Social Scraping
Gathers publicly available social media data to identify trends, sentiment, and relevant individuals for strategic insights.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add social-scraping npx -- -y @trustedskills/social-scraping
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"social-scraping": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/social-scraping"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The social-scraping skill allows AI agents to extract data from publicly accessible social media profiles. It can gather information like usernames, profile descriptions, and post counts. This capability is useful for market research, competitive analysis, or gathering public sentiment around a topic.
When to use it
- Market Research: Identify key influencers in a specific niche by scraping their profiles.
- Competitive Analysis: Analyze competitor social media presence and engagement metrics.
- Brand Monitoring: Track mentions and overall brand perception across various platforms.
- Lead Generation: Find potential leads based on keywords or interests mentioned in public profiles.
Key capabilities
- Data extraction from publicly accessible social media profiles
- Retrieval of usernames, profile descriptions, and post counts
- Support for multiple social media platforms (specific platforms not listed)
Example prompts
- "Scrape the LinkedIn profile of [username] and tell me their job title and experience."
- "Find Twitter accounts mentioning 'AI ethics' and report their follower count."
- "Extract the bio from Instagram user @exampleuser."
Tips & gotchas
The skill relies on publicly available data; access may be restricted by platform privacy settings or API changes. Be mindful of terms of service for each social media platform when using this skill to avoid violating any rules.
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