I Built a CLI That Finds Me Clients on Reddit Using AI

Short summary

A freelancer built Cypher, an open-source Rust CLI that scans Reddit subreddits for potential clients by combining keyword filtering with AI-based lead scoring. The tool extracts signals like intent, budget, urgency, and fit, then ranks leads 0-100 using local Ollama models with cloud fallback to OpenAI, Groq, or Gemini. It stores everything in a local SQLite database and suggests subreddits and keywords based on a one-sentence description of your services.

• •Open-source Rust CLI scans Reddit for high-intent leads using AI scoring on intent, budget, urgency, and fit
• •Hybrid AI layer: local Ollama (qwen3:4b) for speed with cloud fallback to OpenAI/Groq/Gemini when confidence is low
• •Keyword pre-filter eliminates 80% of posts before AI analysis, saving tokens and API calls

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