Trend Scanning
Scan current trends across Hacker News and GitHub for any topic.
When to Use
- •"What's happening in [domain]?"
- •Research before starting a new project
- •Staying current with technology trends
- •Finding emerging tools and patterns
Basic Scan
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scan_trends(topic: "WebAssembly")
Returns:
- •Signals from HN and GitHub
- •Detected patterns across sources
- •Relevance scoring based on your profile
- •Actionable suggestions
Targeted Scans
HN only (community discussions):
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scan_trends(topic: "AI agents", sources: ["hackernews"])
GitHub only (code and repos):
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scan_trends(topic: "rust CLI tools", sources: ["github"])
Deep Dive
After finding interesting signals:
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explore_pattern(topic: "specific-pattern")
Perplexity Integration
For aggregated web search across Reddit, Twitter, arXiv, and more:
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perplexity_search("your topic in the context of your domains")
Pattern-radar generates ready-to-use Perplexity queries in scan results.
Understanding Results
Signals: Individual items (HN stories, GitHub repos)
- •Score: Engagement level (HN points, GitHub stars)
- •Source: Where it came from
Patterns: Clusters of related signals
- •Relevance: How well it matches your domains
- •Actions: Suggested next steps
Tips
- •Scan broad topics first, then narrow down
- •Use your profile domains for automatic relevance scoring
- •Combine with perplexity_search for comprehensive coverage
- •Save interesting patterns to shared-memory