Community Signals
Extract leads from developer forums (Hacker News, Reddit) by detecting intent signals — alternative seeking, competitor pain, scaling challenges, DIY solutio...
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Extract leads from developer forums (Hacker News, Reddit) by detecting intent signals — alternative seeking, competitor pain, scaling challenges, DIY solutions, and migration intent. Scores users by intent strength and cross-platform presence.
What this skill does
- 1Generates search queries across 9 intent categories — alternative seeking, competitor pain, migration intent, DIY builds, tool comparisons, and more — tailored to your product and ICP.
- 2Scans Hacker News via free Algolia API and relevant subreddits via Apify for posts and comments matching each query.
- 3Scores each user by intent strength, signal count, category diversity, and cross-platform presence.
- 4Surfaces the highest-intent users with sample posts, engagement data, and cross-platform flags.
- 5Recommends outreach angles per signal category and next steps: enrichment, deeper subreddit scan, or export.
When to use
- Your ICP is technical and actively discusses tooling choices on Hacker News or Reddit.
- You want to find people who are publicly complaining about a competitor or asking for alternatives right now.
- A prospect mentioned a forum post when they reached out and you want to find more like them.
- You built your GitHub signals list and want to cross-reference it with community activity.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Community Signals?
Community Signals is a Claude Code skill for sourcing by GooseWorks AI. Extract leads from developer forums (Hacker News, Reddit) by detecting intent signals — alternative seeking, competitor pain, scaling challenges, DIY solutio...
When should I use Community Signals?
Your ICP is technical and actively discusses tooling choices on Hacker News or Reddit. You want to find people who are publicly complaining about a competitor or asking for alternatives right now.
How do I install Community Signals?
Run the install command (npx goose-skills install). Once the skill is in place, Claude Code loads it automatically whenever a task matches what it does.
Is Community Signals free to use?
The author distributes it as MIT, but the repository has no LICENSE file. The source is public on GitHub (gooseworks-ai/goose-skills).