google-trends-apilisted
Install: claude install-skill nikhonit/social-media-api-skills
# Google Trends API skill
Read public Google Trends data as clean JSON. This Google Trends API skill has two endpoints: `explore` returns interest-over-time for a term, and `rising` returns the related queries gaining momentum around it — the standard inputs for keyword research, trend spotting and content planning.
This skill wraps **2 live Google Trends endpoints** from the [ScraperSocial](https://scrapersocial.com) API. Public data only, returned as clean JSON.
## When to use this skill
- You are checking whether interest in a topic is growing or fading.
- You want the rising related searches around a seed keyword, for content or SEO planning.
- A user asks whether something is trending.
### Do not use this skill when
- **You need absolute search volume.** Trends returns relative interest, indexed to 100 — it is not a volume estimate, and no endpoint here converts it into one.
- **You need per-result cheapness.** `explore` costs 6 credits, the priciest non-AI call in this repo outside the video endpoints. Do not loop it over a large keyword list without checking the budget.
## Setup
```bash
export SCRAPERSOCIAL_KEY=sk_live_... # https://scrapersocial.com/app/keys
```
Signing up at [scrapersocial.com/signup](https://scrapersocial.com/signup) includes 100 free credits, no card required.
## Scripts
| Script | What it does | Input | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| `get_explore.js` | Get Google Trends explore. | query | 6 credits |
| `get_rising.js` | List Google Tre