Find people asking for or seeking alternatives to a product, live from Stack Exchange and Bluesky.
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Turn a product description into buying-intent search phrases (competitor alternatives, switching, export, pricing pain, recommendations).
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Turn a product description into buying-intent search phrases (competitor alternatives, switching, export, pricing pain, recommendations).
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| jobs | array | |
| product | string | |
| category | string | |
| competitors | array |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"jobs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"product": {
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"type": "string"
},
"competitors": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}Find recent public posts where people ask for a tool, an alternative, or help with a job, so you can decide whether an honest, disclosed reply would help them. Remote server covers Stack Exchange (incl. softwarerecs) and Bluesky; for Hacker News + GitHub run the local MCP: npx -y https://askhound.haullabs.dev/askhound.tgz mcp. Returns url, title, snippet, date, source and required attribution. Never auto-post replies.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| days | number | |
| limit | number | |
| query* | string | Plain phrase, e.g. "otter alternative" or "transcript export" |
| context | array | At least one must appear (kills noise), e.g. ["meeting","transcript"] |
| exclude | array | |
| sources | array |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"days": {
"type": "number",
"default": 30
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"default": 25
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Plain phrase, e.g. \"otter alternative\" or \"transcript export\""
},
"context": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "At least one must appear (kills noise), e.g. [\"meeting\",\"transcript\"]"
},
"exclude": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"sources": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"enum": [
"se",
"bsky"
]
}
}
}
}The honest-reply rules AskHound users agree to. Read before drafting any reply.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}build_intent_queries + find_conversations for every phrase, merged and deduplicated, newest first.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| days | number | |
| jobs | array | |
| context | array | |
| product | string | |
| category | string | |
| competitors | array |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"days": {
"type": "number",
"default": 14
},
"jobs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"context": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"product": {
"type": "string"
},
"category": {
"type": "string"
},
"competitors": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}