Intent phrase library
High-intent phrases: devtools without ads
How engineers and founders ask for traction when channels are noisy.
Last updated 2026-05-08
Developer demand hides in migrations, outages, and RFCs—not ‘growth hacks.’
Tier 1 phrases
- self-serve signup stalled
- need design partners
- SDK friction
Tier 2 phrases
- docs unclear
- Terraform apply failed
- breaking change
False positives
- Pure language flame wars
Where they appear
- HN
- Slack adjacency mirrored on X
- GitHub discussions references
CRM / ops hints
- Technographic + thread link on account
Where Wavly fits
Wavly connects practitioner language to accounts you already track.
Related
Wavly is a GTM runtime platform: score public buying language, draft human-approved replies, attribute signups to the exact demand item — Demand Graph orchestration, not a signal feed.