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use-case Jul 17, 2026 · 8 min read

I Automated My AI Job Hunt: 8 Tools, One Claude Agent, Under $1

Most job hunting is spent on the wrong problem. Here is the exact end-to-end flow — find who is actually hiring, rank by real fit, research the company, find the human, and write an application grounded in facts — run entirely from Claude via MCP.

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use-case Jul 17, 2026 · 10 min read

Ask an AI for a Company's SEC CIK and It Will Lie to You. Here Is the Fix.

An AI that remembers is not an AI that verifies. This is the exact diligence flow — legal identity from GLEIF, filings from EDGAR, funding, engineering activity and hiring — run from Claude via MCP, grounded in real registries, for about fifteen cents a company.

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use-case Jul 17, 2026 · 13 min read

Stop Cold Pitching: Find Local Businesses With a Problem You Can Actually Fix — Under $4

Cold outreach fails because it is generic. Here is the exact flow — build a prospect universe, diagnose the real problem from their own reviews, qualify who can pay, find the human, and pitch with evidence — run entirely from Claude via MCP. No code.

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use-case Jul 17, 2026 · 10 min read

The Deal-Screening Agent: Read an Entire Metro Every Morning for 82 Cents

You are refreshing Zillow by hand and doing real comp work on maybe three houses a week. Here is the exact flow — screen every listing in a metro, pull what similar homes actually sold for, read every price cut, and surface only the few worth a second look — run from Claude via MCP. No code.

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use-case Jul 17, 2026 · 11 min read

Sourcing Without a Recruiter Seat: 8 Tools, One Claude Agent, Under $1 a Role

A LinkedIn Recruiter seat costs thousands a year and still leaves you sending InMails nobody answers. Here is the full sourcing flow — longlist by real requirements, enrich, read the push and pull signals, see who you are bidding against, and reach a real address — run from Claude via MCP for about 84 cents a role.

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use-case Jul 17, 2026 · 13 min read

I Validated a Business Idea in 48 Hours by Mining 1-Star Reviews

Asking friends if they like your idea is not validation. The real signal is what people already pay for and still hate. Here is the exact flow — demand, unprompted complaints, funded incumbents, and the 1-star review clusters that become your product spec — run entirely from Claude via MCP.

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comparison Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Airbnb vs Zillow Rental Listings: Comparing Short-Term and Long-Term Rental Data

Airbnb and Zillow rental data answer different questions. Compare fields, pricing models and use cases for short-term stay data vs long-term rental listings.

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tutorial Jul 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Airbnb Scraper: Listing Prices, Ratings, and Availability Without the API

Airbnb has no public listings API. Here's how to pull nightly price, rating, superhost status and coordinates from Airbnb search results using Python.

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use-case Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Short-Term Rental Market Research: Using Airbnb Data for Dynamic Pricing

How STR hosts and investors use Airbnb comp data to benchmark nightly rates, spot underpriced markets and adjust pricing by season and neighborhood.

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use-case Jul 11, 2026 · 6 min read

Automated Reputation Monitoring: Schedule Trustpilot Scans and Get Alerted to New Reviews

Set up a scheduled Trustpilot scraper that catches new reviews as they land — monitor your own brand or a competitor's without checking the site by hand.

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use-case Jul 11, 2026 · 6 min read

The B2B Lead Generation Stack: Maps Leads, Website Contact Finder, and Email Verification

A three-step pipeline that finds local businesses, fills in missing contacts, and verifies every email before a cold outreach campaign goes out.

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tutorial Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Maps Leads: Verified Email Extraction from Google Maps Business Listings

How to pull B2B leads from Google Maps with MX-verified emails, past the official API's 120-result cap, and pay only for contactable businesses.

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comparison Jul 11, 2026 · 7 min read

Google Maps Leads vs LinkedIn Company Scraper: Two Approaches to B2B Prospecting

Verified local emails and geo data, or firmographics on any company anywhere. How Maps Leads and LinkedIn Company Scraper differ, and when to run both.

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use-case Jul 11, 2026 · 6 min read

The Real Estate Data Stack: Combining Zillow, Redfin, and Realtor.com for Full Market Coverage

No real estate portal has complete listing coverage or every field you need. Here's how to architect a pipeline combining Zillow, Redfin, and Realtor.com data.

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use-case Jul 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Real Estate Agent Lead Lists: Extracting Contact Data from Redfin and Realtor.com

Build agent and brokerage lead lists by scraping Redfin and Realtor.com listings together — deduping agents across both sources for wider coverage.

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use-case Jul 11, 2026 · 6 min read

Building a Real Estate Investor Deal-Sourcing Pipeline with Claude and Redfin

How to wire the Redfin Scraper into Claude as an MCP tool so an investor can ask for undervalued properties by price, beds, and metro in plain language.

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tutorial Jul 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Realtor.com Scraper: Property and Agent Data Without the MLS Paywall

Scrape Realtor.com listings in Python — price, beds, baths, county, and the listing agent + brokerage office on every record. No login, no API key.

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tutorial Jul 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Redfin Scraper: For-Sale and Sold Property Data in Python (No API Key)

Scrape Redfin listings by city, ZIP, or URL in Python — price, beds, baths, sqft, agent, MLS status, and coordinates. No login, no browser, no unblocker.

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