aeon-narrative-tracker
Decision-grade narrative map. The point isn't to print today's zeitgeist — it's to catch phase transitions and flag when the story is moving outcomes (reflexivity).
Signal sources
- xAI x_search (optional
XAI_API_KEY) — pre-fetched cache of 12-15 narrative threads from the last 3 days. - WebSearch — DefiLlama, Kaito mindshare, broader web.
- Memory diff — narrative labels from prior runs, to compute transitions.
Output
Lead with transitions and reflexivity. Positions next. Static map last.
TRANSITIONS NEW: agentic-payments — first merchant adoption announcement PROMOTED: restaking — Rising → Peak (ETF leak) DEMOTED: memecoin-szn — Peak → Fading (60% vol drop WoW) DEAD: parallel-EVM — gone REFLEXIVITY prediction-markets — protocols rebranding around the Polymarket S-1 leak POSITIONS FRONT-RUN: agentic-payments (mindshare 2 ↑↑) — drivers, bear case, link FADE: restaking (5 → Cope) — driver list, reflexivity flagged MAP Emerging: agentic-payments Rising: AI-x-crypto Peak: restaking Fading: memecoin-szn
Quiet day: one line — no phase transitions, map unchanged from {date}. Silence is correct.
Rules
- Drop narratives that grade IGNORE.
- Named drivers only. "Crypto Twitter is excited" is not a driver.
- Cope sentiment is a first-class tag (bag-holder energy, bear-narratives-dressed-as-bull).
- Reflexivity only flagged with concrete evidence (rebrands, on-chain flows, named endorsements).

