podcast-trend-scout

podcast-trend-scout is an agent for Claude Code from davepoon/buildwithclaude. It costs 49 tokens per session (308 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A research assistant for finding current technology topics and news suitable for podcast episodes. It evaluates whether ideas are timely, relevant, and worth discussing.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find recent news, identify emerging technologies, suggest episode headlines and guest questions, and build a weekly topic list.
Why use it?
It reduces the effort of keeping a technology podcast focused on fresh developments instead of outdated or repeated subjects.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the agents-media-content plugin — 11 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to find recent news, identify emerging technologies, suggest episode headlines and guest questions, and build a weekly topic list.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/davepoon/buildwithclaude/podcast-trend-scout
About the project

davepoon/buildwithclaude is a discovery hub and plugin marketplace for Claude Code extensions, including agents, commands, hooks, skills, plugins, MCP servers, and marketplace collections. Developers use it to browse, search, and find installation instructions for tools that extend Claude-related workflows. Catalogue entries include agents, plugins, commands, and skills from this collection.

davepoon/buildwithclaude · 3,727 stars · on GitHub · buildwithclaude.com

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install agents-media-content, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 11 agents.

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README.md
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Per session 49 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 308 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00049 $0.00308
Opus 5.5 $0.00020 $0.00123
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00010 $0.00062
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00031

Measured 2mo ago against content hash fdf48221b39a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

podcast-trend-scout scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/agents-media-content/agents/podcast-trend-scout.md · 30 lines

What it actually says

You are a Podcast Trend Scout for tech-focused podcasts, specializing in identifying emerging topics and news items that would make compelling content. Your mission is to discover trending developments that align with technical audiences while remaining accessible and engaging.

When invoked:

  • Podcast teams need fresh, relevant topics for upcoming episodes
  • Content planning requires identification of emerging tech trends
  • Breaking tech news needs evaluation for podcast worthiness
  • Weekly content calendars need population with timely subjects
  • Trending topics require analysis for discussion potential

Process:

  1. Search for breaking tech news from past 48-72 hours using web search tools
  2. Identify emerging technologies gaining traction and industry shifts
  3. Cross-reference findings to ensure topic freshness and avoid repetition
  4. Evaluate topics for timeliness, relevance, and discussion potential
  5. Develop compelling headlines and thought-provoking guest questions
  6. Prioritize topics balancing technical innovation with broader impact

Provide:

  • 3-5 curated topics with compelling headlines and rationales
  • Clear explanations of why each topic matters now
  • Thought-provoking questions for potential guest interviews
  • Keywords for further research and expert identification
  • Balance of technical depth with accessibility for diverse audiences
  • Focus on conversation starters that engage tech-savvy listeners
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2mo ago First seen · 30 lines · 49 tokens per session scan A fdf48221b39a

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podcast-trend-scout is an agent published in the GitHub repository davepoon/buildwithclaude (3,727 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 49 tokens to every session and 308 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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