Chapter 14
dev-pain-finder — Claude Skill
dev-pain-finder — Claude Skill
Find real developer pain points for any keyword. Build what developers actually need.
Enter any keyword or problem space — authentication, Kubernetes, ORMs, deployment pipelines — and Claude fires parallel TinyFish agents across Reddit, Hacker News, dev.to, and GitHub Discussions simultaneously. Complaints are grouped by theme, scored by frequency and upvote weight, and returned as a ranked opportunity map.
What you get
- Ranked pain themes with frustration scores
- Exact complaint titles with upvote/reaction counts
- Pattern analysis — what the underlying problem actually is
- Opportunity signal — where frustration is high and solutions are thin
- Top 3 actionable build opportunities
Why these sources
| Source | Why it's valuable |
|---|---|
| Raw, unfiltered developer frustration at scale | |
| Hacker News | Senior devs, high signal-to-noise, sorted by popularity |
| dev.to | Longer-form complaints with more context |
| GitHub Discussions | Closest to the actual tool — real users, real problems |
Requirements
- TinyFish CLI:
npm install -g tinyfish - Authenticated:
tinyfish auth login
Install
Claude.ai: Download dev-pain-finder.skill from Releases → upload to Settings → Skills
CLI:
bash
npx skills add KrishnaAgarwal7531/skills- --skill dev-pain-finderExample
code
find developer pain points around "authentication"Returns themes like: "Session management complexity", "OAuth provider inconsistencies", "JWT debugging is a nightmare", "Lack of good multi-tenant solutions" — each scored and ranked with real quotes and opportunity signals.
Built with
- TinyFish Web Agent
- Part of the TinyFish Cookbook