deso-research

What This Skill Does

The deso-research skill acts as a powerful bridge between OpenClaw AI and the rapidly evolving ecosystem of decentralized social networks. By leveraging the deso-ag CLI tool, this skill allows the AI to programmatically query, aggregate, and analyze content from Farcaster, Lens, Nostr, and Bluesky. It transforms chaotic social data into a structured format, enabling users to perform sophisticated market research, track emerging tech trends, and observe community sentiment across decentralized platforms. The tool is purpose-built to provide machine-readable 'compact' output, ensuring that the AI agent can digest large volumes of social data efficiently and provide concise, actionable summaries to the user.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following installation command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/mtple/deso-research

Ensure that you have Node.js and NPM installed, as the underlying tool requires the deso-ag package. You can install the CLI globally by running npm install -g deso-ag. While the tool functions out of the box for general trending data, you can significantly enhance its capability by configuring environment variables such as NEYNAR_API_KEY, BLUESKY_IDENTIFIER, and BLUESKY_APP_PASSWORD. These optional keys unlock deep-search functionality and platform-specific insights that are otherwise inaccessible without authentication.

Use Cases

• Market Intelligence: Monitor discussions regarding new protocols or crypto assets across multiple decentralized networks simultaneously.
• Trend Analysis: Identify the 'pulse' of developer communities by extracting trending terms and topics on Farcaster or Lens.
• Content Aggregation: Quickly gather recent viewpoints on a specific topic without manually navigating through four different social applications.
• Channel Discovery: Automatically browse and identify active, high-signal Farcaster channels to find relevant communities.

Example Prompts

1. 'Research what people are saying about zero-knowledge proofs on Farcaster and Lens this week.'
2. 'What are the top trending terms in the decentralized AI space on Nostr and Bluesky?'
3. 'Check Farcaster channels for any interesting discussions about the latest Base chain updates.'

Tips & Limitations

Always verify your environment variables before requesting deep searches. If a specific network key is missing, the tool will silently skip that source, which may lead to incomplete data if you are expecting results from a non-configured platform. For the best performance, always combine the skill with specific timeframes or constraints to keep the agent's context window manageable. Note that while this skill excels at data aggregation, it is a read-only tool—it cannot perform actions like posting, liking, or following on behalf of the user.