Football Transfer Intel — Real-Time Rumour Intelligence

Track football transfer rumours in real time. Aggregated from 3 independent data sources (Transfermarkt, Sportmonks, and social signals), with an AI Truth Meter that scores each rumour from 0–100 for credibility. No more guessing which transfer stories are real.

Free tier includes trending hot topics with no API key required.

External Endpoints

No data is sent to any other endpoint. No conversation history is transmitted.

Security & Privacy

• What leaves your machine: Player name and/or club name from your query only
• What does NOT leave your machine: Conversation history, other skills, local files, or your API key value (sent as HTTP header only)
• Authentication: RT_API_KEY is sent as X-RT-API-Key header to api.risingtransfers.com only
• Hot topics (trending list) can be fetched without any API key at 0 credits
• Data retention: Query logs kept for rate limiting (max 24 hours). No personal data stored

Model Invocation Note

This skill may be invoked autonomously when you ask about football transfer news, rumours, or whether a specific deal is likely to happen. To disable autonomous invocation: claw config set skill.auto-discover false. Credit consumption applies only to authenticated calls for detailed intelligence.

Trust Statement

By using this skill, player and club names from your queries are sent to Rising Transfers (api.risingtransfers.com). Rising Transfers aggregates public football transfer rumour data — no sensitive or personal information is involved. Only install this skill if you trust Rising Transfers with those search terms.

Trigger

When the user asks about:

• Football transfer rumours for a specific player or club
• Whether a football transfer deal is likely or credible
• Latest hot football transfer topics or trending deals
• Verifying if a football transfer story is genuine or fake
• Truth Meter score for a specific transfer link

Examples:

• "What are the latest football transfer rumours for Mbappé?"
• "Is the Osimhen to Chelsea deal likely to happen?"
• "What are the hottest football transfer stories right now?"
• "How credible is the Arsenal to Gyökeres link?"
• "Rate the truth of the Salah to Saudi Arabia rumour"

Instructions

Step 1 — Determine query type

Identify which of three modes to use:

Mode A: Hot Topics (0 credits, no key required)

Call:

GET https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/hot-topics
Headers: X-RT-API-Key: \x3CRT_API_KEY>   (optional for free topics)

Present the top 10 results sorted by heat_score:

• Player name → Destination club
• Heat level (🔥🔥🔥 = high, 🔥 = low)
• Last updated timestamp

Mode B: Transfer Detail (3 credits)

Call:

POST https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intelligence/transfer
Headers:
  X-RT-API-Key: \x3CRT_API_KEY>
  Content-Type: application/json
Body: { "name": "\x3Cplayer_name>", "team": "\x3Cteam_if_mentioned>" }

Present:

• Sources citing the rumour (e.g. "Fabrizio Romano", "Sky Sports")
• Transfer probability estimate (%)
• Social media sentiment breakdown
• Timeline: when first reported, latest update
• Key facts: reported fee, contract length, competing clubs

Mode C: Truth Meter (1–5 credits)

Call:

GET https://api.risingtransfers.com/api/v1/intel/verify?q=\x3Cplayer>+to+\x3Cclub>
Headers: X-RT-API-Key: \x3CRT_API_KEY>

Parse audit.score and audit.verdict, present as:

Truth Meter: [player] to [club]
Score: 74/100 — LIKELY
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Source Authority:  32/40
Official Signals:  15/20
Progress Signals:  14/20
Market Heat:       13/20
Community Mood:    +3 (mostly believe it)

Include top evidence sources from evidence.top_sources.

Error Handling

Important: Do Not Fabricate

If the API returns no rumour data for a player, clearly state: "No active football transfer rumours found for [player] in the Rising Transfers database." Do not invent rumour details or probability scores.

Requirements

• RT_API_KEY: Rising Transfers API key. Register free at api.risingtransfers.com
• Hot Topics mode works without a key (anonymous, limited results)
• OpenClaw: v0.8.0 or later
• Network access: Required

Credit Usage

Free tier: 10 hot-topic calls/day, 3 detailed queries/day.

Author

Rising Transfers — api.risingtransfers.com