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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.

58 signals · Last data refresh Oct 6, 2026, 4:01 AM UTC

ISSUE SCAN COVERAGE35 / 36 current repositories · 3 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.

2 Product Capability signals

Product Capability workflows · CodingREPEATED ACROSS 8 PROJECTS

Proposal: an OpenRig Claude Code mod in each Claude seat, so delivery and status don't go through the terminal

Observed in mvschwarz/openrig · TypeScript · Apache-2.0

What the reporter described: Claude Code 2.1.288 added mods (early access): a plugin of function hooks that runs inside the Claude session and can call into it. OpenRig already writes each Claude seat's launch line, so it could load one per seat with . In #48 you explain that the terminal is effectively the API: wake-ups, handoffs and reminders…

Related friction appears in 8 independent repositories. This is stronger than one backlog item, but still requires direct user validation.

10 comments0 positive reactions1 days openEvidence score 55/100Project Radar 96

NEW SIGNAL

Start guided sprint →Original GitHub Issue ↗Project analysis →

Product Capability workflows · CodingREPEATED ACROSS 8 PROJECTS

Feature: max_concurrent_seats parameter

Observed in mvschwarz/openrig · TypeScript · Apache-2.0

What the reporter described: Add a configurable limit on concurrent seats, e.g. in the RigSpec (or a host-level daemon setting). The daemon enforces the cap: beyond the limit should queue a pending seat instead of failing or spawning it. Queued seats start automatically when a slot frees, and / the TUI should show them as .

Related friction appears in 8 independent repositories. This is stronger than one backlog item, but still requires direct user validation.

8 comments0 positive reactions1 days openEvidence score 53/100Project Radar 96

NEW SIGNAL

Start guided sprint →Original GitHub Issue ↗Project analysis →

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.