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ClawRadar — Real-Time Trend Monitor for OpenClaw

by @tenlifejosh

Monitors AI, indie hacking, and entrepreneurship trends on X and Reddit in real-time, scoring viral posts for timely Telegram alerts with engagement insights.

Versionv1.0.0
#security#social-media#legal#communication
TERMINAL
clawhub install clawradar

📖 About This Skill

ClawRadar — Real-Time Trend Monitor

Skill for OpenClaw | Version 1.0.0

What ClawRadar Is

ClawRadar is J's real-time trend intelligence layer. It watches X (Twitter) and Reddit continuously, scoring every post for engagement velocity, freshness, and niche relevance. When something is going viral in the AI/indie hacking/entrepreneurship space, J gets an instant Telegram alert — with context and a ready-made opportunity note.

The strategic insight: The window to ride a trend is 30–90 minutes. After that, the wave has passed and you're just noise. ClawRadar gives you that window, reliably, without manual monitoring.

What It Monitors

X (Twitter)

Searches run on every scan:
  • "AI agent" — catching new tool releases, viral takes
  • "indie hacker" — maker community momentum
  • "AI automation" — workflow/productivity trends
  • "MCP server" — protocol-level AI infrastructure
  • "openclaw" — brand monitoring
  • "SaaS launch" — product launches gaining traction
  • "AI tool launch" — new tools going viral

    • Reddit Communities

  • r/artificial — general AI discourse, breaking news
  • r/MachineLearning — technical AI trends with research implications
  • r/SideProject — indie projects gaining traction (launch opportunities)
  • r/entrepreneur — business/founder mindset content
  • r/ChatGPT — mainstream AI discourse and viral use cases
  • r/singularity — forward-looking AI discussion

    • Why These Sources

    X is where trends start. Reddit is where they get validated and discussed in depth. Together they cover the full lifecycle: early signal (X) → community validation (Reddit) → mainstream (everywhere else). ClawRadar catches it at stage 1 or 2.

    How Scores Work

    Composite Score (0–100+)

    Score = (engagement_velocity × 0.40) + (freshness × 0.30) + (keyword_relevance × 0.30)

    Engagement Velocity (40%): > (likes + 2×retweets + comments) / hours_since_posted > > A post with 500 likes in 30 minutes scores higher than one with 500 likes over 3 days. RTs count double because they indicate content spread, not just approval.

    Freshness (30%): > Linear decay from 100 (just posted) to 0 (2 hours old). Content older than 2 hours gets a freshness score of 0 and is excluded entirely.

    Keyword Relevance (30%): > Each niche keyword hit = 10 points, capped at 100. Keywords include: AI, agent, automation, indie, saas, launch, GPT, LLM, Claude, OpenAI, Anthropic, MCP, tool, startup, revenue, and ~20 more.

    Score Interpretation

    | Score | Meaning | Action | |-------|---------|--------| | 80–100 | 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Critical trend | Act immediately — post a reply/thread NOW | | 65–79 | 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Hot signal | Strong opportunity — draft a response within 30 min | | 55–64 | 🔥🔥🔥 Worth watching | Good signal — engage if you have something genuine to add | | <55 | Below threshold | Not alerted |

    Interpreting Alerts

    Alert Anatomy

    🚨 TREND RADAR — 2:30 PM MDT        ← when ClawRadar caught it
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📈 VIRAL: "[Post title/tweet]"       ← the content (first 200 chars)
    Platform: X | By: @username         ← source and author
Engagement: 4.2K likes, 1.1K RTs    ← raw engagement numbers
in 45min                            ← how long since posted
Relevance: AI tools, indie hacking  ← which niches it hits
Score: 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (82/100)              ← composite score + fire rating
URL: [link]                         ← direct link to engage
    💡 Opportunity: [action suggestion]  ← what to do right now
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

    Reading the Opportunity Note

    The opportunity note is auto-generated based on niche tags:

  • AI tools/automation → Thread on @HutchCOO comparing to your builds
  • Indie hacking/SaaS → Build-in-public update or reply with your angle
  • Reddit → Jump into comments for targeted exposure
  • Faith+tech → Engage now and cross-post Prayful context
  • Entrepreneurship → Your story (restaurants → agency → AI) is uniquely relevant

    • These are starting points — use your judgment. The best engagement is always authentic and specific.

    Responding to a Trend

    Decision Framework

    Act now (score 70+, age <45 min): 1. Open the URL immediately 2. Read the content + top replies 3. Choose your angle (see templates below) 4. Post within 15 minutes of receiving the alert

    Act soon (score 55–70, age <90 min): 1. Read the content when you can 2. Post a reply or thread within 60 minutes 3. Still valuable, just less urgent

    Skip if:

  • You don't have a genuine perspective on it
  • You'd just be saying "great point!" with no substance
  • The thread is already 200+ replies deep with no top spots left
  • It conflicts with your brand voice

    • Content Templates

    X Reply Template

    [Specific observation about their point]
    [Your contrasting or complementary experience]
    [One specific thing you're building/doing that's relevant]
    [Optional: Question that adds to the conversation]

    Example: > The hardest part about AI agents isn't the intelligence — it's the persistence. Getting them to remember context, resume tasks, and not forget everything between sessions. > > Building this exact problem away with @openclaw. Still hard, but getting there. > > What's your biggest agent reliability issue?

    X Thread Template (for major trends)

    Tweet 1: [Hook — the trend or contrarian take]
Tweet 2: [Why this matters / what most people miss]
Tweet 3: [What you're actually doing about it]
Tweet 4: [The result / what you learned]
Tweet 5: [Call to action or question]

    Reddit Comment Template

    [Acknowledge what OP said specifically]
    [Your real experience or data point]
    [Relevant project/context without being salesy]
    [Question or invitation to discuss]

    Adjusting ClawRadar

    All config lives in clawradar/radar.py under CONFIG.

    Adjust Sensitivity

    # More alerts (lower bar):
"score_threshold": 40,
    Fewer, higher-quality alerts:
    
"score_threshold": 70,
    Catch older but still relevant content:
    
"max_age_hours": 4,

    Add Keywords

    "keywords": [
    # Existing...
    "prayful",   # Your app name
    "MFJ",       # MyFirstJob
    "GND",       # Good Neighbor Design
],

    Add Niche Keywords (triggers niche filter)

    "niche_keywords": [
    # Existing...
    "local business",    # GND niche
    "web design",        # GND niche
    "bible app",         # Prayful niche
],

    Add X Searches

    "x_searches": [
    # Existing...
    ("local business website", 15),
    ("web design agency", 10),
    ("bible app launch", 10),
],

    Add Subreddits

    "subreddits": [
    # Existing...
    ("webdev", "hot", 20),
    ("smallbusiness", "hot", 20),
    ("Christianity", "hot", 15),
],

    Cron Status

    ClawRadar runs every 30 minutes, 7am–11pm Mountain.

    # Check cron status:
openclaw cron list
    Run now:
    
openclaw cron run --name "ClawRadar — Trend Monitor"
    View run history:
    
openclaw cron runs --name "ClawRadar — Trend Monitor"

    Troubleshooting

    No Alerts (expected behavior check)

    ClawRadar is designed to stay silent when there's nothing notable. Silence = no viral trends in your niche right now. That's correct behavior.

    To verify it's running and scoring: 

    python3 clawradar/radar.py --dry-run --debug --threshold 20
    This will show everything it found, scored, and filtered — even content that didn't make the threshold.

    Getting Too Many Alerts

    # Raise threshold:
"score_threshold": 70,

    Or add more restrictive niche keywords

    Getting Too Few Alerts

    # Lower threshold:
"score_threshold": 40,

    Add more search queries
    

    Add more subreddits
    

    Expand keywords list

    X Searches Failing

    Verify bird CLI is working: 

    bird --chrome-profile "Profile 1" search "AI" --count 5 --json

    If it fails, the Chrome session may need refreshing. Open Chrome with "Profile 1" and visit X.com to re-authenticate.

    Reddit Rate Limiting

    Reddit's public JSON API allows ~60 requests/minute. ClawRadar includes 500ms delays between subreddit calls. If you see HTTP 429 errors, increase the delay in fetch_reddit_posts().

    Architecture Notes

    No external dependencies beyond Python 3.9+ stdlib + bird CLI + openclaw. No API keys, no PRAW, no OAuth flows. Reddit uses the public JSON API (reddit.com/r/subreddit.json). X uses bird CLI (which handles Chrome cookie extraction).

    Idempotent — runs safely every 30 minutes. The seen.json tracker ensures you never alert on the same content twice within 48 hours.

    Graceful degradation — if X is down, Reddit still runs. If a subreddit errors, the rest continue. No single point of failure.

    Logs

    # Live tail:
tail -f clawradar/logs/radar.log
    Last 50 lines:
    
tail -50 clawradar/logs/radar.log
    Count alerts sent today:
    
grep "Alert sent" clawradar/logs/radar.log | grep $(date +%Y-%m-%d) | wc -l

    *ClawRadar v1.0.0 | Part of the Ten Life Creatives operating system | openclaw.ai*

    📋 Tips & Best Practices

    No Alerts (expected behavior check)

    ClawRadar is designed to stay silent when there's nothing notable. Silence = no viral trends in your niche right now. That's correct behavior.

    To verify it's running and scoring: 

    python3 clawradar/radar.py --dry-run --debug --threshold 20
    This will show everything it found, scored, and filtered — even content that didn't make the threshold.

    Getting Too Many Alerts

    # Raise threshold:
"score_threshold": 70,

    Or add more restrictive niche keywords

    Getting Too Few Alerts

    # Lower threshold:
"score_threshold": 40,

    Add more search queries
    

    Add more subreddits
    

    Expand keywords list

    X Searches Failing

    Verify bird CLI is working: 

    bird --chrome-profile "Profile 1" search "AI" --count 5 --json

    If it fails, the Chrome session may need refreshing. Open Chrome with "Profile 1" and visit X.com to re-authenticate.

    Reddit Rate Limiting

    Reddit's public JSON API allows ~60 requests/minute. ClawRadar includes 500ms delays between subreddit calls. If you see HTTP 429 errors, increase the delay in fetch_reddit_posts().