I Built an AI to Read Reddit
The content engine - tech meets health
The 30-Second Version
Duration: 35 seconds Compliance: No issues here - this is about the tool, not health compounds.
"I built an AI that reads thousands of Reddit posts and TikTok comments to find the health questions nobody is answering.
It collects the questions. Clusters them by topic. Ranks them by how many people are asking AND how few people are answering.
The number one pattern it found? 'Is this safe long-term?'
People are taking stuff and nobody is giving them straight answers.
The whole system is open source on my GitHub. Works for any topic, not just health.
I'm a tech founder. This is what I do.
Link in bio if you want to fork it."
Last line (quotable): "Let the data tell you what to make instead of guessing."
I built an AI system that reads thousands of Reddit posts, TikTok videos, and Instagram comments to find the health questions nobody is answering.
It's open source. Here's how it works. 🧵
The problem: there are millions of people asking real health questions in comment sections and forums.
"Is this safe with my medication?" "Why did this work for everyone but me?" "My doctor says I'm fine but I feel terrible."
Most of these go unanswered. Or answered badly.
So I built a pipeline:
Step 1: Collectors pull data from Reddit, TikTok, Instagram - top posts, comments, questions.
Step 2: AI classifies each one - topic, theme, whether it's a question, what the underlying concern is.
Step 3: Clusters similar questions across platforms.
Step 4: Ranks by engagement + how UNANSWERED the question is.
The output: a ranked queue of content ideas driven by what real people actually want to know.
Not what I think is interesting. Not what gets the most likes. What has the biggest GAP between demand and supply.
Example findings:
- Questions about supplement interactions with medications = massively underserved
- "Is X safe long-term?" = the #1 question pattern across every platform
- Genetic testing confusion = huge demand, almost no good answers
- Cost/accessibility concerns = barely addressed by any creator in this space
The whole thing is on GitHub. TypeScript, SQLite, Claude for the AI layer.
If you make content - health or otherwise - fork it. Point it at your niche. Let the data tell you what to make instead of guessing.
This is what I put in The Manual every week.
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