See buyers before they enter a marketplace.
SignalScout monitors Hacker News, Dev.to and automation communities for people actively asking for help — filters the noise, scores intent, and gives you a daily feed of warm leads for Make, Zapier & n8n.
For automation consultants, no-code operators & small agencies. Warm intent, not cold lists.
For automation consultants who hate cold outreach.
If you sell Make, Zapier or n8n implementation, your best leads are people publicly asking for exactly that — right now. The catch: by the time you find them, the intent is stale and a marketplace has split it across ten bidders.
Cold outreach burns out
Spraying strangers who never opted in lands near 2% replies and quietly wrecks your domain reputation.
Intent has a shelf life
A "who can automate this?" post is warm for hours. Find it next week and the deal is already gone.
Signal drowns in noise
For every real buyer, ten sellers pitch and job ads clutter the feed. Reading by hand doesn't scale.
Scan. Score. Reply — while the problem is still urgent.
Scan communities
Pick a niche preset or enter keywords. SignalScout queries Hacker News and Dev.to through public APIs.
HN · Dev.to · moreFilter noise & score intent
Transparent scoring removes sellers and posts, rates every item 0–100, and shows exactly why it matched.
intent 0–100 · explainableReply first — or export
Get a ranked feed with a draft reply, or export qualified signals to CSV and work them in your CRM.
feed + draft + CSVPick a niche, scan live sources, export your leads.
Start with a preset, tune the keywords, and SignalScout builds live queries across Hacker News and Dev.to, scores each post, and lets you export the qualified ones — right in your browser.
Build your scan
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Source diagnostics
How scoring works
Data quality
Demo QA
Query transparency
Live mode fetches public Hacker News (Algolia API) and attempts Dev.to and GitHub Issues directly in your browser. If a source is blocked by the network or browser, it's marked unavailable and the rest still works; if all fail, the panel shows clearly-labeled sample data. Reddit and forums are roadmap/manual — not fetched here.
This is what lands in your feed.
Stop scraping cold lists. Monitor people already asking.
Faster pipeline
Skip list-building. Wake up to people already raising their hand.
Less cold outreach
Protect your domain and your sanity. Open with context, not a cold script.
Better timing
Reach the request while it's urgent — before a marketplace splits it across ten bidders.
Explainable relevance
Every lead shows the phrases behind its score — so your first message actually fits.
Export to CSV
Take qualified signals into your CRM or outreach tool in one click.
You stay in control
Drafts are suggestions. Nothing is auto-posted or auto-sent. Ever.
Only public, real-intent signals.
We start where buyers actually ask out loud — and only through public, accessible feeds and official APIs.
Public posts only, via official APIs and feeds. No scraping behind logins, no auto-posting, no mass DMs.
- ✓Real intent only. People actively asking — not scraped contact lists.
- ✓Explainable scoring. Every lead shows why it's warm.
- ✓Human in the loop. You review and send. Nothing automated on your behalf.
Hacker News is publicly accessible via the Algolia API and was used to validate real automation buyer-intent (recurring "Seeking freelancer?" threads + a 2026 "Who is hiring" automation role).
Reddit was not accessible from our build environment. Treat Reddit coverage as roadmap and validate it manually before relying on it.
Signals are public posts only. Review every lead before reaching out, keep replies relevant, and respect each platform's rules and etiquette.
Simple plans. One closed lead pays for the year.
Starter
- ✓ 5 tracked topics
- ✓ Hacker News + Dev.to
- ✓ 100 scored leads / mo
- ✓ CSV export
Pro
- ✓ 15 tracked topics
- ✓ + Forums & Indie Hackers
- ✓ 500 scored leads / mo
- ✓ AI reply drafts
- ✓ Intent scoring & filters
Agency
- ✓ Multiple clients / niches
- ✓ Everything in Pro
- ✓ Priority sources & support
- ✓ Export & team sharing
Good questions.
No. We only surface people who publicly asked for help, and you reply manually with something relevant. No mass-sending, no auto-posting.
The scanner fetches real public posts from Hacker News (and attempts Dev.to) in your browser when the network allows it (green LIVE badge). If blocked, it shows clearly-labeled SAMPLE data. Reddit/forums are roadmap.
Transparent client-side scoring rewards buyer phrases and your tool keywords, adds a recency bonus, and penalizes seller-like phrasing. Each lead shows the exact phrases behind its score.
Yes — one click exports the qualified signals to a CSV (score, source, title, link, matched keywords, why it matched, suggested action). No emails or form data are included.
You'll get a sample signal feed for your niche, early scanner access, a chance to tune the scoring rules with us, and updates as new sources go live. No charge during early access.