SignalPipe is an agentic sales pipeline that monitors Reddit, Hacker News, and RSS feeds 24/7 for buying-intent signals. It uses AI to score each signal, draft a reply, and surface only real leads for human review and approval before anything is sent.

How does SignalPipe detect buying intent?

SignalPipe uses a three-stage pipeline: a keyword gate for cheap pre-filtering, OpenAI text-embedding-3-small for semantic similarity scoring against your anchor sentences, and a three-model LLM swarm (Optimist, Analyst, Skeptic) that evaluates each post independently. A hard skeptic veto suppresses any signal the most skeptical judge dismisses.

Does SignalPipe send messages automatically?

No. Every message requires human approval before it is sent. SignalPipe drafts the reply and queues it for your review — you approve, edit, or reject each one. Nothing is sent without your explicit sign-off.

What platforms does SignalPipe monitor?

SignalPipe monitors Reddit (via subreddit RSS feeds), Hacker News (via hnrss.org keyword feeds), and any RSS-compatible feed. You can add as many sources as you want per product.

How is SignalPipe different from Clay or Apollo?

Clay enriches contact lists you already have. Apollo is a cold email database. SignalPipe generates net-new leads by detecting live buying signals — finding people who are actively posting that they need what you sell, right now, in public communities.

SignalPipe has four tiers: BYOK ($19/mo — bring your own LLM key, 3 products, 50 leads/day, 1,000 prospects), Starter ($49/mo — 2 products, 25 leads/day, 500 prospects), Growth ($149/mo — 10 products, 250 leads/day, 5,000 prospects), and Scale ($499/mo — unlimited everything). Open Source is free for self-hosters. The first 100 waitlist members get 50% off for 3 months.

Does SignalPipe work with NVIDIA NeMoClaw?

Yes — fully compatible out of the box. NeMoClaw is NVIDIA's enterprise distribution of OpenClaw, so any OpenClaw plugin installs and runs on NeMoClaw without modification. For on-prem deployments, SignalPipe also supports local model inference: set COMPANION_LLM_PROVIDER=openai_compatible and point it at a locally running Nemotron or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Your leads, prospect data, and generated messages never leave your infrastructure.

Can I run SignalPipe fully on-premises?

Yes. Self-host the FastAPI backend on your own server, connect it to your own PostgreSQL database, and configure the companion message generation to use a local model via any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (Nemotron via NeMoClaw, Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM). The only external call that remains is the OpenAI embedding API for signal scoring — and that can be swapped for a local embedding model by request.

Hacker News Monitoring

Find CRM Buyers on Hacker News

CRM discussions on HN surface founders actively evaluating and switching tools. High intent for CRM alternatives, lead tracking, and sales pipeline software.

Station RSS URL

https://hnrss.org/newest?q=CRM

Paste this when calling signalpipe_add_station with platform: "hn"

How does CRM get discussed on Hacker News?

HN frequently surfaces "what CRM do you use?" threads, CRM comparison discussions, and founder complaints about overpriced enterprise tools. The audience skews technical and cost-conscious — they want tools that fit their workflow, not bloated enterprise platforms.

What do CRM buying signals look like on HN?

CRM switch signals often cite cost and complexity: "HubSpot is getting too expensive", "looking for a lightweight CRM for a two-person team". Cost-frustration alongside a search for alternatives is one of the strongest switch signals.

Example high-intent HN posts about CRM

"Ask HN: What CRM do two-person B2B SaaS teams actually use?"

Why it's a signal: Team-size qualified buyer. Active comparison, decision imminent.

"HubSpot raised prices again — what are people switching to?"

Why it's a signal: Competitor frustration + active switch. Perfect signal timing.

"Ask HN: Lightweight CRM with lead scoring and community monitoring — does it exist?"

Why it's a signal: Describes SignalPipe features by name. Direct product-fit signal.

Ready-to-use anchor sentences for CRM on HN

Anchor sentences are buyer phrases written from the buyer's perspective. SignalPipe uses them to score semantic similarity against posts. Add these when calling signalpipe_add_product.

1"looking for lightweight CRM alternative for small B2B team"

2"switching from HubSpot, need simpler prospect tracking tool"

3"CRM with lead scoring and community signal detection"

4"want simple pipeline management without enterprise complexity"

5"affordable CRM for early-stage SaaS founders"

How to start monitoring CRM on Hacker News

Install SignalPipe

Run `openclaw plugins install signalpipe` inside OpenClaw. Takes under a minute.

Create a product profile

Call signalpipe_add_product. Paste the anchor sentences above into the anchor_sentences field.

Add HN as a station

Call signalpipe_add_station with platform: "hn" and rss_url: "https://hnrss.org/newest?q=CRM". Then call signalpipe_reload_products.

Run your first scan

Call signalpipe_scout_now to trigger an immediate scan. Then signalpipe_get_missions to see the first batch of scored leads.

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How the scoring pipeline works

Monitor "Sales Automation" on HN →

HN discussions about sales automation surface high-intent technical founders and operators. SignalPipe monitors them 24/7 and scores each post for buying intent.

Monitor "Lead Generation" on HN →

HN surfaces technical founders and growth operators actively discussing lead generation

Monitor "B2B SaaS" on HN →

HN is one of the highest-density communities for B2B SaaS buyers and builders. SignalPipe monitors it 24/7 for posts that match your product's buying signals.

Monitor r/SaaS on Reddit →

r/SaaS has 200,000+ founders, operators, and buyers actively discussing tools, workflows, and purchasing decisions. SignalPipe monitors it 24/7 for posts that match your product.

Monitor r/startups on Reddit →

r/startups has over 1 million members