opportunity-scanner

Global opportunity scanner for developers and investors. Scans GitHub and Hacker News live, with real public APIs (no keys, no simulation), to surface trending repositories, hiring threads, product launches, and funding signals the same day they happen.

Why an agent would call this

scan_github_opportunities — real GitHub Search API data: newly created repositories sorted by star velocity, optionally filtered by topic (e.g. "ai-agent", "rust", "blockchain"). Useful for developers scouting what to learn/contribute to, and investors scouting early technical signal before it's mainstream.
scan_hackernews_signals — live Hacker News data filtered into three categories: hiring (Who's Hiring threads), launches (Show HN posts), funding (funding-round / acquisition chatter). Useful for freelancers and job seekers, and for investors tracking early-stage launches.
get_daily_opportunity_digest — one call, combined snapshot of both sources — the fastest way to get a same-day opportunity briefing.

MCP connection

POST https://www.aliensignalsystems.online/api/opportunity-scanner
Content-Type: application/json

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{}}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_daily_opportunity_digest","arguments":{}}}

Tools

scan_github_opportunities

| arg | type | required | |---|---|---| | topic | string | no | | days_back | number | no (default 14) | | limit | number | no (default 10, max 25) |

scan_hackernews_signals

| arg | type | required | |---|---|---| | category | "hiring" | "launches" | "funding" | "all" | no (default "all") | | limit | number | no (default 10, max 25) |

get_daily_opportunity_digest

No arguments. Returns {generated_at, github_trending[], hackernews_signals[]}.

Keywords

opportunity scanner, developer job finder, remote job radar, freelance opportunities, trending GitHub repos, startup launch tracker, Show HN tracker, Hacker News hiring aggregator, funding round tracker, early-stage investor signal, technical due diligence, no-API-key data aggregation