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Opportunity Radar

We scan public GitHub Issues for recurring requests, workflow friction and missing capabilities—then rank the strongest signals without hiding the original evidence.

56 signals · Last data refresh Sep 25, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC

ISSUE SCAN COVERAGE36 / 36 current repositories · 5 new

“New” means first detected by the Radar within 48 hours. Live opportunities come only from projects in the current curated feed; archived projects remain searchable as historical research but cannot leave stale demand signals here.

Evidence signal, not proof of market demand.

A popular Issue can reveal real friction, but it does not prove willingness to pay. Use these leads for interviews, validation and product discovery.

FROM SIGNAL TO ACTION

A 3-step validation sprint

Use the evidence as a starting point, then verify the problem before building.

1. Read the threadIdentify who has the problem and the workaround they use today.
2. Contact five usersAsk about frequency, cost and what they already tried.
3. Test one narrow fixOffer a manual or lightweight solution before writing a full product.

3 Integrations signals

Tool & system connectors · MarketingREPEATED ACROSS 4 PROJECTS

[BUG] /api/agents returns HTTP 500 on malformed `limit` or `page` query parameter (regression of #1271 / #1007 / PR #1272 un-deployed)

Observed in Scottcjn/bottube · Python · MIT

What the reporter described: Bounty #1102 claim: Bottube /api/agents returns HTTP 500 on malformed or query parameter (5 RTC, functional tier) Bug summary and on return HTTP 500 with an HTML server error page when the parameter is a non-numeric string. Other shapes (negative, zero, oversized) silently coerce to a default. This is a regression:…

Related friction appears in 4 independent repositories. This is stronger than one backlog item, but still requires direct user validation.

7 comments1 positive reactions103 days openEvidence score 66/100Project Radar 87

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Tool & system connectors · MarketingREPEATED ACROSS 4 PROJECTS

[BUG] /social/api/feed returns HTTP 500 for every request (broader than #4313)

Observed in Scottcjn/bottube · Python · MIT

What the reporter described: Summary Live re-verification at 2026-06-09T23:58+08:00 (just now) found that returns HTTP 500 with the in-app Flask 500 template for every request — including the documented happy-path inputs the source-tree test contract asserts. This is broader than the pre-existing ("BoTTube feed endpoints accept negative limits")…

Related friction appears in 4 independent repositories. This is stronger than one backlog item, but still requires direct user validation.

7 comments1 positive reactions108 days openEvidence score 66/100Project Radar 87

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Tool & system connectors · MarketingREPEATED ACROSS 4 PROJECTS

[BUG] /api/videos ignores limit query parameter

Observed in Scottcjn/bottube · Python · MIT

What the reporter described: Summary The public BoTTube video feed endpoint ignores the query parameter. Requests with , , , and all return 20 videos, and the response does not include useful pagination metadata ( , , are null/missing in the PowerShell JSON object). URL Steps To Reproduce Run: Observed on 2026-06-13 UTC: Expected returns 1 video.…

Related friction appears in 4 independent repositories. This is stronger than one backlog item, but still requires direct user validation.

12 comments0 positive reactions104 days openEvidence score 63/100Project Radar 87

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How opportunities are ranked

The evidence score combines capped, diminishing-return discussion, positive reactions, unresolved duration and the underlying project’s Radar Score. This prevents one repeatedly commented thread from overwhelming independent signals. Maintenance-only tickets, dependency dashboards, CI failures and release checklists are filtered out. Rankings are independent and never paid placements.