AskHound
Server Details
Find people asking for or seeking alternatives to a product, live from Stack Exchange and Bluesky.
- Status
- Healthy
- Uptime
- 100.0% over the last 24 hours
- Last Tested
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP · MCP 2025-06-18
- URL
- ChatGPT
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TDQS
Scored across 4 tools
Each tool has a distinct purpose: generating queries, finding conversations, reading policy, and running a combined pack. The only overlap is run_intent_pack, which composes the first two but is clearly a convenience wrapper, so confusion is minimal.
Three tools follow a clear verb_noun pattern (build_intent_queries, find_conversations, run_intent_pack), while reply_policy is a noun phrase. This minor deviation still leaves names predictable and readable.
Four tools is within the typical 3-15 range for a focused utility. However, run_intent_pack is a composite of two other tools, so the effective unique surface is slightly smaller, keeping it from a perfect score.
The server covers query generation, conversation discovery, policy, and a combined workflow. While a tool for drafting or validating replies against policy could be useful, the stated goal (finding conversations without auto-posting) is largely met.
Publisher details
- Operator
- AskHound Team (Haul Labs)
- Operator website
- https://askhound.haullabs.dev
- Vendor relationship
- First-party
- Documentation
- https://askhound.haullabs.dev/docs
- Trust center
- Not available
- Restrictions
- Free tier (10 results per call, 20 calls a day); paid plans from $19/mo
Available Tools
4 toolsbuild_intent_queriesCInspect
Turn a product description into buying-intent search phrases (competitor alternatives, switching, export, pricing pain, recommendations).
Inputs: jobs, product, category, competitors.
find_conversationsAInspect
Find recent public posts where people ask for a tool, an alternative, or help with a job, so you can decide whether an honest, disclosed reply would help them. Remote server covers Stack Exchange (incl. softwarerecs) and Bluesky; for Hacker News + GitHub run the local MCP: npx -y https://askhound.haullabs.dev/askhound.tgz mcp. Returns url, title, snippet, date, source and required attribution. Never auto-post replies.
Inputs: query (required), days, limit, context, +2 more.
reply_policyAInspect
The honest-reply rules AskHound users agree to. Read before drafting any reply.
Inputs: no named parameters.
run_intent_packBInspect
build_intent_queries + find_conversations for every phrase, merged and deduplicated, newest first.
Inputs: days, jobs, context, product, +2 more.
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