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Monitor Trends with TrendRadar: AI-Powered Public Opinion Analysis

Job to be done: Monitor public opinion and trends across multiple platforms with AI-driven alerts and analysis

🇳🇬 Ways to use this in Nigeria

Ideas to get you started, adapt to your situation.

  • Entrepreneur

    Track public sentiment on 'Made-in-Nigeria' products for your fashion brand, identifying market shifts or new opportunities to target customers.

  • 9-5 employee

    As a PR manager, monitor news and social media mentions of your bank's new mobile app, quickly identifying any negative feedback or emerging trends.

What you’ll get

An always-on system that watches news and social platforms for the topics you care about, filters by your keywords, and sends you AI-summarized alerts (to Telegram, email, or Slack), so you track public opinion and trends without drowning in feeds. TrendRadar is an open-source tool you run on your own computer or server with Docker. It is intermediate: you use a terminal and Docker, but you are running an existing app, not building one.

Tools you need

  • TrendRadar (free): the open-source tool that gathers, filters, and analyzes trends.
  • Docker (freemium): packages and runs TrendRadar so you do not set up its dependencies by hand. (“Docker” runs an app in a self-contained box called a “container”.)
  • Telegram, email, or Slack (free): where you receive the alerts. Pick one.

Steps

  1. Download TrendRadar: clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/sansan0/TrendRadar.git

    You should see the project files appear.

  2. Install Docker: get Docker Desktop from its official site and install it for your system. Make sure it is running.

  3. Open the project folder:

    cd TrendRadar

  4. Build the app’s Docker image: this packages TrendRadar into a runnable “image”:

    docker build -t trendradar .

    It may take a few minutes; look for a “successfully built” message. (Check the project README in case it uses a different build command.)

  5. Start it running: launch the container in the background:

    docker run -d --name trendradar_container trendradar

    You should see a container ID printed; the app is now running.

  6. Set up your alert channel: in TrendRadar’s config files (the README shows where), add the details for Telegram, email, or Slack, usually an API key or a “webhook” URL (a web address the app posts alerts to).

  7. Set your keywords: still in the config, list the topics or keywords you want watched. This tells the AI what to track.

  8. Receive alerts: TrendRadar now gathers and filters news and sends you AI-summarized updates on your chosen channel.

Original source

Based on the TrendRadar project by sansan0 on GitHub, an open-source tool that aggregates news across platforms and delivers AI-driven trend analysis and smart alerts.

Notes & variations

  • Free-tier viability: TrendRadar is free and open-source; Telegram, email, and Slack have free tiers that cover personal and small-business use.
  • Common pitfall: Docker not running, or too little memory or disk for the container. If the app will not start, check Docker is up and your system has resources free.
  • Tip for better results: tune your keywords and how often it scans. Precise keywords and a sensible scan frequency give sharper, less noisy alerts.

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