trend-jacking
Use to ride a trend : a trending sound.
What this skill does for you
Use to ride a trend : a trending sound, format, meme, hashtag, news moment, or cultural conversation : to earn reach by attaching the brand to something already getting attention (a.k.a. trendjacking / newsjacking). Run when the user says "trend," "trending," "jump on this trend," "trendjack," "newsjack," "is this trend worth doing," "make this go viral," or wants to react to a current moment. Reads brand-profile, voice, and audience first, then runs three gates : FIT, SAFETY, and TIMING : before executing a fast, on-brand remix and handing to the right content skill (tiktok-script, reels-script, caption-writer) and scheduling-and-queue. Refuses to trendjack tragedies or divisive moments and won't force irrelevant trends; live trend discovery needs current scanning : this skill vets and executes. For meme-format craft, cultural fluency, and meme IP/likeness judgment ("make a meme," "is this meme safe"), route to meme-and-culture.
Quoted from the skill description in the pinned sourceWho made it
Use it with Edge
Set up Edge for me: read getedge.cc/SKILL.md and follow it. Then use Edge to load the trend-jacking skill from social-media-skills/skills.
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor.
Or read the skill source first.
Security evidence
| Scanner | Date | Result | Findings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edge static checks | 2026-09-27 | Pass | 0 |
| Cisco skill-scanner | 2026-09-27 | Pass | 0 |
| Semgrep Edge rules | 2026-09-27 | Pass | 0 |
Static scans check the code, not how well the skill works.
Scanner scope, raw findings and mirrored provider records
Edge static checks (Edge-run): edge-static/1.0.1. Scope: Static patterns for remote execution, credentials with network sends, obfuscation, prompt overrides, hidden Unicode, binaries and persistence. Revision: 6e30eeb2f6736bda8683b6bbaa674af3641d7945. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .
Cisco skill-scanner (Edge-run): cisco-skill-scanner/2.1.0. Scope: Local static, YARA, pipeline and behavioral analyzers; no LLM or AI Defense analysis. Revision: 6e30eeb2f6736bda8683b6bbaa674af3641d7945. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .
Semgrep Edge rules (Edge-run): semgrep/1.178.0+edge-rules.c15016a36fd3+offline-v1. Scope: Six Edge-authored static rules with Semgrep CE; offline execution and metrics disabled. Semgrep-maintained rules excluded. Revision: 6e30eeb2f6736bda8683b6bbaa674af3641d7945. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .
Source and licence
- Repository
- https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills
- Pinned skill file
- View source at revision
- Revision
- 6e30eeb2f6736bda8683b6bbaa674af3641d7945
- Package hash
- sha256:856d48a2047b667292b2526c5e9a2270ecdd9cb6000ad6d1bfe9f5210fe8f07d
- Licence
- MIT