painspotter
MCP serverDev toolsPainspotter turns discussions from Reddit, Hacker News, and Product Hunt into AI-analyzed startup opportunities. Once added, your AI can surface these opportunities with a commercial score for each, so you can see which ideas may be worth pursuing.
Use painspotter in Claude, ChatGPT or Ahel Desktop
Free. Sign in, add painspotter and connect your AI. About a minute.
Also: Claude Code · Cursor · Codex
Then ask your AI: use painspotter to get overview
Needs your own API account. Keys stay in your vault.
Details
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
After adding it, ask your AI to find startup opportunities in a topic or market you care about, then review the results and their commercial scores.
What your AI can do with it
- Find startup opportunities from Reddit discussions
- Surface ideas from Hacker News
- Spot opportunities in Product Hunt launches
- Get a commercial score for each opportunity
Install painspotter
The server’s own address, for the clients that take one directly. Or connect Ahel once and every client you use reads it from one address, with the account kept on Ahel rather than in each client’s config.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user painspotter 'https://painspotter.ai/mcp'Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.
Claude Desktop
https://painspotter.ai/mcpAdd a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.
Cursor
cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=painspotter&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3BhaW5zcG90dGVyLmFpL21jcCJ9Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.
ChatGPT
https://painspotter.ai/mcpIn Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.
Codex
codex mcp add painspotter --url 'https://painspotter.ai/mcp'Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login painspotter if the server asks for an account.
Tools it offers (7)
What this server listed when Ahel dialed its public endpoint in Sep 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.
get_overviewget_opportunityquery_opportunitieslist_trending_themesget_themelist_blog_postsget_blog_post
Advanced
- Delivery
- painspotter MCP server → your Ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
- Item type
- mcp-server
- Key
ai-painspotter-painspotter- Source
- github.com/archoor/reddit-insight
- Hosted endpoint
https://painspotter.ai/mcp
github.com/archoor/reddit-insight