Y Combinator Reader (Read-Only)

If your host has not already executed the shell probes below (for example, in Codex), run the commands inside the ! wrappers with its shell tool before choosing a setup path. Use the actual output; if shell access is unavailable, report that limitation.

Fetches Y Combinator company data from the yc-oss/api, an unofficial open-source API that indexes all publicly launched YC companies. The data is sourced from YC's Algolia search index and updated daily via GitHub Actions.

This is a read-only data source. It provides company profiles, batch listings, industry/tag breakdowns, hiring status, and diversity data. No write operations exist, the API serves static JSON files.

No authentication required. The API is public and free. Just use curl to fetch JSON endpoints.

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Step 1: Verify Prerequisites

This skill only needs curl (to fetch data) and jq (to parse/filter JSON). Both are pre-installed on most systems.

!`(command -v curl > /dev/null && echo "CURL_OK" || echo "CURL_MISSING") && (command -v jq > /dev/null && echo "JQ_OK" || echo "JQ_MISSING")`

If JQ_MISSING, install it:

# macOS
brew install jq

# Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
sudo apt-get install jq

If jq is unavailable, you can still fetch raw JSON with curl and parse it inline with Python or other tools, but jq makes filtering much easier.

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Step 2: Identify What the User Needs

Match the user's request to the appropriate endpoint. See references/api_reference.md for full details.