GoldAnswer — High-Intent Lead Hunter (Apify Actor)

Automatically monitors Hacker News / Reddit / any RSS feed, finds questions that are highly relevant to your product yet haven't been answered well, scores each with a 0–100 intent score, and drafts a ready-to-post reply that ends with your CTA.

Built on BYOK (Bring Your Own Key): you supply your own LLM / Reddit credentials and pay for them on your own bill. The developer never sees or pays for your keys.

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30-second start

1. Fill in keywords (required): your niche keywords, comma-separated, e.g. analytics, saas, churn.
2. Hit Run.
3. Open the Dataset tab for results; export to CSV anytime.

Runs with no keys at all — it defaults to Hacker News and produces free rule-based drafts, so you can try before connecting anything.

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Smarter replies: bring your own LLM (optional)

Fill the three fields below to generate replies with your own model. Leave them empty to use the free rule-based drafts:

Field	What to put	Example
llmBaseUrl	Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint	https://api.deepseek.com/v1
llmApiKey	The matching platform key (any non-empty string for local models)	sk-...
llmModel	Model name, comma-separated for fallbacks	deepseek-chat

Endpoints you can use (pick one):

Platform	llmBaseUrl	llmModel example
OpenAI	https://api.openai.com/v1	gpt-4o-mini
DeepSeek	https://api.deepseek.com/v1	deepseek-chat
Groq	https://api.groq.com/openai/v1	llama3.1-8b
Alibaba Qwen	https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1	qwen-plus
Local Ollama	http://localhost:11434/v1	llama3.1:8b

deepseek-chat is a great low-friction choice — high quality without an OpenAI account.

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Scanning Reddit (optional)

• redditClientId + redditClientSecret: create a script or web app at reddit.com/prefs/apps.
• Required for reliable Reddit scanning (the public API is often rate-limited / 403).
• Hacker News works with no key at all.

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Output fields

Field	Meaning
source	Where it came from (hackernews / reddit/r/...)
title	The question / post title
url	Link to the original thread
excerpt	Snippet
engagement	Engagement count
intentScore	Intent score 0–100 (higher = more worth pursuing)
draft	Reply draft (with your CTA)

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Input field cheat-sheet

Field	Required	Notes
keywords	yes	Your product keywords, comma-separated
communities	no	hackernews (no key), r/SaaS (needs Reddit creds), or an RSS URL
product	no	One line about your product, to make drafts fit better
ctaUrl	no	Landing / product link (add UTM for tracking)
minIntentScore	no	Keep only leads ≥ this score (default 40; higher = more precise)
maxResults	no	Max leads per run (default 30)
includeDrafts	no	Generate reply drafts? (default yes)
llmBaseUrl / llmApiKey / llmModel	no	Connect your own LLM (see above)
redditClientId / redditClientSecret	no	Connect Reddit (see above)

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Pricing

This Actor is billed by subscription (see Pricing on the right). LLM and Reddit API costs are covered by your own key accounts and are separate from this Actor's subscription fee.

Tips

• Higher minIntentScore = more precise but fewer leads; lower it to cast a wider net.
• Hacker News is news-heavy; genuine questions (Ask HN / help threads) score higher. For the most real questions, connect Reddit.
• Drafts include deterministic variation so posting several in a row won't look like spam.