docs: correct ScrapeCreators free tier to 100 credits (closes #367)
The skill advertises ScrapeCreators as offering "10,000 free API calls" in six places. The actual free tier on the ScrapeCreators pricing page is "100 credits free · No credit card required · Credits never expire" — a 100x overstatement that surprises users on signup. Reporter (#367) burned through their full free allocation on a single /last30days run after taking the 10,000-call claim at face value. They verified the actual tier directly against scrapecreators.com plus an independent review at fahimai.com. Sweep: - hooks/scripts/check-config.sh:110 (SessionStart hook tip line) - README.md:228 (Sources × Cost table row) - HERMES_SETUP.md:62 (Optional: ScrapeCreators bullet) - skills/last30days/scripts/lib/ui.py:199 (PROMO_SINGLE_KEY["reddit"]) - skills/last30days/SKILL.md:1648 ("PAYG after 10,000 free API calls") - skills/last30days/SKILL.md:1661 ("10,000 free API calls, then PAYG") Wording defaults to the provider's own framing — "100 free credits" — and keeps PAYG language where it was already explicit, since the paid step is the part users were actually getting blindsided by. CI gates: tests/test_plugin_contract.py (4) + tests/test_version_consistency.py (4) all pass. shellcheck clean. No tests pin the "10,000" string.
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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)
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- Sends search queries to Polymarket Gamma API (`gamma-api.polymarket.com`) for prediction market discovery (free, no auth)
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- Runs `yt-dlp` locally for YouTube search and transcript extraction (no API key, public data)
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- Sends search queries to ScrapeCreators API (`api.scrapecreators.com`) for TikTok and Instagram search, transcript/caption extraction (PAYG after 10,000 free API calls)
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- Sends search queries to ScrapeCreators API (`api.scrapecreators.com`) for TikTok and Instagram search, transcript/caption extraction (PAYG after 100 free credits)
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- Optionally sends search queries to Brave Search API, Parallel AI API, or OpenRouter API for web search
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- Fetches public Reddit thread data from `reddit.com` for engagement metrics
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- 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
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- Does not send data to any endpoint not listed above
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- Hacker News and Polymarket sources are always available (no API key, no binary dependency)
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- TikTok and Instagram sources require SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY (10,000 free API calls, then PAYG). Reddit uses ScrapeCreators only as a backup when public Reddit is unavailable.
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- TikTok and Instagram sources require SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY (100 free credits one-time, then PAYG). Reddit uses ScrapeCreators only as a backup when public Reddit is unavailable.
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- Can be invoked autonomously by agents via the Skill tool (runs inline, not forked); pass `--agent` for non-interactive report output
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**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)
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