# ai.painspotter/painspotter

> AI-analyzed startup opportunities from Reddit, Hacker News & Product Hunt, with commercial scores.

- name: ai.painspotter/painspotter
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R1 (autonomous)
- trust: 64/100
- quality: 91/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.painspotter%2Fpainspotter
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/ai.painspotter%2Fpainspotter/tools

**An agent can connect on its own if it already holds `X_API_KEY`, `X_API_KEY`.** Remote endpoint behind a static API key or header. The registry never sees the value; the agent fills the placeholder.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "painspotter": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://painspotter.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "${X_API_KEY}",
        "Authorization": "${X_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${X_API_KEY}`, `${X_API_KEY}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 19
- freshness: 65
- provenance: 85
- drivers: +repository +dns-namespace +website -unreachable(2 failures) ~updated-141d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (good)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 7 of 7 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,086 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 7, about 1,086 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: d9a62311091212963d374e3f19bd6ded
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/ai.painspotter/painspotter.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/ai.painspotter/painspotter)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://painspotter.ai/mcp (streamable-http, auth api_key ${X_API_KEY}, reachable false, uptime30d 0.98333335)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (7)

- `get_blog_post`: Get the full Markdown body of one published blog post by its slug.
Free; does not consume API quota. Content is an original AI synthesis with
no verbatim community quotes.
- `get_opportunity`: Get the full detail of a specific opportunity: description, score breakdown,
MVP features, competitors, differentiation, risks and community evidence count.
(Free tool)
- `get_overview`: Get a global overview of PainSpotter: all domain categories (with theme count,
opportunity count and 30-day mentions) plus a snapshot of currently trending themes.
A good first step to map the landscape before drilling in with the other tools.
(Free tool)
- `get_theme`: Get the full market signal for a single theme: trend, 30-day / all-time mentions,
signal channels, audience clarity and market summary, plus the top-scoring
opportunities under it (including the Best Bet flagship opportunity).
(Pro tool)
- `list_blog_posts`: List recent published PainSpotter blog posts — weekly long-form analyses of
validated business opportunities (who's hurting, why now, how to build it).
Free; does not consume API quota.
- `list_trending_themes`: List themes that are currently heating up (sorted by trend change %), to catch
demand that is growing. A theme is the "market-signal layer": it aggregates
multiple opportunities and carries 30-day mentions, trend direction and audience clarity.
(Pro tool)
- `query_opportunities`: Unified opportunity search: filter by keyword, minimum score, platform,
recommendation tier and domain category, then sort the results.
(Pro tool)