How a New AI Research Skill Gained 2,685 Stars in One Day and Helps Anyone Bridge the Information Gap

Problem with Traditional Information Gathering

Typical search engines and generic AI assistants mainly return SEO‑optimized articles and official press releases, offering only second‑hand information that lags behind real‑world discussions. Content creators, product managers, developers, and investors often waste hours scanning dozens of platforms and still miss emerging trends.

Why Traditional Search Falls Short

Relies on indexed web pages and official sources, easily biased by SEO.

Provides summarized text without original links, making verification difficult.

Cannot capture live community sentiment, market odds, or niche platform discussions.

Introducing last30days‑skill

last30days‑skill is an AI‑agent‑powered research skill that automatically crawls more than 14 major overseas platforms (Reddit, X, YouTube, Hacker News, Polymarket, etc.) and, in its Chinese variant, eight domestic platforms. It extracts raw community posts, likes, and market bets, applies a five‑dimensional scoring model (relevance, interaction heat, authority, cross‑platform convergence, timeliness), and generates a 30‑second, source‑linked research report.

Core Capabilities

Multi‑platform parallel retrieval and cross‑source de‑duplication.

Intelligent noise filtering using the five‑dimensional scoring system.

Integration of Polymarket prediction markets to surface real‑money‑backed expectations.

Smart pre‑analysis brain (v3) that parses product names or person names to auto‑discover related accounts, sub‑communities, and repositories.

Cross‑source aggregation that merges discussions of the same event across platforms.

Key Features (v3 and v2.9.5)

14+ platforms ready‑to‑use; default free access to Reddit, Hacker News, Polymarket, and GitHub; optional keys unlock X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, Truth Social, etc.

Multi‑dimensional scoring that prioritises the newest, hottest, most consensual content while avoiding echo‑chamber noise.

Polymarket integration shows market‑priced probabilities, adding a financial‑signal layer to trend analysis.

Smart pre‑analysis parses inputs like OpenClaw to auto‑match founders, sub‑reddits, and GitHub repos.

Multiple output formats (plain text, compact summary, Markdown, dark‑mode HTML) and automatic archiving to ~/Documents/Last30Days/.

Installation & Configuration

The skill runs on Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or as a standalone Python script. It requires Python 3.12+, Node.js + npm, and internet access to overseas platforms.

git clone https://github.com/mvanhorn/last30days-skill.git ~/.agents/skills/last30days

For the Chinese variant:

git clone https://github.com/Jesseovo/last30days-skill-cn.git
cd last30days-skill-cn
pip install jieba playwright
playwright install chromium

Configuration is unified in a .env file (e.g., SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY=xxx, AUTH_TOKEN=xxx, BSKY_HANDLE=xxx, etc.). The article lists common pitfalls such as Python version incompatibility, credential expiration, and rate‑limit recommendations (≥5 seconds between searches).

Practical Scenarios

Prompt research for AI practitioners:

/last30days prompting techniques for ChatGPT for legal questions

returns community‑validated prompt patterns with source links.

Industry hotspot & sentiment tracking: /last30days anthropic odds aggregates discussions and market odds across platforms.

Product & competitor analysis: /last30days best claude code skills ranks features and pain points, supporting an A vs B comparison mode that produces a visual consensus table.

Investment insight: Combine Polymarket odds with community chatter to gauge project momentum before mainstream coverage.

Version Selection Guide

Use the overseas v3 version for global coverage and the Chinese v2.0 version for domestic platforms. The table below summarizes the trade‑offs:

last30days‑skill (v3): 14+ overseas platforms, free core features, medium technical barrier (requires API keys).

last30days‑skill‑cn (v2.0): 8 domestic platforms, zero API cost for most, low barrier (QR‑code login).

Compliance & Risks

The tool uses web‑scraping; personal use is allowed, but high‑frequency bulk scraping, data resale, or privacy violations are prohibited. Users should respect each platform’s terms and insert at least a 5‑second pause between queries.

Conclusion

By bypassing SEO‑wrapped content and directly surfacing raw community consensus, last30days‑skill compresses hours of manual research into seconds, giving creators, product teams, developers, and investors a decisive information advantage. A daily five‑minute habit of querying the tool can keep anyone ahead of emerging trends.