radar-ledger-updatelisted
Install: claude install-skill Neetx/ai-research-radar
# Update the ledger safely
`TRENDS.md` is the single source of truth and later sessions parse it. The
structure is a contract.
## File contract (do not change)
- Header: `# Trend ledger — AI Radar`, then `Last updated: YYYY-MM-DD`, then the
stage legend.
- Sections, in this order: `## Active trends`, `## observation_queue`,
`## source_rotation`, `## strategy_notes`, `## study_shelf`, `## calibration`.
- Trend block: `### [id: slug-NNN] Title` with fields `alias`, optional
`pinned: true`, `stage`, `confidence`, `first_observed`, `last_evidence`,
`evidence:` (list), `notes:`.
- Evidence line: `- YYYY-MM-DD — URL — one line of context`.
## Rules
- Match findings to existing trends via id and `alias` before creating a new
trend. New trends take the next free NNN and start at `seed` or `emerging`.
- Max 10 evidence items per trend — drop the oldest. Keep `last_evidence` equal
to the newest evidence date.
- Stage moves: at most ONE stage up per trend per day, only on new independent
evidence, justified in `notes`. Demotions are always allowed. 21+ days without
evidence → `dormant`; at 45+ days the weekly pass moves the entry to
`ARCHIVE.md` as a one-line post-mortem.
- Pinned trends (`pinned: true`): NEVER auto-archived, no matter how long
without evidence — they are the curator's standing-watch axes. They still
follow the normal stage rules, INCLUDING going `dormant` when quiet (the
ledger stays truthful about activity); they simply never leave the boa