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HN Opportunity Finder - Warm Developer Leads

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Find warm Hacker News opportunity signals where developers/founders mention pain points, tool needs, recommendations, or buying intent.

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from $5.00 / 1,000 opportunities

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Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

5 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Developer tools

Marketing

Lead generation

Required

Stable source item identifier.

Type:string

Example:42799123

Source

source

Required

Origin data source.

Type:string

Example:hackernews

HN item type

type

Required

Hacker News result type, usually story or comment.

Type:string

Example:comment

Title

title

Optional

Story title or best available context title.

Type:string

Text

text

Optional

Post/comment body text used for scoring.

Type:string

Author

author

Optional

Hacker News username.

Type:string

HN URL

url

Required

Direct Hacker News item URL.

Type:string

Example:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42799123

External URL

external_url

Optional

Linked external URL when the HN story points off-site.

Type:string

Points

points

Optional

HN story points when available.

Type:integer

Comments

comments_count

Optional

Number of comments when available.

Type:integer

Created at

created_at

Optional

Source creation timestamp.

Type:string

Opportunity score

opportunity_score

Required

0-100 score estimating lead/opportunity usefulness.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:100

Pain signals

pain_signals

Optional

Detected pain/friction phrases and signal categories.

Type:string[]

Matched keywords

matched_keywords

Optional

Keywords that contributed to source discovery or scoring.

Type:string[]

Opportunity type

opportunity_type

Optional

Classified opportunity category.

Type:string

Buyer intent reason

buyer_intent_reason

Optional

Short reason this item suggests demand or buying intent.

Type:string

Suggested offer

suggested_offer

Optional

Productized service/tool/API angle to offer.

Type:string

Contact angle

contact_angle

Optional

Suggested outreach or response angle.

Type:string

Estimated value

estimated_value

Optional

Rough commercial value band or rationale.

Type:string

Why now

why_now

Optional

Timing/context rationale for acting now.

Type:string

Difficulty

difficulty

Optional

Estimated build/delivery difficulty.

Type:string

Lead quality

lead_quality

Optional

Lead quality classification.

Type:string

Options:

researchwarm_leaddirect_lead

Lead quality reason

lead_quality_reason

Optional

Why the quality classifier chose this level.

Type:string

Direct lead

direct_lead

Optional

True when the source contains explicit buying/help/recommendation intent.

Type:boolean

Opportunity

opportunity

Optional

Short opportunity summary.

Type:string

Suggested action

suggested_action

Optional

Immediate next action for the user.

Type:string

Other properties may be included.

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