search_signals

Semantic search over the full EchoSift pain signal corpus. Pass the build context or idea in natural language and get back the real developer pains that match.

Use this as the entry point for a build/validate decision. Follow up with get_pain_signal and get_signal_evidence to go deeper.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
q	string	yes	Natural-language search query (3-500 chars)
limit	integer	no	Max results to return (1-50, default 20)

Example call

{
  "name": "search_signals",
  "arguments": {
    "q": "webhook delivery reliability retries",
    "limit": 10
  }
}

Truncated response shape

Search: "webhook delivery reliability retries"
10 results

1. Webhook delivery failure and retry handling
   score=87.2  volume=1840  growth=+1.2x  owners=34
   id: 3f9a1c2d-...

2. HTTP callback timeouts in CI pipelines
   score=71.0  volume=690  growth=+0.6x  owners=12
   id: a2b8f3e1-...

...

Scope note

EchoSift covers pain evidence and market breadth (how many companies feel a pain). It does not cover pricing, market size in dollars, or competitor product analysis. Say so rather than inventing them.