# Douyin Search and Hot List — tool skill for research & trends

> **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"` returns the matching how-to page and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the how-to page.

Read-only Douyin data as JSON: keyword search, creator posts and follower stats, comments and the live hot list.

- **Type:** [Tool](https://skills.varg.ai/models.md) · [Research & trends](https://skills.varg.ai/browse/skills/research.md)
- **Slug:** `douyin-search-keyword`
- **Status:** beta
- **Publisher:** um-why (community)
- **License:** unknown
- **Source:** https://clawhub.ai/um-why/skills/douyin-search-keyword
- **Works in:** OpenClaw
- **Requires:** Guaikei API token (GUAIKEI_API_TOKEN), Node.js 16.14+
- **Cost:** Billed by Guaikei (your own API token)
- **Adoption:** 58 installs, 4 ClawHub stars (ClawHub, 2026-10-27)

## What it does

Four Node.js scripts that query public Douyin data through the third-party Guaikei data API: keyword search (sort by relevance, likes or recency; filter by time, length, video or image post), a creator's posts and follower counts, comments on a video, and the roughly 50-item hot list. Output is one JSON envelope per call with titles, authors, like/comment/share counts, links and dates, up to 10,000 items, and results are also saved to a local logs folder. It does not log in or post. The SKILL.md has strict agent rules: ask for missing keywords or links, never retry after auth errors, never change the query without asking.

## Use when

- You want trending Douyin topics or today's hot list
- You need to search Douyin videos or image posts by keyword for content ideas
- You want to benchmark a competitor creator's posts and follower numbers
- You want to see what commenters say under a Douyin video

## Not for

- Xiaohongshu, Kuaishou, Bilibili, Weibo or WeChat Official Accounts
- Logged-in, private or write actions (posting, liking, commenting)

## Install

- OpenClaw: `npx clawhub@latest install douyin-search-keyword`

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