What is painspotter-mcp?
painspotter-mcp is a MCP server by archoor that startup and product opportunities mined from Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt and Stack Exchange: pain points, trending themes and commercial scores. It is listed under Knowledge & memory and has 1 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | archoor |
| Repository | archoor/painspotter-mcp |
| Popularity | 1 GitHub stars |
| Category | Knowledge & memory |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #3,528 of 4,418 MCP servers; #371 in Knowledge & memory |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-06-15 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | Python |
Is painspotter-mcp safe to install?
painspotter-mcp scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install painspotter-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/archoor/painspotter-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add painspotter-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http painspotter-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs painspotter-mcp for you:
Add the "painspotter-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/archoor/painspotter-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.