Recoup Release — Track Drop

Confirm a release actually dropped and build a launch-day alert — checks whether the single/album went live and surfaces the first-day signals. Use for "did [artist]'s single drop", "launch alert", or "watch for the drop". Idempotent and dated; saves to the release workspace. For ongoing weekly streaming-spike watching use recoup-research-weekly-brief.

Recoup Release — Track Drop

Confirm the release dropped and build a launch-day alert from the research API. Idempotent + dated; save to releases/{artist-slug}/{release-slug}/tracking/.

Procedure

Check whether the release is live (search + /research/albums//tracks for the title), then pull launch-day signals (Spotify metrics, playlists, milestones). Classify the launch (live yet? on any playlists? early streaming?) and write a dated tracking file + a short chat summary. If it isn't live yet, say so — don't fabricate.

For ongoing streaming-spike watching across the catalog, use recoup-research-weekly-brief (streaming scope).

Guardrails

Idempotent + dated — re-runs surface the existing file rather than duplicate.
Never fabricate a drop, placement, or number.

References

references/response-shapes.md — research API shapes.