# mention-radar

Tracks external web and social mentions of your active projects, sorts discussions into categories, and flags conversations worth a reply.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/mention-radar/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mention-radar

## What it does

The skill checks recent posts about up to six projects across X and Reddit over a seven-day window. Target names can be passed directly via a variable or parsed from `memory/MEMORY.md` and `memory/topics/projects.md`. If project entries are absent from local memory files, the run halts immediately with a `MENTION_RADAR_SKIP` log entry to save resources.

Querying X relies primarily on the X.AI Responses API running `grok-4.7`, filtering out handles found in `soul/SOUL.md`. For external platforms like Product Hunt or Hacker News, it runs WebSearch queries, which also step in as a fallback whenever the primary API call fails or times out. In addition, the skill calls `gh api` to track changes in stargazers and forks.

Every discovery falls into structured buckets: user confusion, setup friction, or competitor comparisons. Digest notifications send through `./notify` only when fresh mentions appear or when a repository gains over five stars.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill mention-radar -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/mention-radar/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/mention-radar/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill mention-radar -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/mention-radar/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill mention-radar -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/mention-radar/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon mention-radar
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/mention-radar/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill mention-radar -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/mention-radar
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/mention-radar/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill mention-radar -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/mention-radar/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- track project mentions across X, Reddit, and Hacker News
- spot confusing documentation or onboarding friction in public posts
- flag high-reach discussions where a quick reply clarifies a misconception
- monitor notable GitHub star jumps alongside social chatter

## Example prompts
- Run mention-radar to check recent social posts about my projects
- Scan Reddit and X mentions for MyApp using mention-radar
- Check external mentions for my-lib over the last 7 days

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: mention-radar
description: Monitor external web and social mentions of the operator's active projects - surface what people are discovering, where they're confused, and where to engage
metadata:
  title: Mention Radar
  category: productivity
  commits: false
  var: ""
  tags:
    - social
    - dev
  requires:
    - XAI_API_KEY?
---
> **${var}** — Comma-separated project names to track (e.g. "MyApp, my-lib"). If empty, derives targets from MEMORY.md and memory/topics/projects.md.

Read memory/MEMORY.md for current project status.
Read the last 3 days of memory/logs/ to avoid re-surfacing already-noted mentions.

## Steps

1. **Define the targets.**
   - If `${var}` is set: parse it as a comma-separated list of project names.
   - Otherwise: scan `memory/MEMORY.md` (goals, active topics) and `memory/topics/projects.md` (if it exists) for the operator's active projects. A target needs at least a name; collect a site/domain and a GitHub `owner/repo` too when known.
   - Cap at 6 targets — prefer the most active ones.
   - If zero targets can be derived: log `MENTION_RADAR_SKIP: no projects configured — set var or add projects to memory/topics/projects.md` and stop. No notification.

   For each target, build search terms:
   - The exact project name in quotes (e.g. `"MyApp" site:x.com OR site:reddit.com OR site:news.ycombinator.com`)
   - The domain if known (e.g. `"myapp.xyz"`)
   - The repo if known (e.g. `site:github.com owner/myapp`)

2. **Search for external mentions.** X/Twitter is fetched via the X.AI Responses API (**primary**); the rest of the public web (Reddit, Farcaster, blogs, newsletters, GitHub Discussions, HN, Product Hunt) goes through WebSearch, which is also the **last-resort fallback** for X itself. Derive the operator's handle from `soul/SOUL.md` if present (call it `$OPERATOR`) so you can exclude their own posts.

   **Path A — X.AI API (primary, X/Twitter mentions).** For each target, ask Grok's `x_search` who is talking about the project on X. See the **Fetching** contract below — attempt this whenever the key is present, set the Bash tool `timeout` to ≥180000, and capture the HTTP status. Use a unique tmp filename per target if you loop (e.g. `/tmp/xai-mr-$SLUG.json`). `$NAME`/`$DOMAIN`/`$REPO` come from the target built in step 1 (`$DOMAIN`/`$REPO` may be empty — leave them out if so):
   ```bash
   FROM_DATE=$(date -u -d "7 days ago" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null || date -u -v-7d +%Y-%m-%d)
   TO_DATE=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)
````
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