv"]

Is there peer-reviewed research driving this trend? How recent are the publications?

Step 6: Deep Dives

For the 3 most insightful articles or reports found, use content_operations:

• operation: "retrieve", url: <article_url>, extraction_method: "markdown"
• operation: "analyze", content: , analysis_type: "general", extract_key_points: true, summarize: true

For the top 2-3 companies or projects driving this trend:

• Use map_website with url: <player_url>, mode: "research", max_pages: 5, max_depth: 1

Step 7: Compile Trend Report

1. Headlines — Top 3-5 stories in bullet form with one-line summaries
2. Key Developments — Expanded coverage of the most significant stories (2-3 paragraphs each)
3. Velocity Indicators — Table with metrics:

   Signal	Measurement	Direction
   News frequency	X articles/week	Accelerating/Steady/Declining
   Social mentions	X threads/month	...
   GitHub stars	Top repo: X stars	...
   Academic papers	X papers in last year	...

4. Community Pulse — What practitioners and the public are saying
5. Maturity Assessment — Nascent / Emerging / Growing / Mainstream / Mature / Declining
6. Key Players & Catalysts — Who and what is driving adoption
7. Trajectory Projection — Bull case vs bear case with evidence
8. What to Watch — Upcoming events, expected announcements, early signals to track
9. Sources — All URLs consulted

Keep it concise but data-rich. Use clean markdown with inline citations Source Name.