SOCIAL MEDIA

Brand-Mention Spike Detector with Slack Evidence Pack

Polls Apify for fresh brand mentions, detects when volume spikes above the rolling baseline, then posts a ranked evidence pack of the top driving posts to the comms team in Slack.

CategorySocial Media
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerEvery 15 minutes
  • ActionScrape latest brand mentionsApify
  • LogicSpike vs. rolling baseline? Exit if normal
  • LogicRank posts by reach and engagement
  • OutputPost evidence pack to comms channelSlack

What it does

Watches your brand's social mentions on a fixed cadence and decides whether the current window is a genuine spike versus normal chatter. When it is, it bundles the highest-reach and highest-engagement posts into a single Slack message so comms can assess and respond fast.

When to use it

Run this when you need an always-on early-warning system for sudden mention surges — a viral post, a complaint thread, or a press hit — without a human babysitting a dashboard. Ideal for lean comms or social teams who only want to be pinged when something real is happening.

How it works

  1. 1A schedule fires every 15 minutes.
  2. 2Apify scrapes the latest mentions across the tracked handles and keywords.
  3. 3A logic step compares the current window's mention count to the trailing baseline and exits quietly if it is below the spike threshold.
  4. 4When a spike is confirmed, mentions are ranked by reach and engagement to find the posts driving it.
  5. 5The top posts, with author, link, and metrics, are assembled into a formatted evidence pack and posted to the comms Slack channel.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect ApifyActors, scrapers, datasets.
  2. 2
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  3. 3
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  4. 4
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  5. 5
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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