AI tools before they go mainstream

The Shovel is a weekly digest of the fastest-moving AI tools, developer repos, and agent frameworks — scored by real momentum data, not human opinion. Every Friday, straight to your inbox.

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Scored, not curated

Every tool is ranked by the Goldmine Hype Index — a transparent algorithm, not someone's opinion.

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6 data sources

GitHub, Hacker News, Product Hunt, Reddit, arXiv, and Dev.to. Cross-platform buzz detection.

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AI evaluation prompts

Each tool comes with a ready-to-paste prompt for Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok to do your due diligence.

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Free gets the top 5. Paid ($3/mo) unlocks the full top 20 plus evaluation prompts every week.

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Hype Index scores
Freshness badges

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Top 20 tools weekly
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All 6 data sources
Freshness badges

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Everything in Shovel
Pickaxe web app
Updated daily at 6 AM
20-50 tools + filters

Pickaxe is a separate web app — not just more newsletters. It gives you a live, searchable dashboard of AI tools updated every morning. Browse, filter by badges, adjust how many tools you see (20-50), and use the AI Evaluate feature to instantly analyze any tool with Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, LM Studio, or your own custom AI endpoint. Works on any device — desktop, tablet, or phone.

Where we look

GitHub Trending Hacker News Product Hunt Reddit arXiv Dev.to

What a typical issue looks like

ragflow 1,300

Open-source RAG engine fusing retrieval-augmented generation with agent capabilities for LLMs.

Rising Star Cross-Buzz

Chronicle 2.0 538

AI presentations without the AI slop.

Just Dropped