Front Page Topic Scout
Paste a news front page, get original topic rows. ## How it works
Example input
[HAND-WRITTEN FICTIONAL SAMPLE - invented for testing.] I write a weekly newsletter for first-time engineering managers and solo founders. Domains: startups, careers, dev, leadership. Give me 2 topics per domain. Snapshot I copied by hand from a Hacker News-style front page, taken 2026-10-18 09:40 KST (these titles and numbers are invented): 1. "We replaced our staging environment with feature flags" (link) - 412 points, 187 comments, 3 hours ago 2. "Ask: Did switching to a 4-day week hurt your 8-person startup?" (no link) - 268 points, 341 comments, 5 hours ago 3. "I turned down a staff promotion to stay hands-on" (link) - 530 points, 96 comments, 11 hours ago 4. "Your first 1:1 template is probably wrong" (link) - 190 points, 44 comments, 2 hours ago 5. "SQLite is enough for most side projects" (link) - 677 points, 310 comments, 20 hours ago 6. "Show: a solo-founder dashboard for churn" (link) - 88 points, comments not shown, 1 hour ago 7. "Why we stopped doing code review for small PRs" (link) - 355 points, 402 comments, 8 hours ago 8. "Telescope mirror grinding for beginners" (link) - 240 points, 52 comments, 6 hours ago …
Example output
> **Editorial research aid, not a forecast.** Scores and comment counts are a snapshot that > changes by the minute. High attention on a source item does not guarantee that your piece will > get traffic, sales or approval, and no figure here predicts results. Check each source's terms > before reusing anything beyond the facts of what was linked. Data: pasted by user, snapshot time stated by user as 2026-10-18 09:40 KST. ## Snapshot note Source: a Hacker News-style front page, hand-copied by the user, snapshot 2026-10-18 09:40 KST. 9 items read: 8 assigned to your domains, 1 unassigned; 7 rows below (the staging-flags item fit "dev" but ranked below the top 2 there, so it has no row). Scores are time-dependent and item ages range from 1 hour to 1 day, so read each row's numbers together with its age. "leadership" has 1 row, not 2: only one item fits it that is not stronger in another domain, and I did not pad. ## startups | topic | type | angle | evidence of interest | source candidate | priority | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Four-day week at 8 people: who it really helps | opinion | Does a 4-day week sharpen a tiny startup's focus, or does it just hide that the team is under-resourced? | Ask: 4-day week at an 8-person startup: score 268, comments 341, age 5 hours ago; checked 2026-10-18 09:40 KST | n/a, do not cite (title-only, unread) | A: heavy debate, recent, fits founders | | What a solo founder should track before churn shows | how-to | Should a one-person company build a churn dashboard early, or is that measurement theater before there are enough customers? | Show: solo-founder churn dashboard: score 88, comments n/a, age 1 hour ago; checked 2026-10-18 09:40 KST | (link) do not cite (title-only, unread) | C: low score, comments missing | ## careers | topic | type | angle | evidence of interest | source candidate | priority | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Staying hands-on versus taking the senior title | personal story | Is turning down a promotion protecting your craft, or quietly capping your pay and your say? | Turned down staff promotion: score 530, comments 96, age 11 hours ago; checked 2026-10-18 09:40 KST | (link) do not cite (title-only, unread) | A: high score, fits managers weighing the move | …
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