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  "normalized_name": "f5bot",
  "name": "F5Bot",
  "vendor_url": "https://f5bot.com",
  "category": "community-dark-social",
  "what_it_does": "Monitors Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters for keyword mentions and sends email alerts within minutes of a match.",
  "ai_features": "Now markets an \"AI\" option to \"describe what you're looking for in natural language\" and have AI evaluate each new discussion - a newer addition beyond exact-keyword matching, vendor-described and not independently verified; the core free service remains rules-based keyword alerting.",
  "mcp_status": "none-found",
  "mcp_url": "none",
  "mcp_auth": "n/a",
  "api_gate": "free (limited) - a $0/mo \"free forever\" tier exists with no credit card required, but \"RSS & JSON feeds\" and full programmatic API access are gated to the Gold tier ($49.99/mo); a Silver tier ($9.99/mo) adds \"advanced filtering\" without API access.",
  "revops_role": "The lowest-friction entry point in this whole file - a genuinely free Reddit/HN keyword alert for solo operators, with paid tiers layered on top for filtering, AI evaluation, and API access.",
  "tier": "RESEARCHED",
  "last_checked": "2026-09-02",
  "sources": "https://f5bot.com",
  "notes": "Worth flagging as a finding in itself: F5Bot has historically been known purely as a bare-bones free tool, but as of this research it now runs three tiers (Free/Silver $9.99/Gold $49.99) plus an AI-powered natural-language filtering option - a meaningfully different, more built-out product than its old reputation suggests, while still keeping a real free tier. No MCP found on GitHub or PulseMCP. 2026-09-02: re-checked https://f5bot.com (no MCP mention on the homepage, no llms.txt) and the official MCP registry (no entry); no MCP server found.",
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  "jobs_tagged_on": "2026-08-25",
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  "cli_checked_on": "2026-09-27",
  "github_org": null,
  "github_org_status": "no-github-signal",
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    "rule": null,
    "reason": "no github.com URL on the entry and the org search returned nothing",
    "candidates_rejected": []
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  "github_org_checked_on": "2026-09-08",
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  "canonical": true,
  "canonical_id": "15-f5bot",
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  "source_file": "15-community-dark-social.md",
  "source_line": 102,
  "file_index": 5,
  "category_num": "15",
  "category_slug": "community-dark-social",
  "category_label": "Community & Dark Social",
  "heading": "F5Bot",
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  "display_rank": 770
}