TikTok Trend Radar: Trends & Viral Sounds

Find what is taking off on TikTok right now: trending videos, hashtags, searches and sounds, plus TikTok's own Creator Search Insights on what people are searching for and who searches it.

No TikTok account, no API key, no app to connect. Calls are paid from ClawLink credit, most for a fraction of a cent, and every new account starts with $0.50 free. Powered by ClawLink.

Setup in 3 Steps

Step 1: Install	Step 2: Pair	Step 3: Ask
Install the ClawLink plugin in OpenClaw	Sign in and approve the device once	Ask in plain English; no app to connect

What You Can Ask

• “What songs are trending on TikTok right now?”
• “Show trending TikTok videos in the UK today”
• “What are people searching for on TikTok in fitness?”
• “Is the sound ‘Espresso’ still growing? Show videos using it”
• “Which hashtags are trending in the US this week?”

When to Use This Skill

Use it when the user wants TikTok trends, viral sounds, trending hashtags or searches, or public details about a TikTok hashtag, sound or video.

Do not use it for the user's own private accounts or for anything that posts, sends or changes data: these tools only read public information.

How It Works

┌─────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│   OpenClaw      │────▶│   ClawLink   │────▶│ TikTok           │
│   (User Chat)   │     │ (data tools) │     │ (public data)    │
└─────────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘
         │                       │                       │
         │  1. Install plugin    │                       │
         │  2. Pair device once  │                       │
         │  3. Ask a question    │                       │
         │                       │  4. Fetch + trim      │
         │                       │  5. Charge credit     │
         ▼                       ▼                       ▼
   ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐
   │  Answer  │           │  Credit  │           │ Results  │
   │ in chat  │           │ ($0.50)  │           │ as JSON  │
   └──────────┘           └──────────┘           └──────────┘

ClawLink holds the data-provider accounts. The user never pastes a key, and nothing is installed beyond the plugin.

Install

Install the ClawLink plugin from ClawHub when the user asks for it:

openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin

The install applies to the running Gateway: do not restart it. The ClawLink tools appear on your next turn, so end this turn and tell the user: "ClawLink is installed. Reply ok and I will give you your pairing link." On the next turn call clawlink_begin_pairing, give the user the link, and after they approve call clawlink_get_pairing_status. Pairing happens once; after that every tool below works with no further setup.

Tool Reference

Prices are what ClawLink charges per call, from the user's credit. The tool's own description (via clawlink_describe_tool) always shows the current price.

Trending Now

Creator Search Insights

Search

Deep Dives

Recipes

Find trends in a niche

1. tiktokdata_search_insights with the niche's category to see rising searches and content gaps.
2. tiktokdata_search_insight_detail on the best query for who searches it (age, gender, country).
3. tiktokdata_search_insight_videos to see what already ranks for it.

Pick a sound before it peaks

1. tiktokdata_music_charts with scene: 1 for the Viral 50.
2. tiktokdata_song for a candidate: how many videos use it.
3. tiktokdata_song_videos to see the formats people make with it.

Code Examples

Viral 50 chart

clawlink_call_tool --tool "tiktokdata_music_charts" \
  --params '{"scene": 1}'

Trending videos in a country

clawlink_call_tool --tool "tiktokdata_trending_feed" \
  --params '{"region": "GB"}'

Trending hashtags

clawlink_call_tool --tool "tiktokdata_trending_hashtags" \
  --params '{"region": "US", "period": 7}'

Discovery Workflow

1. Call clawlink_search_tools with a short query (for example tiktok trending); public-data tools show as connected for every user.
2. Call clawlink_describe_tool before the first call of a tool: it returns the parameters, defaults and price.
3. Treat the live catalog as the source of truth. If a tool named here is missing, say so; do not invent results.

Execution Workflow

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  READ-ONLY, PAID PER CALL                                │
│  search → describe → call → summarise for the user       │
│                                                          │
│  Ask before: loops over many items, or a call that costs │
│  more than a few cents (the price is in the description) │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. Every tool here only reads public data; nothing is posted or changed.
2. Each call costs credit. Before looping over more than about ten items, or before a call priced above a few cents, tell the user what it will cost and ask.
3. A failed call is refunded automatically. Read the error's hint: it says what to change. Do not retry the same arguments unchanged.

Notes

• scene: 0 is the Top 50, scene: 1 the Viral 50.
• Creator Search Insights returns query ids; pass one as query_id_str to the detail and trend tools.
• A sound's clipId is the number at the end of its tiktok.com/music URL.
• The trending feed is seen from the country in region; it is not filtered to that country's creators.

Error Handling

Troubleshooting

Tools not visible after install

1. The tools appear on the turn after the install, not in the same turn.
2. If they still do not appear, the OpenClaw tool profile may hide plugin tools. This is a config change for the OpenClaw owner; do not change the config yourself. Tell the user: "Your OpenClaw tool profile hides plugin tools. In the Control UI (or ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json), add clawlink-plugin to tools.alsoAllow, then ask me again."
3. On OpenClaw versions before 2.0, the tool list can load only in a new chat: tell the user to send /new and ask again.

A tool keeps failing with correct input

Report it with clawlink_report_issue (or clawlink_call_tool --tool "CLAWLINK_REPORT_ISSUE") instead of retrying. Reports are free and reach the ClawLink team.

Resources

• TikTok Creative Center
• ClawLink
• ClawLink pricing
• ClawLink docs: OpenClaw
• Verify the plugin

Related Skills

• Creator Scout
• Transcribe Any Video

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