Part 1 · Ingestion

Sources

Platform health, polling cadence and credentials.

HNHackerNews
Active

HackerNews

Algolia HN search API — free, no credentials required. Searches stories and comments across all of HN.

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24h ingest
RDReddit
Not configured

Reddit

OAuth2 client credentials flow. Fetches new posts from configured subreddits and matches against tracked entity keywords.

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Required env
APIFY_TOKEN
Subreddits
XMX / Twitter
Not configured

X / Twitter

Twitter API v2 recent search. Supports boolean queries and from: handle syntax for executives.

!Basic tier ($100/mo) recommended for useful volume. Free tier is heavily rate-limited.
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Required env
TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN
GAGoogle Alerts
Not configured

Google Alerts

Parses RSS feeds you configure in Google Alerts. Add a feed URL to each tracked entity in the Track page.

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RSS feeds configured
None — add a feed URL to a tracked entity
MNManual
Active

Manual

Analyst submits articles directly via the Submit page. Always active — no configuration needed.

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Cron schedule
All collectors run hourly at minute 0. Vercel Cron hits /api/cron/[platform] with the CRON_SECRET header.
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