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new-term-radar

Name: new-term-radar
Author: Yansen Zhu (zhuyansen on GitHub)

new-term-radar is an open-source Python tool that produces a daily report of newly surging AI names (models, products, repos) from X, Hugging Face trending, GitHub breakouts and directory sitemaps, then sizes the search keywords behind them.

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Free (open source), Paid (usage-based) APIsMITPython (3.10+, standard library)★ 1,097 (as of 2026-10-18)by Yansen Zhu (zhuyansen on GitHub)

Why it matters

For people who run AI tool sites, newsletters or directories and want to spot new terms days before keyword tools list them, with a check 14 days later on whether each lead paid off.

Highlights

Free signals: Hugging Face trending, GitHub repos under 14 days old gaining fast, new words across watched sitemaps, and your own Search Console queries.
Paid signals (via an AIsa key) add X account monitoring, new-domain checks, Reddit requests and a model that judges which terms are real product names.
A keyword table turns each new name into the generic searches behind it, with estimated volume, trend shape, a page-one check and a prioritize/watch/skip decision.
Runs from the command line, as three agent skills (including a Claude Code plugin) or as an MCP server.
The author estimates about $15/month with the example config (October 2026 AIsa prices).unverified

Taken from the project's own README, docs or launch page. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: You publish about AI tools and want a daily list of new names worth writing about before they peak.

Worth knowing: The README's AIsa and GoAnyAPI sign-up links are the author's referral links. The new-sites signal was broken upstream as of 2026-10-12 per the README.

Quick facts

Pricing	Free code; optional paid APIs (author's estimate about $15/month for the example config; GoAnyAPI add-on about $0.07/day)
Free or paid	Free (open source), Paid (usage-based) APIs
License	MIT
Language	Python (3.10+, standard library)
Platform	CLI on any OS with Python; agent skills; MCP server
GitHub stars	★ 1,097 (as of 2026-10-18)
Maker	Yansen Zhu (zhuyansen on GitHub)

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