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What does the Vernclaw Producthunt Search skill do?

Use when searching Product Hunt launches through Vernclaw CLI. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

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Vernclaw Producthunt Search by hekmon8

Name: Vernclaw Producthunt Search
Author: hekmon8

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Product Hunt Search — CLI Skill

Search public Product Hunt launches through vernclaw-cli and return normalized product evidence rows.

When to Use

Find Product Hunt launches for competitor and market research
Collect normalized launch rows before writing startup or product reports
Compare launch positioning, topics, makers, votes, and comments for a keyword

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 search.producthunt --query "AI coding agent" --limit 5
vernclaw-cli invoke search.producthunt --query "launch analytics" --limit 10 --from-date 2026-06-01 --to-date 2026-06-09

Parameters

Flag	Required	Description
`--query`	Yes	Product Hunt search query
`--limit`	No	Number of launches to return
`--from-date`	No	Lower date bound in `YYYY-MM-DD`
`--to-date`	No	Upper date bound in `YYYY-MM-DD`
`--sort`	No	One of `featured_at`, `votes`, `comments`, or `recent`

Output

The invoke command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:

{"status":200,"data":{}}

Parse the numeric status first; 2xx means the request succeeded, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload.
data contains a normalized summary, stats, and compact items rows with rank, name, tagline, direct product_url, producthunt_url, public votes, comments, and featured timestamp when available.
product_url is resolved to the direct product website when Product Hunt provides a redirect URL; unresolved product URLs are returned as null.
--pretty is for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.
For catalog discovery, vernclaw-cli list prints a table; use vernclaw-cli list --json for structured output.
The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.

Execution mode: synchronous.

Limits: Product Hunt API v2 does not expose global post full-text search, so Vernclaw filters fetched public launches by keyword. Effective Product Hunt page size is capped at 20.

Workflow

# 1. Check authentication
vernclaw-cli status

# 2. Search Product Hunt launches
vernclaw-cli invoke search.producthunt --query "AI coding agent" --limit 5

# 3. Parse JSON response and use data.items as launch evidence 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-search
CLI reference: https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli

---name: vernclaw-producthunt-searchdescription: Use when searching Product Hunt launches through Vernclaw CLI.license: MIT---# Product Hunt Search — CLI SkillSearch public Product Hunt launches through `vernclaw-cli` and return normalized product evidence rows.## When to Use- Find Product Hunt launches for competitor and market research- Collect normalized launch rows before writing startup or product reports- Compare launch positioning, topics, makers, votes, and comments for a keyword## Prerequisites```bashnpm i -g vernclaw-connect-cli```## AuthenticationBefore using this skill, verify you are authenticated:```bashvernclaw-cli status```If not authenticated, run:```bashvernclaw-cli login# or for CI/CD:vernclaw-cli login --api-key YOUR_KEY```## Invocation```bashvernclaw-cli invoke search.producthunt --query "AI coding agent" --limit 5vernclaw-cli invoke search.producthunt --query "launch analytics" --limit 10 --from-date 2026-06-01 --to-date 2026-06-09```## Parameters| Flag | Required | Description || ------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ || `--query` | Yes | Product Hunt search query || `--limit` | No | Number of launches to return || `--from-date` | No | Lower date bound in `YYYY-MM-DD` || `--to-date` | No | Upper date bound in `YYYY-MM-DD` || `--sort` | No | One of `featured_at`, `votes`, `comments`, or `recent` |## OutputThe `invoke` command prints compact JSON to stdout by default:```text{"status":200,"data":{}}```- Parse the numeric `status` first; 2xx means the request succeeded, and non-2xx means the agent should inspect the error payload.- `data` contains a normalized summary, `stats`, and compact `items` rows with `rank`, `name`, `tagline`, direct `product_url`, `producthunt_url`, public votes, comments, and featured timestamp when available.- `product_url` is resolved to the direct product website when Product Hunt provides a redirect URL; unresolved product URLs are returned as `null`.- `--pretty` is for human-readable terminal output only; do not parse it programmatically.- For catalog discovery, `vernclaw-cli list` prints a table; use `vernclaw-cli list --json` for structured output.- The CLI omits provider raw payloads from normal connector output.Execution mode: **synchronous**.Limits: Product Hunt API v2 does not expose global post full-text search, so Vernclaw filters fetched public launches by keyword. Effective Product Hunt page size is capped at 20.## Workflow```bash# 1. Check authenticationvernclaw-cli status# 2. Search Product Hunt launchesvernclaw-cli invoke search.producthunt --query "AI coding agent" --limit 5# 3. Parse JSON response and use data.items as launch evidence rows```## IssuesIf 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-search>- **CLI reference**: <https://vernclaw.com/docs/connectors/cli>

Frequently asked questions

Vernclaw Producthunt Search