diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/evaluation.js b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/evaluation.js
index 23e18bf0..79bd52a8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/evaluation.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/evaluation.js
@@ -164,12 +164,10 @@ CodeOceanEditorEvaluation = {
     } else if (output.stderr) {
         //element.addClass('text-warning').append(output.stderr);
         element.addClass('text-warning').text(element.text() + output.stderr);
-      this.flowrOutputBuffer += output.stderr;
       this.QaApiOutputBuffer.stderr += output.stderr;
     } else if (output.stdout) {
         //element.addClass('text-success').append(output.stdout);
         element.addClass('text-success').text(element.text() + output.stdout);
-      this.flowrOutputBuffer += output.stdout;
       this.QaApiOutputBuffer.stdout += output.stdout;
     } else {
       element.addClass('text-muted').text($('#output').data('message-no-output'));
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 479b09c9..00000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-CodeOceanEditorFlowr = {
-  isFlowrEnabled: true,
-  flowrResultHtml: '<div class="panel panel-default"><div id="{{headingId}}" role="tab" class="panel-heading"><h4 class="panel-title"><a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#flowrHint" href="#{{collapseId}}" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="{{collapseId}}"></a></h4></div><div id="{{collapseId}}" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="{{headingId}}" class="panel-collapse collapse"><div class="card-body"></div></div></div>',
-
-  handleStderrOutputForFlowr: function () {
-    if (!this.isFlowrEnabled) return;
-
-    var flowrUrl = $('#flowrHint').data('url');
-    var flowrHintBody = $('#flowrHint .card-body');
-    var queryParameters = {
-      query: this.flowrOutputBuffer
-    };
-
-    flowrHintBody.empty();
-
-    jQuery.getJSON(flowrUrl, queryParameters, function (data) {
-      jQuery.each(data.queryResults, function (index, question) {
-        var collapsibleTileHtml = this.flowrResultHtml.replace(/{{collapseId}}/g, 'collapse-' + question).replace(/{{headingId}}/g, 'heading-' + question);
-        var resultTile = $(collapsibleTileHtml);
-
-        resultTile.find('h4 > a').text(question.title + ' | Found via ' + question.source);
-        resultTile.find('.card-body').html(question.body);
-        resultTile.find('.card-body').append('<a href="' + question.url + '" class="btn btn-primary btn-block">Open this question</a>');
-
-        flowrHintBody.append(resultTile);
-      });
-
-      if (data.queryResults.length !== 0) {
-        $('#flowrHint').fadeIn();
-      }
-    });
-
-    this.flowrOutputBuffer = '';
-  }
-};
-
-CodeOceanEditorCodePilot = {
-  qa_api: undefined,
-  QaApiOutputBuffer: {'stdout': '', 'stderr': ''},
-
-  initializeCodePilot: function () {
-    if ($('#questions-column').isPresent() && (typeof QaApi != 'undefined') && QaApi.isBrowserSupported()) {
-      $('#editor-column').addClass('col-md-10').removeClass('col-md-12');
-      $('#questions-column').addClass('col-md-2');
-
-      var node = document.getElementById('questions-holder');
-      var url = $('#questions-holder').data('url');
-
-      this.qa_api = new QaApi(node, url);
-    }
-  },
-
-  handleQaApiOutput: function () {
-    if (this.qa_api) {
-      this.qa_api.executeCommand('syncOutput', [[this.QaApiOutputBuffer]]);
-      // reset the object
-    }
-    this.QaApiOutputBuffer = {'stdout': '', 'stderr': ''};
-  }
-};
-
-CodeOceanEditorRequestForComments = {
-  requestComments: function () {
-    var user_id = $('#editor').data('user-id');
-    var exercise_id = $('#editor').data('exercise-id');
-    var file_id = $('.editor').data('id');
-    var question = $('#question').val();
-
-    var createRequestForComments = function (submission) {
-      $.ajax({
-        method: 'POST',
-        url: '/request_for_comments',
-        data: {
-          request_for_comment: {
-            exercise_id: exercise_id,
-            file_id: file_id,
-            submission_id: submission.id,
-            question: question
-          }
-        }
-      }).done(function () {
-        this.hideSpinner();
-        $.flash.success({text: $('#askForCommentsButton').data('message-success')});
-        // trigger a run
-        this.runSubmission.call(this, submission);
-      }.bind(this)).fail(this.ajaxError.bind(this));
-    };
-
-    this.createSubmission($('#requestComments'), null, createRequestForComments.bind(this));
-
-    $('#comment-modal').modal('hide');
-    // we disabled the button to prevent that the user spams RFCs, but decided against this now.
-    //var button = $('#requestComments');
-    //button.prop('disabled', true);
-  },
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a8e54f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/editor/participantsupport.js.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+CodeOceanEditorFlowr = {
+  isFlowrEnabled: <%= CodeOcean::Config.new(:code_ocean).read[:flowr][:enabled] %>,
+  flowrResultHtml:
+    '<div class="card mb-2">' +
+      '<div id="{{headingId}}" role="tab" class="card-header">' +
+        '<div class="card-title mb-0">' +
+          '<a class="collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#flowrHint" href="#{{collapseId}}" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="{{collapseId}}">' +
+            '<div class="clearfix" role="button">' +
+              '<i class="fa" aria-hidden="true" />' +
+              '<span>' +
+              '</span>' +
+            '</div>' +
+          '</a>' +
+        '</div>' +
+      '</div>' +
+      '<div id="{{collapseId}}" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="{{headingId}}" class="card card-collapse collapse">' +
+        '<div class="card-body"></div>' +
+      '</div>' +
+    '</div>',
+
+  getInsights: function () {
+    <% self.class.include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers %>
+    var flowrUrl = '<%= insights_path %>';
+    var stackOverflowUrl = 'http://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/search/advanced';
+
+    return jQuery.ajax({
+      dataType: "json",
+      url: flowrUrl,
+      data: {}
+    }).then(function (insights) {
+      var stackoverflowRequests = _.map(insights, function (insight) {
+        var queryParams = {
+          accepted: true,
+          pagesize: <%= CodeOcean::Config.new(:code_ocean).read[:flowr][:answers_per_query] or 3 %>,
+          order: 'desc',
+          sort: 'relevance',
+          site: 'stackoverflow',
+          answers: 1,
+          filter: '!23qca9v**HCO.ESF)dHfT', // title, body, accepted answer
+          q: insight.query
+        }
+
+        return jQuery.ajax({
+          dataType: "json",
+          url: stackOverflowUrl,
+          data: queryParams
+        }).promise();
+      });
+      return jQuery.when.apply(jQuery, stackoverflowRequests);
+    });
+  },
+  collectResults: function(response) {
+    var results = [];
+    var addToResultsIfSuccessful = function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
+      if (jqXHR && jqXHR.status === 200) {
+        _.each(data.items, function (item) {
+          if (!_.contains(results, item)) {
+            results.push(item);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (_.isArray(response[0])) {
+      // multiple queries
+      _.each(response, function (args) {
+        addToResultsIfSuccessful.apply(this, args)
+      });
+    } else {
+      // single query
+      addToResultsIfSuccessful.apply(this, response);
+    }
+    return results;
+  },
+  createEventHandler: function (eventType, data) {
+    return function () {
+      CodeOceanEditor.publishCodeOceanEvent({
+        category: eventType,
+        data: data,
+        exercise_id: $('#editor').data('exercise-id'),
+        file_id: null
+      });
+    };
+  },
+  handleStderrOutputForFlowr: function () {
+    if (! this.isFlowrEnabled) return;
+
+    var flowrHintBody = $('#flowrHint .card-body');
+    flowrHintBody.empty();
+    var self = this;
+
+    this.getInsights().then(function () {
+      var results = self.collectResults(arguments);
+      _.each(results, function (result, index) {
+        var collapsibleTileHtml = self.flowrResultHtml
+          .replace(/{{collapseId}}/g, 'collapse-' + index).replace(/{{headingId}}/g, 'heading-' + index);
+        var resultTile = $(collapsibleTileHtml);
+        var questionUrl = 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/' + result.question_id;
+
+        var header = resultTile.find('span');
+        header.text(result.title);
+        header.on('click', self.createEventHandler('editor_flowr_expand_question', questionUrl));
+
+        var body = resultTile.find('.card-body');
+        body.html(result.body);
+        body.append('<a target="_blank" href="' + questionUrl + '" class="btn btn-primary btn-block">' +
+          '<%= I18n.t('exercises.implement.flowr.go_to_question') %></a>');
+        body.find('.btn').on('click', self.createEventHandler('editor_flowr_click_question', questionUrl));
+
+        flowrHintBody.append(resultTile);
+      });
+
+      if (results.length > 0) {
+        $('#flowrHint').fadeIn();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+CodeOceanEditorCodePilot = {
+  qa_api: undefined,
+  QaApiOutputBuffer: {'stdout': '', 'stderr': ''},
+
+  initializeCodePilot: function () {
+    if ($('#questions-column').isPresent() && (typeof QaApi != 'undefined') && QaApi.isBrowserSupported()) {
+      $('#editor-column').addClass('col-md-10').removeClass('col-md-12');
+      $('#questions-column').addClass('col-md-2');
+
+      var node = document.getElementById('questions-holder');
+      var url = $('#questions-holder').data('url');
+
+      this.qa_api = new QaApi(node, url);
+    }
+  },
+
+  handleQaApiOutput: function () {
+    if (this.qa_api) {
+      this.qa_api.executeCommand('syncOutput', [[this.QaApiOutputBuffer]]);
+      // reset the object
+    }
+    this.QaApiOutputBuffer = {'stdout': '', 'stderr': ''};
+  }
+};
+
+CodeOceanEditorRequestForComments = {
+  requestComments: function () {
+    var user_id = $('#editor').data('user-id');
+    var exercise_id = $('#editor').data('exercise-id');
+    var file_id = $('.editor').data('id');
+    var question = $('#question').val();
+
+    var createRequestForComments = function (submission) {
+      $.ajax({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: '/request_for_comments',
+        data: {
+          request_for_comment: {
+            exercise_id: exercise_id,
+            file_id: file_id,
+            submission_id: submission.id,
+            question: question
+          }
+        }
+      }).done(function () {
+        this.hideSpinner();
+        $.flash.success({text: $('#askForCommentsButton').data('message-success')});
+        // trigger a run
+        this.runSubmission.call(this, submission);
+      }.bind(this)).fail(this.ajaxError.bind(this));
+    };
+
+    this.createSubmission($('#requestComments'), null, createRequestForComments.bind(this));
+
+    $('#comment-modal').modal('hide');
+    // we disabled the button to prevent that the user spams RFCs, but decided against this now.
+    //var button = $('#requestComments');
+    //button.prop('disabled', true);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/flowrdata.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/flowrdata.css.scss
index c71da7ef..e4706b21 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/flowrdata.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/flowrdata.css.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #flowrHint {
   display: none;
+  margin-top: 10px;
 }
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 67c4742e..c58303ba 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,15 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     @current_user ||= ExternalUser.find_by(id: session[:external_user_id]) || login_from_session || login_from_other_sources
   end
 
+  def require_user!
+    raise Pundit::NotAuthorizedError unless current_user
+  end
+
   def render_not_authorized
-    redirect_to(request.referrer || :root, alert: t('application.not_authorized'))
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { redirect_to(request.referrer || :root, alert: t('application.not_authorized')) }
+      format.json { render json: {error: t('application.not_authorized')}, status: :unauthorized }
+    end
   end
   private :render_not_authorized
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/flowr_controller.rb b/app/controllers/flowr_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9f742b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/flowr_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+class FlowrController < ApplicationController
+
+  def insights
+    require_user!
+    # get the latest submission for this user that also has a test run (i.e. structured_errors if applicable)
+    submission = Submission.joins(:testruns)
+                     .where(submissions: {user_id: current_user.id, user_type: current_user.class.name})
+                     .order('testruns.created_at DESC').first
+
+    # Return if no submission was found
+    if submission.blank?
+      skip_authorization
+      render json: [], status: :ok
+      return
+    end
+
+    # verify authorization for the submission, as all queried errors are generated by this submission anyway
+    # and structured_errors don't have a policy yet
+    authorize(submission)
+    errors = StructuredError.where(submission_id: submission.id)
+
+    # for each error get all attributes, filter out uninteresting ones, and build a query
+    insights = errors.map do |error|
+      attributes = error.structured_error_attributes.select do |attribute|
+        is_interesting(attribute) and attribute.match
+      end
+      # once the programming language model becomes available, the language name can be added to the query to
+      # produce more relevant results
+      query = attributes.map{|att| att.value}.join(' ')
+      { submission: submission, error: error, attributes: attributes, query: query }
+    end
+
+    # Always return JSON
+    render json: insights, status: :ok
+  end
+
+  def is_interesting(attribute)
+    attribute.error_template_attribute.key.index(/error message|error type/i) != nil
+  end
+  private :is_interesting
+end
diff --git a/app/policies/submission_policy.rb b/app/policies/submission_policy.rb
index 861f5695..32916450 100644
--- a/app/policies/submission_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/submission_policy.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ class SubmissionPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
     everyone
   end
 
-  [:download?, :download_file?, :render_file?, :run?, :score?, :show?, :statistics?, :stop?, :test?].each do |action|
+  # insights? is used in the flowr_controller.rb as we use it to authorize the user for a submission
+  [:download?, :download_file?, :render_file?, :run?, :score?, :show?, :statistics?, :stop?, :test?, :insights?].each do |action|
     define_method(action) { admin? || author? }
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim
index 4568c313..133b558e 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/_editor_output.html.slim
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ div.h-100 id='output_sidebar_uncollapsed' class='d-none col-sm-12 enforce-bottom
         - else
           p.text-center = render('editor_button', classes: 'btn-lg btn-secondary disabled', data: {:'data-placement' => 'bottom', :'data-tooltip' => true}, icon: 'fa fa-clock-o', id: 'submit_outdated', label: t('exercises.editor.exercise_deadline_passed'), title: t('exercises.editor.tooltips.exercise_deadline_passed'))
         hr
-
       div.enforce-big-top-margin
         #turtlediv
           canvas#turtlecanvas.d-none width=400 height=400
@@ -56,6 +55,6 @@ div.h-100 id='output_sidebar_uncollapsed' class='d-none col-sm-12 enforce-bottom
         #output.mt-2
           pre = t('exercises.implement.no_output_yet')
         - if CodeOcean::Config.new(:code_ocean).read[:flowr][:enabled]
-          #flowrHint.card.card.text-white.bg-info data-url=CodeOcean::Config.new(:code_ocean).read[:flowr][:url] role='tab'
-            .card-header = 'Gain more insights here'
-            .card-body
+          #flowrHint.card.text-white.bg-info data-url=CodeOcean::Config.new(:code_ocean).read[:flowr][:url] role='tab'
+            .card-header = t('exercises.implement.flowr.heading')
+            .card-body.text-dark.bg-white
diff --git a/config/code_ocean.yml.example b/config/code_ocean.yml.example
index 30cd4639..f931bc68 100644
--- a/config/code_ocean.yml.example
+++ b/config/code_ocean.yml.example
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 default: &default
   flowr:
     enabled: false
+    answers_per_query: 3
   code_pilot:
     enabled: false
 
 development:
   flowr:
-    enabled: false
-    url: http://example.org:3000/api/exceptioninfo?id=&lang=auto
+    enabled: true
+    answers_per_query: 3
   code_pilot:
     enabled: false
     url: //localhost:3000
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index ae535eb9..fdaa2a18 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ de:
         text: "Uns ist aufgefallen, dass du schon lange an dieser Aufgabe arbeitest. Möchtest du vielleicht später weiter machen um erstmal auf neue Gedanken zu kommen?"
       error_hints:
         heading: "Hinweise"
+      flowr:
+        heading: "Weitere Hinweise | Unterstützt von StackOverflow"
+        go_to_question: "Lösung ansehen"
     index:
       clone: Duplizieren
       implement: Implementieren
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 8501572f..5073d525 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ en:
         text: "We recognized that you are already working quite a while on this exercise. We would like to encourage you to take a break and come back later."
       error_hints:
         heading: "Hints"
+      flowr:
+        heading: "Gain more insights here | Powered by StackOverflow"
+        go_to_question: "Go to answer"
     index:
       clone: Duplicate
       implement: Implement
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b65d401e..c146a69b 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     get 'dashboard', to: 'dashboard#show'
   end
 
+  get '/insights', to: 'flowr#insights'
+
   get 'statistics/', to: 'statistics#show'
   get 'statistics/graphs', to: 'statistics#graphs'
   get 'statistics/graphs/user-activity', to: 'statistics#user_activity'