Google Trends

Name: Google Trends
Author: jstarfilms

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by jstarfilms · vlatest · Repository

This skill leverages Google Trends to reveal trending topics and search interest, helping you understand current conversations & make informed decisions.

Install on your platform

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Run in terminal (recommended)

terminal

claude mcp add google-trends npx -- -y @trustedskills/google-trends

Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json

~/.claude/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-trends": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@trustedskills/google-trends"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.

About This Skill

What it does

This skill allows you to automate research using Google Trends data directly within your agent workflows. It enables querying related topics, rising queries, and interest over time for any keyword across various sources like YouTube, web searches, images, news, or even shopping trends (Froogle). This helps understand current conversations and make informed decisions based on real-time search interest.

When to use it

Topic Validation: Determine if a topic is currently trending before investing resources in content creation or strategy development.
Competitive Analysis: Identify related queries and rising topics around competitors' names or products.
Trend Monitoring: Track the popularity of specific keywords over time (e.g., monthly or quarterly) to identify peaks and declines.
Content Strategy: Discover emerging trends within a particular category (like Tech, Arts & Entertainment, or Sports).
YouTube Phase 1 Research: Validate topics during YouTube strategy planning.

Key capabilities

Queries Google Trends data for keywords.
Supports various search properties: YouTube, Web, Images, News, and Froogle.
Allows selection of time ranges: Last 7 days, last 30 days, last 90 days, or last 12 months.
Filters by Google Trends category (e.g., Tech, Arts & Entertainment).
Outputs data in table, JSON, or Markdown formats.
Includes interest-over-time data to track trends over a specified period.

Example prompts

"Check if 'AI agents' is trending on the web for the last month."
"What are the rising queries related to 'VibeCoding' on YouTube?"
"Show me the interest over time for 'Cursor IDE' in JSON format."

Tips & gotchas

Prerequisites: This skill requires Node.js 18+ and PNPM installed.
Keyword is Required: You must specify a keyword to search using the -k or --keyword option.
Output Format: The default output format is a table, but you can change it to JSON or Markdown for easier integration with other tools.

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Version: vlatest
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Author: jstarfilms
Installs: 40

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