Football Transfer Intel — Truth Meter & Rumour Tracker
by @leeleon
Football transfer intelligence — real-time rumour tracking, AI Truth Meter credibility scores, and multi-source verification across 137,000+ transfer events
clawhub install football-transfer-intel📖 About This Skill
name: football-transfer-intel description: Football transfer intelligence — real-time rumour tracking, AI Truth Meter credibility scores, and multi-source verification across 137,000+ transfer events version: "1.0.0" homepage: https://github.com/LeoandLeon/rising-transfers-clawhub-skills metadata: clawdbot: emoji: "📡" requires: env: ["RT_API_KEY"] primaryEnv: "RT_API_KEY"
Football Transfer Intel — Real-Time Rumour Intelligence
Track football transfer rumours in real time. Aggregated from 3 independent data sources (Transfermarkt, Sportmonks, and social signals), with an AI Truth Meter that scores each rumour from 0–100 for credibility. No more guessing which transfer stories are real.
Free tier includes trending hot topics with no API key required.
External Endpoints
| Endpoint | Method | Data Sent | Purpose |
|----------|--------|-----------|---------|
| https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/hot-topics | GET | None | Trending football transfers (free, 0 credits) |
| https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/transfer | POST | { "name": " | Player transfer rumour detail (3 credits) |
| https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intel/verify | GET | ?q= | Truth Meter credibility score (1–5 credits) |
No data is sent to any other endpoint. No conversation history is transmitted.
Security & Privacy
RT_API_KEY is sent as X-RT-API-Key header to api.risingtransfers.com onlyModel Invocation Note
This skill may be invoked autonomously when you ask about football transfer news, rumours, or whether a specific deal is likely to happen. To disable autonomous invocation: claw config set skill.auto-discover false. Credit consumption applies only to authenticated calls for detailed intelligence.
Trust Statement
By using this skill, player and club names from your queries are sent to Rising Transfers (api.risingtransfers.com). Rising Transfers aggregates public football transfer rumour data — no sensitive or personal information is involved. Only install this skill if you trust Rising Transfers with those search terms.
Trigger
When the user asks about:
Examples:
Instructions
Step 1 — Determine query type
Identify which of three modes to use:
| User Intent | Mode | Credits | |-------------|------|---------| | "What's trending in football transfers?" / general hot topics | Hot Topics | 0 | | Specific player's transfer rumours | Transfer Detail | 3 | | "How likely is [player] to [club]?" | Truth Meter | 1–5 |
Mode A: Hot Topics (0 credits, no key required)
Call:
GET https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/hot-topics
Headers: X-RT-API-Key: (optional for free topics)
Present the top 10 results sorted by heat_score:
Mode B: Transfer Detail (3 credits)
Call:
POST https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/transfer
Headers:
X-RT-API-Key:
Content-Type: application/json
Body: { "name": "", "team": "" }
Present:
Mode C: Truth Meter (1–5 credits)
Call:
GET https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intel/verify?q=+to+
Headers: X-RT-API-Key:
Parse audit.score and audit.verdict, present as:
Truth Meter: [player] to [club]
Score: 74/100 — LIKELY
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Source Authority: 32/40
Official Signals: 15/20
Progress Signals: 14/20
Market Heat: 13/20
Community Mood: +3 (mostly believe it)
Include top evidence sources from evidence.top_sources.
Error Handling
| Error | User Message | |-------|-------------| | 401 | "Your RT_API_KEY is invalid. Get one free at api.risingtransfers.com" | | 403 Insufficient Credits | "Not enough credits for this query. Top up at api.risingtransfers.com/pricing" | | 404 Player Not Found | "Player not found. Try the full name or add the current club name." | | 429 Rate Limited | "Rate limit reached. Wait a moment or upgrade your plan for higher limits." | | 5xx | "Rising Transfers API is temporarily unavailable. Please try again shortly." |
Important: Do Not Fabricate
If the API returns no rumour data for a player, clearly state: "No active football transfer rumours found for [player] in the Rising Transfers database." Do not invent rumour details or probability scores.
Requirements
Credit Usage
| Action | Credits | |--------|---------| | Hot Topics (trending football transfers) | 0 — always free | | Transfer Detail (specific player) | 3 credits | | Truth Meter (credibility score) | 1 credit (anonymous) / 5 credits (full detail) |
Free tier: 10 hot-topic calls/day, 3 detailed queries/day.
Author
Rising Transfers — api.risingtransfers.com