Content Gap Finder

What This Does

Scans Reddit, X, and niche forums weekly for the pain points, frustrations, and questions people in your niche keep posting about. Ranks them by how often they come up and how emotionally intense the posts are. Then cross-references each pain point against your published content.

The gaps — pain points you haven't addressed yet — become your next 5 posts, complete with working titles and hooks.

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Prerequisites

• A list of relevant subreddits and niche keywords
• A public URL for your existing content (blog, newsletter archive)
• Claude scheduled tasks enabled

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Quick Start

Step 1: Create Your Project Folder

mkdir -p ~/content-strategy

Step 2: Download the Template

Click Download above, then:

mv ~/Downloads/CLAUDE.md ~/content-strategy/

Step 3: Configure Your Sources

Open CLAUDE.md and add your subreddits, X keywords, forum URLs, and your content URL.

Step 4: Set Up the Schedule

cd ~/content-strategy
claude

Say: "Schedule this to run every Sunday at 10am. Scan for pain points and find my content gaps."

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How It Works

Each week, Claude:

1. Scans Reddit, X, and forums for recurring pain points using your keywords
2. Ranks them by frequency (how often they come up) and intensity (how emotional/frustrated the posts are)
3. Cross-references each pain point against your published content
4. Flags any pain points you haven't addressed yet
5. For the top 5 gaps, suggests a content angle with a working title and one-sentence hook
6. Appends to /content-gaps.md with this week's date

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Example Output

# Content Gaps — Week of 2026-03-08

## Pain Points This Week (Ranked)

| Rank | Pain Point | Frequency | Intensity | Covered? |
|------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1 | "I don't know how to price my first product" | 34 mentions | High | Partially |
| 2 | "My newsletter is growing but nobody buys" | 28 mentions | High | No |
| 3 | "Tool overwhelm — too many options" | 22 mentions | Medium | Yes |
| 4 | "Can't stay consistent posting" | 19 mentions | High | No |
| 5 | "Imposter syndrome when selling" | 17 mentions | Very High | No |

## Top 5 Content Gaps

### 1. Newsletter-to-Revenue Gap
Title: "Your newsletter has 5,000 subscribers and $0 revenue. Here's why."
Hook: Most creators treat their newsletter like content. The ones making money treat it like a funnel.

### 2. Consistency Without Burnout
Title: "I post 5x a week and it takes me 2 hours total"
Hook: The trick isn't discipline. It's having a system that makes inconsistency harder than consistency.

### 3. Imposter Syndrome in Sales
Title: "You're not an imposter. You just haven't sold enough times yet."
Hook: Imposter syndrome doesn't go away when you get better. It goes away when you get reps.

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What Gets Scanned

Source	What It Reveals
Reddit	Raw, unfiltered frustrations — people vent honestly on Reddit
X	Public complaints, questions, hot takes
Niche forums	Deep domain-specific problems
Your content	What you've already covered (to avoid repeating yourself)

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Tips

• Intensity matters more than frequency — a pain point mentioned 10 times with extreme frustration is more valuable than one mentioned 30 times casually
• Check "partially covered" too — if you covered a topic but people are still asking, your existing content isn't solving the problem
• Use their language in your hooks — the exact phrases from Reddit become your headlines
• Run for 4+ weeks — the compound data set gets more valuable over time