painspotter
AI-analyzed startup opportunities from Reddit, Hacker News & Product Hunt, with commercial scores.
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AI-analyzed startup opportunities from Reddit, Hacker News & Product Hunt, with commercial scores.
Server tool list (7)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| get_overview | Get a global overview of PainSpotter: all domain categories (with theme count, opportunity count and 30-day mentions) plus a snapshot of currently trending themes. A good first step to map the landscape before drilling in with the other tools. (Free tool) |
| get_opportunity | Get the full detail of a specific opportunity: description, score breakdown, MVP features, competitors, differentiation, risks and community evidence count. (Free tool) |
| query_opportunities | Unified opportunity search: filter by keyword, minimum score, platform, recommendation tier and domain category, then sort the results. (Pro tool) |
| list_trending_themes | List themes that are currently heating up (sorted by trend change %), to catch demand that is growing. A theme is the "market-signal layer": it aggregates multiple opportunities and carries 30-day mentions, trend direction and audience clarity. (Pro tool) |
| get_theme | Get the full market signal for a single theme: trend, 30-day / all-time mentions, signal channels, audience clarity and market summary, plus the top-scoring opportunities under it (including the Best Bet flagship opportunity). (Pro tool) |
| list_blog_posts | List recent published PainSpotter blog posts — weekly long-form analyses of validated business opportunities (who's hurting, why now, how to build it). Free; does not consume API quota. |
| get_blog_post | Get the full Markdown body of one published blog post by its slug. Free; does not consume API quota. Content is an original AI synthesis with no verbatim community quotes. |