docs: update README and SKILL.md for ScrapeCreators TikTok API

Replace all Apify references with ScrapeCreators. Key points:
- No subscription required (was $5/mo with Apify)
- 100 free credits, pay-as-you-go after
- SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY replaces APIFY_API_TOKEN
- Backwards compatible: APIFY_API_TOKEN still works as fallback

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Matt Van Horn
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- Sends search queries to Algolia HN Search API (`hn.algolia.com`) for Hacker News story and comment discovery (free, no auth)
- Sends search queries to Polymarket Gamma API (`gamma-api.polymarket.com`) for prediction market discovery (free, no auth)
- Runs `yt-dlp` locally for YouTube search and transcript extraction (no API key, public data)
- Sends search queries to Apify API (`api.apify.com`) for TikTok search and caption extraction (requires APIFY_API_TOKEN, free tier: $5/month credits)
- Sends search queries to ScrapeCreators API (`api.scrapecreators.com`) for TikTok search and caption extraction (requires SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY, 100 free credits, PAYG after that, no subscription)
- Optionally sends search queries to Brave Search API, Parallel AI API, or OpenRouter API for web search
- Fetches public Reddit thread data from `reddit.com` for engagement metrics
- Stores research findings in local SQLite database (watchlist mode only)
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- Does not log, cache, or write API keys to output files
- Does not send data to any endpoint not listed above
- Hacker News and Polymarket sources are always available (no API key, no binary dependency)
- TikTok source requires APIFY_API_TOKEN (sign up at apify.com for free $5/month credits, no CC)
- TikTok source requires SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY (sign up at scrapecreators.com, 100 free credits, PAYG, no subscription)
- Can be invoked autonomously by agents via the Skill tool (runs inline, not forked); pass `--agent` for non-interactive report output
**Bundled scripts:** `scripts/last30days.py` (main research engine), `scripts/lib/` (search, enrichment, rendering modules), `scripts/lib/vendor/bird-search/` (vendored X search client, MIT licensed)