Pp Producthunt

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Product Hunt — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the producthunt-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

1. Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:

   npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install producthunt --cli-only

2. Verify: producthunt-pp-cli --version
3. Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer):

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/marketing/producthunt/cmd/producthunt-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

When to Use This CLI

Pick this CLI when an agent or script needs Product Hunt data — daily launch leaderboards, topic-vertical scouting, individual launch detail with comments, or aggregated trajectories that PH's own UI never exposes. The local SQLite store and GraphQL fall-through mean repeated queries stay cheap; the no-auth feed tier means the CLI is useful before the user has even configured a key. Indie founders launching this week reach for the launch-day cockpit (launch-day, benchmark, trajectory, questions, compare); marketers doing competitive research reach for the marketer research desk (category snapshot, posts grep, lookalike, launches calendar).

When Not to Use This CLI

Do not activate this CLI for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. This printed CLI exposes read-only commands for inspection, export, sync, and analysis.

Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.

Founder launch-day cockpit

• posts launch-day — Renders your launch's votes-over-time trajectory side-by-side with today's top 5 launches — the answer to 'am I catching up to the leader.' Sync-driven, refreshes from the local store.

  Reach for this on launch day when a maker asks 'how am I tracking vs the leaders' — the side-by-side trajectories replace ten tabs.

  producthunt posts launch-day my-launch-slug --json

• posts benchmark — Reports percentile curves at hour-N for top-10 and top-50 launches in a topic, computed from accumulated local history. Tells a founder if their hour-6 votes are 'good' for their category.

  Use before launching to set realistic targets, or during launch to know whether a slow start is normal for the category or a real problem.

  producthunt posts benchmark --topic artificial-intelligence --hour 6 --json

• posts trajectory — Plots a single launch's votes-over-time from local snapshots. Foundational for launch-day-tracker; also useful standalone for retro analysis after the fact.

  Reach for this when reviewing a past launch or competitor — the curve shows momentum that a single end-of-day vote count hides.

  producthunt posts trajectory my-launch-slug --json

• posts questions — Surfaces only comments that look like real questions (regex ? plus heuristic verbs like 'how does', 'what's the', 'can it'), ranked by vote count. Cuts hundreds of launch-day comments down to the ones that need a maker's reply.

  Use during or after launch day to identify which comments deserve a real reply versus which are cheerleading or spam.

  producthunt posts questions my-launch-slug --json

• posts compare — Column-aligned comparison of two or more launches: votes, comments, topics, tagline, url, launch-time delta. Replaces juggling browser tabs.

  Pick this when a founder is benchmarking their launch against precedents or a marketer is triangulating between similar competitive launches.

  producthunt posts compare cursor-ide windsurf-ide claude-code --json

Marketer research desk

• category snapshot — Slide-deck-ready brief for a topic over a window: leaderboard + momentum delta vs prior window + most active poster handles + top emerging tagline tags.

  Reach for this on weekly category-research cadence — the single-output brief replaces opening 30 launch pages by hand.

  producthunt category snapshot --topic artificial-intelligence --window weekly --agent --select leaderboard,momentum_delta

• posts grep — Searches taglines and descriptions of launches in a window for a term — your brand, a competitor's brand, a category keyword. Returns matching launches with the matched snippet.

  Use this as a recurring brand-mention monitor or to find competitive launches that name your category in their pitch.

  producthunt posts grep --term "\\bclaude\\b" --since 7d --topic developer-tools --json

• posts lookalike — Given a launch slug, finds the most similar prior launches by topic overlap plus tagline FTS rank. Builds a competitive set automatically.

  Reach for this to build a competitive set quickly or to find precedent launches when planning your own positioning.

  producthunt posts lookalike notion --json --select edges.node.name,edges.node.tagline

• launches calendar — Shows what launched what day in a week (and prior weeks for context), with hour-of-day distribution. Helps a founder pick a strong launch slot.

  Use before scheduling a launch to find a less-crowded day or hour in your topic.

  producthunt launches calendar --topic artificial-intelligence --week 18 --json

Cross-persona monitoring

• topics watch — Detects new posts crossing a vote threshold in a topic since the last sync. Synthesizes an offline subscription against an API that has none.

  Schedule this in cron to alert on notable new launches in a vertical without hammering the GraphQL endpoint.

  producthunt topics watch artificial-intelligence --min-votes 200 --json

Agent-native plumbing

• posts since — Local-first time-window query: posts since 2h, posts since 24h. Falls through to live GraphQL if the window extends past the last sync.

  Reach for this from agentic flows that ask 'what's new on Product Hunt' — the local-first behavior keeps token costs low and the fall-through guarantees freshness.

  producthunt posts since 6h --json --select edges.node.name,edges.node.votesCount

• context — Returns a single JSON blob covering top posts in a window, top comments, topic followers, and your viewer status. One call answers 'what's the state of this topic right now' for an agent.

  Use as the first call in an agentic Product Hunt workflow — one snapshot replaces 'list posts then list comments then check viewer'.

  producthunt context --topic artificial-intelligence --since 24h --json

Command Reference

feed — Public Atom feed of featured Product Hunt launches (no auth required)

• producthunt-pp-cli feed — Fetch the public Atom feed of recent featured launches; needs no token

Hand-written commands

• producthunt-pp-cli posts — Get, list, and analyze Product Hunt launches via GraphQL
• producthunt-pp-cli posts get <id-or-slug> — Fetch full detail for a single launch (votes, comments, topics, makers, media)
• producthunt-pp-cli posts list — List launches filtered by topic, order, featured-flag, or posted-after window
• producthunt-pp-cli posts comments <id-or-slug> — List comments on a launch (commenter identities are redacted by Product Hunt)
• producthunt-pp-cli posts trajectory <slug> — Plot a launch's votes-over-time from local snapshots
• producthunt-pp-cli posts launch-day <my-slug> — Render YOUR launch's trajectory side-by-side with today's top 5 launches
• producthunt-pp-cli posts benchmark — Show percentile vote curves at hour-N for top-10 / top-50 launches in a topic
• producthunt-pp-cli posts compare <slug1> <slug2> [<slug3>...] — Column-aligned comparison of N launches: votes, comments, topics, tagline, url
• producthunt-pp-cli posts questions <slug> — Filter a launch's comments to only those that look like genuine questions
• producthunt-pp-cli posts grep — Search synced launches' taglines and descriptions for a keyword (brand-mention tracker)
• producthunt-pp-cli posts lookalike <slug> — Find prior launches in the same topic with similar tagline tokens (competitive set)
• producthunt-pp-cli posts since <duration> — Local-first time-window query (e.g., posts since 6h); falls through to live API
• producthunt-pp-cli comments — Get individual comments by id
• producthunt-pp-cli comments get <id> — Fetch a single comment by ID
• producthunt-pp-cli collections — Get and list Product Hunt curated collections
• producthunt-pp-cli collections get <id-or-slug> — Fetch a single collection with its post list
• producthunt-pp-cli collections list — List collections, optionally filtered by featured-flag or by a contained post/user
• producthunt-pp-cli topics — Get, list, and search Product Hunt topics (categories)
• producthunt-pp-cli topics get <id-or-slug> — Fetch a single topic (followers count, posts count)
• producthunt-pp-cli topics list — List topics, optionally ordered by newest or popularity
• producthunt-pp-cli topics search <query> — Search topics by name or description
• producthunt-pp-cli topics watch <slug> — Detect new posts crossing a vote threshold in a topic since the last sync
• producthunt-pp-cli users — Get user profiles and a user's launch/voted history (non-self users redacted by Product Hunt)
• producthunt-pp-cli users get <id-or-username> — Fetch a user profile (only whoami/yourself returns full data; non-self users return [REDACTED])
• producthunt-pp-cli users posts <username> — List the posts a user has made (post data is unredacted; the user identity itself may be redacted)
• producthunt-pp-cli users voted-posts <username> — List the posts a user has voted for (same redaction caveat as users posts)
• producthunt-pp-cli whoami — Show the authenticated user (full data; reports remaining complexity-budget and auth mode)
• producthunt-pp-cli category — Marketer research desk: category-level snapshots and trends
• producthunt-pp-cli category snapshot — Slide-deck-ready brief for a topic over a window: leaderboard, momentum delta, active handles, emerging tags
• producthunt-pp-cli launches — Calendar and timing analysis for launch slot picking
• producthunt-pp-cli launches calendar — Show what launched what day in a week, with hour-of-day distribution
• producthunt-pp-cli context — Single-call agent snapshot: top posts + top comments + topic state + viewer in one JSON blob
• producthunt-pp-cli today — Today's top launches (alias for posts list --order=RANKING --posted-after=midnight)
• producthunt-pp-cli recent — Most recent launches (alias for posts list --order=NEWEST)
• producthunt-pp-cli search <query> — Full-text search of locally synced posts
• producthunt-pp-cli sync — Sync the local store: posts, topics, collections, comments (cursor-based, resumable)
• producthunt-pp-cli sql <query> — Read-only SQL against the local SQLite store
• producthunt-pp-cli auth — Manage Product Hunt authentication (developer token by default, OAuth client_credentials alternate)
• producthunt-pp-cli auth onboard — Interactive wizard: walks you through creating a free OAuth app, prefills https://localhost/callback for the...
• producthunt-pp-cli auth set-token <token> — Set the developer token explicitly without going through the onboarding wizard
• producthunt-pp-cli auth status — Report which auth mode is active and what data it can access
• producthunt-pp-cli doctor — Auth-stage-aware diagnostic: tells you whether to onboard, regenerate a token, or wait for a budget reset