Hacker News monitoring
Track Hacker News threads where technical teams discuss tools, ask for recommendations, compare products, and share problems your team can learn from.
Hacker News is available by default on IntentHunter.
Why monitor Hacker News
Hacker News threads often include candid product comparisons, migration stories, and direct questions from technical users.
New product launches and Ask HN threads can show what people like, dislike, and expect from products in your category.
A valuable signal may be buried deep in a thread. IntentHunter ranks matches so the more useful conversations are easier to review.
What to track
IntentHunter uses your product, competitors, topics, and keywords to rank conversations that look relevant to your market.
Use cases
Find technical teams asking for recommendations
Watch competitor launches and discussion
Spot product objections before sales calls
Find topics worth turning into founder-led content
How it works
Describe your product, customer, competitors, and the problems you want to monitor.
Turn on the sources your plan supports, including Hacker News when available.
Open the inbox, read the original conversation, and save, ignore, or mark matches as contacted.
Alerts
Keep the inbox as your source of truth, then route alerts to the channels your plan includes.
Daily digests and alert emails.
Send matches to a team channel.
Route alerts to a Discord channel.
Get alerts in a Telegram chat.
Other channels
FAQ
Create a project, choose the sources your plan supports, and review ranked conversations as scans run.
