AI lead discovery for Reddit, X & Hacker News

Turn Reddit and X conversations into your next customers.

Paste your URL and watch it happen: MentionLeads reads your site, hunts Reddit live, and shows you real people asking for what you built — with your first reply already drafted.

Real Reddit threads, live. Free · no signup · about 30 seconds.

Or start free with 3 days of Pro — no card required. Finds buyers onRedditXHN

How it works

From thread to posted reply

The demo above, running for you every day: scan, score, draft. You approve and post.

1
Set up
Describe your product and pick subreddits
2
Scan
We pull fresh threads from Reddit and X
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Score
Each is ranked by real buying intent
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Draft
A value-first reply, written for you
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Post
Approve and post from your own browser
MentionLeads
AI tool that finds Reddit leads and drafts authentic replies
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Why MentionLeads

Built to keep you welcome on Reddit

Reddit rewards people who answer well and buries people who pitch. Every part of the product leans toward the first.

RedditX (Twitter)Hacker News

Reddit, X and Hacker News, one scored inbox

Discovery runs across all three platforms on a schedule, without you. Every fresh conversation lands in the same inbox, scored the same way — already ranked when you sit down.

r/ecommerce · "Any tool that actually recovers abandoned carts?"92
@shipfast_dev · "looking for a tool that finds leads on reddit — recs?"87
HN · "Ask HN: How do you find your first 10 customers?"84
r/SaaS · "We hit $2k MRR this month"Skip

Buyer-intent scoring

Intent, urgency, and conversion scores on every thread, so you answer the ones most likely to convert.

Knows when to skip

Weak threads — and communities that remove product talk — get flagged with a reason. That judgment is what keeps your account safe.

Drafts that sound like you

Value-first replies written like a real peer, never like AI. You review, edit, and post everything from your own account.

Replies that keep paying

Scans flag threads ranking on Google — the same ones ChatGPT and Perplexity cite. One good reply there sends buyers for months.

Human voice

Writes like you, not like AI

Buzzwords are banned, so is the cadence that gives AI away. Drafts must reference specifics from the thread — and you approve every word before it posts.

Typical AI reply

Great question! I totally understand your struggle — finding customers can be challenging. Have you considered leveraging an all-in-one solution like OurTool? It’s a game changer for streamlining your outreach journey! 🚀

buzzwordsinstant pitchsounds like every bot
MentionLeads draft

What worked for me wasn’t posting at all — it was answering questions in a couple of niche subs for a few weeks. People checked my profile on their own. For your analytics angle, r/dataisbeautiful threads asking ‘how do I track this’ are basically your customers describing the problem.

specific to the threadhelps firstno pitch

New · MCP server

Your coding agent has leads now

Connect MentionLeads to Claude Code or Cursor. Pull scored leads and reply drafts without leaving your editor — and pipe real user complaints from Reddit straight into your agent: it reads the problem, ships the fix, and MentionLeads drafts the “just shipped it” reply.

claude code — your project

> anyone complaining about my product on reddit?

⏺ get_product_feedback

r/SaaS · “love the tool but there’s no CSV export” · user_feedback

> fix it

⏺ get_build_prompt → implementing export… tests passing ✓

> draft my reply to that thread

⏺ get_reply_draft

“good call on this, just shipped csv export. it’s live if you want to try it”

claude mcp add --transport http mentionleads https://www.mentionleads.com/api/mcp

Read-only API keys, minted in your account. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP client. Read the docs · Get your key free

Pro · AI & search visibility

Get quoted by the AI that answers your buyers

People increasingly ask an assistant instead of running a search, and those assistants quote communities. Mentions you earn in real discussions keep working long after a paid click is gone — and MentionLeads tracks the footprint you build each month.

Answer engines read Reddit

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews lean on community discussion when they answer "what should I use for X". A helpful reply in the right thread becomes part of what they read.

Those threads rank on Google

Reddit and Hacker News threads outrank most company blogs for buying-intent searches. We flag the threads already ranking for your keywords, so your reply lands where the traffic already is.

Your account, not a bot farm

Every mention is posted from your own account, disclosed, after you approve the wording. No rented account networks, nothing that gets your brand named in a callout thread.

AI & search visibilityProthis month
85
visibility score
+37% vs last month
24 posted + 7 ranking ×3 + 11 replies ×2
Reddit mentions18
Hacker News mentions6
On Google-ranking threads · best position #37
Replies back11

Every number is a reply you actually posted — counted, never estimated. The score is our own index, and it always shows what it is made of.

Then watch them come read you

AI crawler tracking

Add a few lines to your server and see exactly which AI crawlers request your pages — split by why they came. A training crawler collecting content is one thing. ChatGPT fetching your pricing page to answer someone right now is a live referral.

It has to be server-side: AI crawlers request raw HTML and skip JavaScript, so no analytics snippet ever sees them.

Read the install docs
AI crawler trafficPro7 days
AI answers241Indexing88Training1.4k

An assistant fetched these pages to answer someone — the closest thing to a live referral.

CHChatGPT · OpenAI2262h ago
GEGemini · Google95h ago
CLClaude · Anthropic41d ago
PEPerplexity · Perplexity21d ago
Start building visibility

Both included in Pro · $39/mo billed yearly · cancel anytime

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when leads become customers.

Free

See real scored leads on one product.

$0/ mo

No card required

  • Starts with 3 days of Pro — no card
  • 1 project
  • Reddit + X discovery
  • 1 scan per day
  • Value-first drafts
Start free

Starter

One product, every platform, every day.

$19/ mo

Billed monthly · cancel anytime

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Hacker News discovery, on top of Reddit + X
  • 10 scans per day
  • Auto-scans every 12 hours
  • Full lead pipeline & revenue tracking
Start with Starter
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Pro

For founders growing on Reddit and X every week.

$49/ mo

Billed monthly · cancel anytime

Everything in Starter, plus:

  • 5 projects · 40 scans per day
  • Auto-scans every 6 hours — hot leads while you sleep
  • AI visibility — your mentions, the threads ranking on Google, and which AI engines read your site
  • AI Growth Plan — 30-day plan to your first users
  • Idea planner — validate an idea against real demand
  • Reply predictions before you post
  • Account safety — shadowban & health checks
  • CSV export for your CRM
Start with Pro

Agency

For teams managing clients and higher volume.

$149/ mo

Billed monthly · cancel anytime

Everything in Pro, plus:

  • Unlimited projects · 200 scans per day
  • Auto-scans every 3 hours
  • Crawler tracking across every client site
  • Team seats (coming soon)
  • Priority support
Start with Agency
  • Secure checkout by Stripe
  • Apple Pay & Google Pay
  • 3 days of Pro free at signup — no card
  • Cancel anytime

FAQ

Questions, answered

What is MentionLeads?

MentionLeads is an AI lead-generation assistant for Reddit and X (Twitter). It finds high-intent conversations where people ask for what you sell, scores buyer intent, and drafts genuine value-first replies you review and post yourself — from your own browser.

How does MentionLeads find customers on Reddit?

You describe your product and pick subreddits. MentionLeads discovers fresh conversations, scores buying signals, ranks leads, and drafts a comment plus optional follow-up chat so you only spend time where it can convert.

Does replying on Reddit help me show up in AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews)?

Yes — it’s a real side effect of doing this well. Reddit is one of the most-cited sources in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, so a genuinely helpful reply in a thread about the problem you solve becomes part of what those assistants read and quote. MentionLeads points you at exactly those buying-intent threads, so the same replies that win leads also grow your visibility the moment someone asks AI for a tool like yours.

Can I see when ChatGPT or Claude actually reads my site?

Yes, on Pro. You add a few lines to your server and MentionLeads shows which AI crawlers request your pages, split by why they came: an assistant fetching a page to answer someone right now, a search index recording you so it can cite you later, or a training crawler collecting content. It has to be server-side because AI crawlers request raw HTML and skip JavaScript, so ordinary analytics never see them. Setup takes about two minutes and the install docs cover Next.js, Express, Cloudflare Workers, and any other backend.

Does MentionLeads post comments or chats automatically?

Never without you. Every comment and chat message is a draft. You edit and approve; the extension opens Reddit with your message ready. Optional auto-submit still requires one approval per item.

Will people be able to tell the replies are AI-drafted?

Drafts follow strict human-voice rules: no marketing buzzwords, no template cadence, and every reply has to reference the specifics of the thread instead of giving generic advice. You can also train the engine on your own past comments so drafts match how you actually write. And you review and edit every reply before it posts — so what ships is yours.

How much does MentionLeads cost?

Every new account starts with 3 days of full Pro, free, no card required. After that, Free is $0: one project with Reddit + X discovery and 1 scan a day. Starter is $19/month, Pro is $49/month, and Agency is $149/month — cancel anytime. Annual billing saves about 20%: Pro drops to $39/month billed yearly. One closed customer often pays for months.

I built a product but don’t know how to market it — can MentionLeads help?

Yes — that’s exactly who it’s for. The AI Growth Plan (a Pro feature) turns your product into a personalized 30-day plan to land your first users: the exact moves week by week, across communities, a Product Hunt/directory launch, content, and warm outreach, each with the content ready to paste. No marketing experience needed.

Someone is asking for a product like yours today.

You watched the demo find them. Set up monitoring and never miss the next one.

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