Link building intelligence meets Product Hunt. Validate startup ideas with AI-powered debates, discover your founder archetype with HEXACO-60, and launch with confidence.
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explore hackbase →HackBase is a Founders Launchpad—an AI-powered platform that helps indie makers validate startup ideas, discover their founder archetype, and launch products with confidence. It combines three powerful modules:
Unlike typical idea validation tools that give you a single score, HackBase puts your idea through a 12-agent advisory board debate, complete with a Devil's Advocate, Red Team, and Finance Expert arguing different perspectives before synthesizing actionable recommendations.
Every indie hacker faces the same questions:
yourname.com taken? What about Twitter, GitHub, ProductHunt?HackBase answers all of these:
The heart of HackBase—a comprehensive startup validation system.
Three validated instruments to understand yourself as a founder:
| Assessment | Questions | Measures |
|---|---|---|
| HEXACO-60 | 60 items | Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness |
| Founder Archetypes | 25 items | Builder, Visionary, Operator, Scientist, Hustler |
| Risk Tolerance | 15 items | Financial, career, social, and innovation risk comfort |
After completing the assessments, you receive:
Your idea goes before an AI advisory board with 12 specialized agents:
| Agent | Role | Perspective |
|---|---|---|
| Devil's Advocate | Challenge assumptions | Skeptical |
| Market Analyst | Market sizing & trends | Data-driven |
| Tech Lead | Technical feasibility | Engineering |
| Finance Expert | Unit economics & funding | ROI-focused |
| User Advocate | Customer needs | Empathy |
| Legal & Compliance | Risk & regulations | Conservative |
| Operations Expert | Execution & scaling | Practical |
| Growth Hacker | Acquisition & virality | Aggressive |
| Industry Expert | Domain knowledge | Contextual |
| Red Team | Security & failure modes | Adversarial |
| The Optimist | Opportunities | Positive |
| The Realist | Constraints | Balanced |
The Debate Flow:
The result is an Executive Brief with confidence scores, consensus points, dissenting opinions, and prioritized next actions.
Real-time validation using free data sources:
For each idea, you get:
Comprehensive availability checking in one request:
.com, .io, .co, .dev, .app, .ai via WHOIS/DNS/RDAPReturns an availability score and recommendations for alternatives if your preferred name is taken.
A public submission directory for indie products:
User Features:
Admin Features:
Submission Workflow:
Draft → Pending → [Approved/Rejected] → Published
Context-aware chat assistant with multiple modes:
| Mode | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Chat | General conversation and guidance |
| Brainstorm | Structured ideation with SCAMPER, Six Hats, First Principles, JTBD |
| Analyze | Deep analysis with RAG context from your knowledge base |
| Debate | Quick multi-agent perspective on a specific question |
| Task | Autonomous task execution via AgentOS bridge |
The copilot adapts its responses based on your founder archetype—a Builder gets technical deep-dives while a Hustler gets action-oriented advice.
Local semantic search powered by:
@xenova/transformers (ONNX Runtime)All your validation data, debate transcripts, and brainstorm sessions are indexed and searchable semantically—not just keyword matching.
HackBase is part of the Super Cloud MCP ecosystem—a comprehensive AI toolkit with 61 tool facades consolidating 530+ actions. This means:
seo_submit facade (queue → approve → execute workflow)twitter, reddit, pinterest, producthunt facadesresearch and search_router facades for multi-source validationdocumentary facade to create launch videos from your journeypackages/link-builder/
├── src/
│ ├── api/
│ │ └── routes/
│ │ ├── directory.ts # Public directory routes
│ │ ├── admin-directory.ts # Admin moderation routes
│ │ └── launchpad.ts # Founders Launchpad API
│ ├── directory/
│ │ └── types.ts # Directory types
│ └── launchpad/
│ ├── availability/ # Domain + social checking
│ ├── copilot/ # AI chat modes
│ ├── debate/ # 12-agent system
│ │ ├── agent-pool.ts # Agent personas
│ │ ├── debate-orchestrator.ts
│ │ └── synthesis-engine.ts
│ ├── psychometric/ # HEXACO-60, archetypes
│ │ ├── hexaco-questions.ts
│ │ ├── founder-archetypes.ts
│ │ └── assessment-engine.ts
│ ├── rag/ # Semantic search
│ │ ├── embedding-service.ts
│ │ ├── vector-store.ts
│ │ └── semantic-search.ts
│ └── validation/ # Idea validation
│ ├── reddit-scraper.ts
│ ├── hackernews-scraper.ts
│ └── validation-engine.ts
└── apps/
└── link-builder-ui/ # React frontend
└── src/
└── pages/
├── directory/
├── admin/
└── launchpad/
Key Technologies:
HackBase exists because we believe indie makers deserve the same validation tools as well-funded startups.
Y Combinator has advisors and a network. Funded startups have boards and mentors. Solo founders have... Google and gut instinct?
Not anymore. HackBase gives you:
HackBase connects with other tools we've built:
HackBase is MIT licensed and part of the Super Cloud MCP monorepo. Clone it, extend it, or use it as reference for your own launchpad.
Ready to validate your idea? Launch with HackBase →
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