One copilot for solo-founder distribution: scan Reddit/LinkedIn/X for threads matching your ICP, draft replies in each platform's tone, schedule across all of them — replacing $200/mo of per-platform AI tools with one $59/mo bundle. Founder approves each draft (judgment stays human, scanning + drafting is automated).

What we ship

**Core features (MVP)**

• Day-1 ICP setup: founder describes product + target — we generate keyword set for Reddit/X/LinkedIn scanning.
• Background scanners (Celery): hourly sweep over subreddits / X search / LinkedIn feed, scoring threads by relevance to ICP.
• Scored queue: each thread gets a 0-10 score (relevance × engagement × recency) — top 20/day shown to founder for review.
• Platform-tone AI drafts: Claude Sonnet 4.6 with per-platform system prompts (Reddit casual, LinkedIn semi-pro, X short + witty).
• One-click founder-approval flow: thread → draft preview → Approve & Post (via official OAuth) or Edit / Skip.

**Primary user flow**

1. Solo founder finds us via build-in-public tweets or ProductHunt launch.

2. Sign-up → ICP wizard (3 steps: what you're building, who's the target, which keywords/subreddits to track).

3. OAuth-connect Reddit + LinkedIn + X (Basic API tier $100/mo — included in our $59).

4. Morning email digest "12 high-relevance threads waiting" → opens app → 15 minutes approving/editing 5 posts → they auto-publish.

**What it looks like**

• **Landing page**: hero "Stop bleeding 2-3 hours/day on distribution. Replace your $200/mo tool stack with one $59 copilot." Below hero: split mockup — left "Your stack today: Hypefury + Taplio + Buffer = $169/mo + shadowban risk", right "Your stack tomorrow: One copilot, official OAuth, $59/mo." CTA: "Try free for 14 days — 30 drafts".
• **Main app screen**: 3-column inbox — left thread queue (scored, sortable), middle the selected thread with full context (OP body + top comments), right the AI draft with tone tags ("Casual / Reddit-style") + Approve/Edit/Skip buttons. Top bar: per-platform counters (Reddit: 5 ready / X: 7 / LinkedIn: 3).
• **Output**: posts publish via official OAuth APIs — on Reddit as a regular comment under the founder's account, on LinkedIn as a post or reply, on X as a reply tweet. Weekly digest email: "This week you posted 23 replies, 4 got >10 upvotes, 2 brought signups."

**MVP build plan (13 days)**

• Day 1-3: FastAPI + Postgres + Celery on Railway, Stripe Subscriptions $59/mo, JWT.
• Day 4-6: Reddit OAuth + API integration (read + post), X API v2 Basic ($100/mo COGS), LinkedIn OAuth (post-via-delegation only — no cookie auth).
• Day 7-9: scoring engine (relevance via embeddings + engagement signals), Claude Sonnet 4.6 per-platform draft pipeline, founder-approval queue UI.
• Day 10-11: landing (Cloudflare Pages), ICP wizard, payment flow.
• Day 12-13: build-in-public-ready demo video, ProductHunt assets, IndieHackers post drafts, ToS-compliance page (TERMS_COMPLIANCE.md as a marketing asset).

Source signals

• `SIG-20260425-us-ai-wrapper-vertical-distribution-agent-for-founders` — "Solo founders bleed 2-3 hours/day on multi-platform distribution... scanning, drafting in platform-tone, scheduling are perfect for vertical AI"
• `SIG-20260425-us-ai-wrapper-vertical-execute-not-just-report` — "If a tool just says 'rewrite your H1 tags', I'm out. If it executes, I'm paying" → drives auto-scheduling+posting, not just draft
• `SIG-20260425-us-ai-wrapper-vertical-orchestration-vs-tool-stack` — "$8K/mo replaced with 5 self-built agents... none of them talked to each other" → bundle thesis
• `SIG-20260425-us-ai-wrapper-vertical-saas-toolstack-consolidation` — "$600/mo for 5 SaaS tools, replaced with 1 self-hosted" → consolidation pricing pressure

Reasoning

SIG-distribution-agent-for-founders is RECURRING with very high density (5+ independent IndieHackers + Reddit threads). The pain is quantified: 2-3 hours/day, 600-900 hours/year. A solo founder with $50K ARR at a standard hourly rate is losing ~$45K/year of value to distribution toil.

The key insight from the SIG: **judgment stays human** (which thread, what tone to use), but **repeatable parts get automated** (scanning, initial drafting, scheduling). That's the correct split — not "do it for me" but "prep the draft, I approve". Generic AI tools (ChatGPT) give one thing — generic responses; per-platform tools (Hypefury, Taplio) give another — single platform.

White-space — **multi-platform bundle with founder-approval workflow**. Hypefury and Taplio have tried to expand but got stuck in single-platform UX. Buffer AI is too generic. Lavender and Twain target sales-cold-outreach (overlap with IDEA-001), not distribution.

Adjacent signals reinforce:

• SIG-execute-not-just-report — must schedule + post, not just hand back drafts.
• SIG-orchestration-vs-tool-stack — solo founders pay $200+/mo across 3-4 fragmented tools, ready to consolidate.
• SIG-saas-toolstack-consolidation — same pattern at SMB level.

Distinct from IDEA-001 sales-ops: IDEA-001 = sales-cold-outreach inside HubSpot/Pipedrive (paid B2B pipeline). IDEA-008 = distribution in community forums + social (organic growth, not cold sales). Different workflow and audience.

Stack-fit: adds Reddit/X/LinkedIn API integrations + Celery workers for async scanning. 13-day build window. X API Basic tier ($100/mo) is COGS — has to be priced in.

Quick competitive read

• **Hypefury** (CMP-IDEA-008-hypefury): X-only, $29-199 with $65 Creator sweet spot. Auto-DM + Tweet-to-Reels + keyword tracking. Lock-in for X-only audience.
• **Taplio** (CMP-IDEA-008-taplio): LinkedIn-only, $39-199. AI trained on 500M+ LinkedIn posts. CRITICAL compliance risk — cookie-based auth violates LinkedIn ToS, shadowbans widely reported (ConnectSafely March 2026 review).
• **Buffer** (CMP-IDEA-008-buffer): 11-platform scheduling at $5-12 per-channel. Free tier with AI Assistant unlimited. Weak per-platform-tone AI; no Reddit. Best-in-class scheduling, not distribution copilot.
• **Tweet Hunter** (CMP-IDEA-008-tweet-hunter): sister product of Taplio (same parent), X-only $49-299, analytics-first.
• **Typefully** (CMP-IDEA-008-typefully): writing-first $12.50-25 covering X + LinkedIn + Threads + Bluesky. No Reddit, no thread-discovery, generic AI tone.

**Market density: medium-high** (5+ established tools + many indie one-platform bots). **White-space confirmed**: multi-platform (Reddit + LinkedIn + X) organic-distribution bundle with founder-approval workflow + per-platform-tone AI + ToS-safe official OAuth. Solo founders today stack $200+/mo of fragmented single-platform tools (Hypefury $65 + Taplio $69 + Buffer $25 = $159 minimum, plus shadowban risk on Taplio). Our $59 Solo bundle directly attacks that stack with safer auth and explicit thread-discovery.

Initial pricing hypothesis

$59/mo Solo (3 platforms: Reddit + LinkedIn + X, 30 thread scans/day, 50 drafts/mo). $99/mo Pro (5 platforms + IndieHackers + ProductHunt, unlimited scans, 200 drafts, scheduled posting). Annual 25% off. 14-day free trial with 30 drafts. Based on developed-tier solo WTP ($10-100/mo) — replaces $200+/mo stack from incumbents. Founders compare: $59 vs $40+$39+$15.

Distribution hypothesis

1) **Build-in-public on X + IndieHackers**: meta-channel — we build a product for distribution and demonstrate it ourselves. "Founder uses own product" is compelling content.

2) **ProductHunt launch + early-supporter promo**: Top-3 launch = 1K-3K first users.

3) **Reddit organic** in r/SaaS, r/Entrepreneur, r/IndieDev — same place our target lives.

4) **Affiliate with IndieHackers / SaaS-newsletter creators** (Marc Lou, Pieter Levels — influencers with huge solo-founder audiences).

5) **Cold DM to solo founders with <$10K ARR** on X — high-intent segment, time-sensitive, ready to try.