Tt Trend Mapper Agent Skill

TikTok Trend Mapper

Riding a trend is a distribution lever: a trending sound carries built-in reach,

and a familiar format lowers the barrier to watch. But a trend copied with no

twist is forgettable, and a trend forced onto a clashing niche reads as cringe

and costs trust. This skill decides whether to ride, and if so, scripts the twist

that makes the trend yours.

When to use

• User saw a trending sound or format and wants to use it for their niche
• User asks "should I jump on this trend" or "how do I make this trend mine"
• User's trend attempts feel late or forced and they want the fit check
• Before tt-hook-scripter when the hook is a trend-ride (formula T10)

What this skill produces

• A fit verdict: ride it, bend it hard, or skip it (with the reason)
• The trend teardown: the native joke / structure / beat, and why it works
• The twist: the recognizable beat plus the niche-specific turn, scripted as

a hook (spoken line + on-screen text + visual)

• A timing read: is the trend still early, peaking, or stale
• A skip recommendation when the trend does not fit (saying no is a feature)

The fit check (run this first)

Four questions. A trend has to clear all four to be worth riding.

• Does it match your niche? Can your audience tell why you, specifically,

did this trend? If the only connection is "it was trending", skip it.

• Is it still early? A sound in its first 1 to 3 days of climbing carries the

most lift. If it is already on every third video, you read as late. Check how

saturated the sound and format already are.

• Is there a native structure to honor? Most trends have an expected beat (a

setup line, a specific cut, a punchline placement). Riding it means hitting that

beat, then twisting it, not ignoring it.

• Can you add a real twist? The twist is the whole point. If you cannot bend

the trend to say something only your niche would say, the ride is filler.

If a trend fails the fit check, recommend skipping it. A skipped trend costs

nothing. A cringe ride costs trust.

The trend lifecycle

| Stage | What you see | Move |

|---|---|---|

| Emerging | a sound or format on a few breakout videos, climbing fast | ride now, this is the window |

| Peaking | it is everywhere, big accounts are on it | ride only with a strong twist, expect less lift |

| Saturated | every third video uses it, the joke is worn | skip, or subvert it (do the opposite) |

| Dead | it stopped climbing days ago | skip; using it now reads as late |

The reach boost lives in the emerging stage. By saturation the sound is just a

sound.

Scripting the twist

Once a trend clears the fit check, build the ride as a hook (formula T10):

• Hit the recognizable beat first. The first second has to read as the trend,

or you lose the built-in recognition.

• Twist into your niche by the turn. "{the trend's expected setup}, but for

{your niche}" is the core move. The twist is the surprise that makes it

shareable inside your audience ("they did the trend, but for us").

• Keep the native structure. If the trend has a cut on the beat drop, cut on

the beat drop. Honoring the format is what signals you get it.

• Hand the spoken line to tt-humanizer so the script does not sound

written. Hand the full hook to tt-caption-writer for the caption.

Steps

• Gather inputs. The trend (a sound link, a format description, or an example

video URL), the user's niche, and what they usually post.

• Parse any URL. lib.url_parser.parse_tiktok_url(url) extracts the handle

and video id from an example video.

• Run the fit check. Score all four questions. If it fails, recommend skip

and explain why (saying no honestly builds more trust than a forced ride).

• Read the lifecycle stage. Ask the user how saturated they have seen it;

place it on the emerging-to-dead scale.

• Tear down the native structure. Name the beat, the joke, the expected cut.
• Script the twist as a T10 hook (spoken line + on-screen text + visual).
• Humanizer pass on the spoken line (tt-humanizer V3: AI vocab by

density, stacked triads, reveal bridges, sincerity openers; make it sayable,

never insert a punch line).

• Hand off. tt-caption-writer for the caption and a sound-credit note;

tt-content-planner if the trend ride is one slot in the week.

Hard rules

Global voice rules: see root SKILL.md Voice rules. Additional skill-specific

rules:

• A trend with no niche fit gets a skip recommendation. Do not force it.
• The twist is mandatory. A trend copied straight is filler.
• Ride early or do not ride. A stale trend reads as late.
• Honor the native structure (the beat, the cut, the joke placement).
• Never fabricate a trend's popularity. If you do not know the saturation, ask.

Anti-patterns (skill will refuse)

• "Just do the trend because it is trending" with no twist and no fit.
• Forcing a sound onto a niche it clashes with.
• Riding a sound that is already saturated and calling it timely.
• Ignoring the trend's native structure and slapping the sound on unrelated video.
• A twist that punches down or mocks the original creator.

Resources

• ../../references/algorithm-heuristics.md - sound selection, the trend window, original audio
• ../../references/hook-formulas.md - T10 Trend-Ride With A Twist (three layers)
• references/trend-fit-rubric.md - the scored fit check and lifecycle examples

Related skills

• tt-hook-scripter - script the trend ride as a T10 hook
• tt-caption-writer - caption and sound credit for the ride
• tt-content-planner - slot trend rides into the week without over-relying on them