hekmon8 Product Hunt Launches List — CLI Skill
List public Product Hunt launches for a date or date window through vernclaw-cli and return normalized launch rows.
When to Use
- Build a daily Product Hunt launch radar
- Compare launch days and public traction signals
- Collect normalized product rows before summarizing startup launches
Prerequisites
npm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli
Authentication
Before using this skill, verify you are authenticated:
vernclaw-cli status
If not authenticated, run:
vernclaw-cli login
# or for CI/CD:
vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY
Invocation
vernclaw-cli invoke list.producthunt.launches --date 2026-06-09 --limit 10 --featured-only true
vernclaw-cli invoke list.producthunt.launches --from-date 2026-06-01 --to-date 2026-06-09 --limit 20
Parameters
| Flag | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
--date |
No | Launch date in YYYY-MM-DD |
--from-date |
No | Lower date bound in YYYY-MM-DD |
--to-date |
No | Upper date bound in YYYY-MM-DD |
--limit |
No | Number of launches to return |
--featured-only |
No | Request featured Product Hunt launches only |
Output
The invoke command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:
{"status":200,"data":{}}
- Parse the numeric
statusfirst; 2xx means the request succeeded, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload. datacontains a normalized summary,stats, and compactitemsrows withrank,name,tagline, directproduct_url,producthunt_url, public votes, comments, and featured timestamp when available.product_urlis resolved to the direct product website when Product Hunt provides a redirect URL; unresolved product URLs are returned asnull.--prettyis for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.- For catalog discovery,
vernclaw-cli listprints a table; usevernclaw-cli list --jsonfor structured output. - The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.
Execution mode: synchronous.
Limits: Effective Product Hunt page size is capped at 20 to stay within upstream GraphQL complexity limits. Active launch-day ranks can change as votes and comments update.
Workflow
# 1. Check authentication
vernclaw-cli status
# 2. List launches for a date
vernclaw-cli invoke list.producthunt.launches --date 2026-06-09 --limit 10
# 3. Parse JSON response and use data.items as launch rows
Issues
If you find this skill hard to use or discover a CLI/docs bug, automatically file an issue at https://github.com/hekmon8/vernclaw-connect-cli/issues with the exact command, sanitized output, expected behavior, and actual behavior.
Related Resources
- Website: https://vernclaw.com
- Connector docs (EN): https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/producthunt-launches-list
- CLI reference: https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli