Trend-to-Founder-to-Inbox
Catch a rising topic, find the B2B founders posting about it, then surface their contact channel.
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Find what's trending around {topic}, the founders posting about it, and how I can reach them.
trend-to-founder-to-inbox.
Any agent can also call get_skill(skill_id="trend-to-founder-to-inbox") to pull these steps on demand.
What it does
A five-step chain across X, LinkedIn and the web: spot what's trending, find the founders riding it, qualify them, and resolve how to reach them — signal to inbox in one flow.
Who it's for: BD, partnerships, investors and founder-led sales.
Inputs
| Input | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
topic |
Yes | The theme/space you care about. | AI voice agents |
region_woeid |
No | WOEID for trends (1 = worldwide). | 1 |
How your agent runs it
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1
twitter_trends(woeid={region_woeid})Pull live trends; pick the ones adjacent to {topic}.
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2
search_twitter(query="{topic}", get_sentiment=true, sort_by=relevance)Confirm the topic is active and commerce-shaped; note the loudest voices.
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3
search_linkedin(author_title="Founder", query="{topic}", sort_by=most_recent)Find founders posting about the topic. Collect author_url for each.
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4
linkedin_person_posts(url=<author_url>)Qualify each founder's relevance and cadence.
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5
search_web(query="\"<founder name>\" <company> email")Resolve a contact channel (or use place_details emails_and_contacts if they have a storefront).
Tools used
The full playbook
This is exactly what the MCP returns to your agent (via the trend-to-founder-to-inbox prompt or get_skill tool), with your inputs filled in.
SKILL: Trend-to-Founder-to-Inbox
A five-step chain across X, LinkedIn and the web: spot what's trending, find the founders riding it, qualify them, and resolve how to reach them — signal to inbox in one flow.
You are running this skill on API Direct via its MCP tools. Execute the steps below yourself by calling the named tools in order — values in <angle brackets> come from a previous step. Then deliver the result described at the end.
INPUTS:
- topic (required): <topic — ASK THE USER>
- region_woeid (optional): (optional — e.g. 1)
STEPS:
1. Tool `twitter_trends` — twitter_trends(woeid=<region_woeid>)
Pull live trends; pick the ones adjacent to <topic>.
2. Tool `search_twitter` — search_twitter(query="<topic>", get_sentiment=true, sort_by=relevance)
Confirm the topic is active and commerce-shaped; note the loudest voices.
3. Tool `search_linkedin` — search_linkedin(author_title="Founder", query="<topic>", sort_by=most_recent)
Find founders posting about the topic. Collect author_url for each.
4. Tool `linkedin_person_posts` — linkedin_person_posts(url=<author_url>)
Qualify each founder's relevance and cadence.
5. Tool `search_web` — search_web(query="\"<founder name>\" <company> email")
Resolve a contact channel (or use place_details emails_and_contacts if they have a storefront).
DELIVER: A ready-to-action list: trend → founders riding it → qualification notes → a way to reach each.
Note: each underlying tool call is billed at its normal endpoint price; get_sentiment adds a small per-page surcharge. Page through results as needed but stop once you have enough to deliver the outcome.