Describe your product and keywords
Add your product description and the problem phrases you expect customers to use.
HN-only beta · public stories · no auto-posting
Find relevant Hacker News discussions.
Describe what you build and the problems you solve. SniffSniff scans public Hacker News stories on demand, shows the matching terms and relevance score, and gives you an editable starter reply. Nothing is posted automatically.
Current beta scope: Hacker News only. Reddit, Indie Hackers, and automatic posting are not available.
Good morning, founder 👋
Illustrative Hacker News-only scan results.
Sample scan results
Y
Looking for a better way to find early B2B users without cold outreach.
matched “customer discovery”, “B2B”
Y
What’s everyone using to find qualified conversations?
matched “conversations”
Y
Our team is drowning in prospect research.
matched “prospect research”
Illustrative example, not a live result.
How SniffSniff works
An on-demand Hacker News scan, not continuous monitoring.
Run an HN scan
SniffSniff runs a bounded, on-demand search of public Hacker News stories for your saved phrases.
Review the evidence and decide
See the matched terms, open the original thread, and edit the starter reply—or dismiss it. You choose whether and how to post.
What the HN-only MVP does today
Public HN search
Search public Hacker News stories on demand, using the keywords you save. One scan when you ask for it—not continuous monitoring.
Match evidence
See exactly which of your saved phrases matched each Hacker News item, so a relevance score is never a mystery.
Editable reply starter
Start from a plain template built from your product description, then add the thread-specific context yourself before posting.
One place to triage
Save, dismiss, or open the original Hacker News item from one review queue.
You post manually
SniffSniff never publishes, sends messages, or uses an account on your behalf. You decide what earns your name.
From Hacker News story to reply, step by step
1. Conversation found
HN · illustrative
A public HN story that matched your saved keywords.
2. Relevance to your keywords
Matched phrases shown
A higher score means more of your saved phrases appeared in the item—not a prediction that someone wants to buy.
3. Why it matches
Matched terms listed
See the exact phrases that matched, grounded in the story’s title and text.
4. Your review
Starter ready to edit
Edit the reply starter completely in your own words before manually posting it.
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Built for careful customer discovery—not bulk outreach.
SniffSniff never posts or sends anything. You review the original Hacker News thread and write or edit every reply yourself.
Ready to try the HN-only beta?
Join the waitlist and we’ll email you when private-beta access opens.
FAQ
Which sources does the MVP search?
Public Hacker News stories through its public search API.
Does SniffSniff post, send DMs, or connect to my accounts?
No. It has no publish or send endpoint; you manually decide what to do with a copied draft.
How are matches ranked?
A deterministic relevance score based on your workspace description and keywords, with the matched terms shown for review.
What do I need to provide?
A product name, a short description, and at least one keyword. A product URL is optional.
Will every scan find a useful discussion?
No. Results depend on your keywords, recent HN content, and source availability; empty and source-error states are shown honestly.
What happens after I join the waitlist?
Confirm your email. We’ll email you when private-beta access is available. We don’t promise a prebuilt brief or a launch date.