Product Hunt Launch

Track your Product Hunt launch stats (Rank, Upvotes, Comments) in real-time via CLI.

Security Scan

The skill's purpose (a CLI tool to monitor Product Hunt) and its required secret (PH_API_TOKEN) are reasonable, but the package is instruction-only and describes a ph-launch CLI without providing or installing that binary or explaining how to obtain it — an incoherence you should clarify before trusting it.

Purpose & Capability

The description promises a CLI tool (ph-launch) to monitor Product Hunt. However, the skill declares no required binaries and contains no install spec or code files. A consumer/agent cannot actually run the described commands unless an external ph-launch binary is present; the SKILL.md does not tell you where to get it. This mismatch between claimed capability and what is provided is incoherent.

Instruction Scope

The runtime instructions are narrowly scoped (asking the user to set PH_API_TOKEN and showing ph-launch commands). They do not request unrelated files, credentials, or system data. However, because the instructions assume an external CLI exists, they delegate execution to an unspecified external component — the skill gives broad discretion to run that CLI but doesn't document or vet it.

Install Mechanism

There is no install specification and no code bundled with the skill. While instruction-only skills are common and lower risk, here the absence is problematic because the SKILL.md refers to a specific binary (ph-launch) without telling how to obtain or verify it. That gap reduces usefulness and creates an opportunity for confusion or misuse.

Credentials

The skill requests a single environment variable, PH_API_TOKEN, which is appropriate and expected for accessing the Product Hunt API. There are no unrelated environment variables or config paths requested.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill does not request persistent presence (always is false) and does not attempt to modify system or agent-wide settings. Autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default) but not combined with other red flags here.

What to consider before installing

This skill describes a CLI (ph-launch) that needs a Product Hunt developer token (PH_API_TOKEN) and otherwise contains no code or install instructions. Before installing or using it: 1) Ask the publisher where to obtain the ph-launch binary and for its official installation instructions and source (GitHub release, package registry, etc.). 2) Verify the binary's provenance and check for a reputable upstream source; do not run an unknown binary. 3) Only provide PH_API_TOKEN with the minimal scopes needed; consider creating a dedicated token you can revoke. 4) If the author can't provide an install/source link, treat the skill as incomplete/untrusted — it will not function as advertised and could encourage you to run unvetted software.

Track your launch day metrics from the terminal.

Setup

1. Get a Developer Token from Product Hunt API Dashboard.
2. Set it: export PH_API_TOKEN="your_token"

Commands

Check Post Stats

ph-launch stats --slug "your-product-slug"
# Output: Rank #4 | 🔼 450 | 💬 56

Monitor Launch (Live Dashboard)

ph-launch monitor --slug "your-product-slug" --interval 60

List Today's Leaderboard

ph-launch leaderboard