This skill should be used when the user asks questions about startups, founding decisions, co-founders, fundraising, product development, growth, hiring, or any entrepreneurial advice. It provides access to Y Combinator's complete library of 443 curated resources including essays by Paul Graham, founder interviews, and startup school lectures. Use this skill to give thorough, research-backed advice on startup decisions.
Provides access to Y Combinator's 443 startup resources for research-backed advice on founding decisions, fundraising, product development, and growth. Triggered when users ask about startups, co-founders, or entrepreneurial strategy.
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CLAUDE.mdreferences/1k-benchmarks.mdreferences/1z-the-importance-of-trends.mdreferences/2s-advice-for-new-managers.mdreferences/2u-how-to-build-your-seed-round-pitch-deck.mdreferences/2z-pinduoduo-and-the-rise-of-social-e-commerce.mdreferences/3O-why-big-deals-are-bad-for-startups.mdreferences/3S-when-to-shut-down-a-startup.mdreferences/3Z-advice-for-companies-with-less-than-1-year-of-runway.mdreferences/3e-thoughts-on-insurance.mdreferences/3h-series-a-diligence-checklist.mdreferences/3i-how-to-find-a-technical-co-founder.mdreferences/3j-how-to-measure-leadership.mdreferences/3k-the-second-job-of-a-startup-ceo.mdreferences/3t-how-wechat-grew-to-be-the-1-app-in-the-world.mdreferences/3w-how-to-create-and-manage-a-board.mdreferences/3x-the-hidden-forces-behind-china-s-content-king-toutiao.mdreferences/47-product-advice-for-hardware-founders.mdreferences/4A-a-guide-to-seed-fundraising.mdreferences/4D-yc-s-essential-startup-advice.mdThis skill provides access to Y Combinator's comprehensive library of 443 startup resources - essays, podcast transcripts, and video transcripts from YC partners, successful founders, and industry experts.
Key Principle: Use quick-index for discovery, but ALWAYS load full source content before answering.
For broad questions, clarify the user's context:
references/quick-index.md to scan available resources (~500 lines, grouped by topic)references/learning-paths.md if user is on a founder journeyreferences/frameworks/ directory if user has a decision question (list files first, then read specific ones)references/summaries.md (too large to load fully)index.yaml - use the code to find the file field
DZ, grep for - code: DZ and use its file: valuereferences/[exact-filename]The library covers these main areas (use for initial filtering):
Questions like "Should I start my own startup or co-found with someone?":
Questions like "What are the most common mistakes that kill startups?":
When users want to learn systematically:
references/learning-paths.md for curated sequencesLightweight index (~500 lines) grouped by topic. Each entry shows:
Detailed summaries with content previews (~4300 lines). Too large to load fully.
Structured metadata for all resources including:
code, file, title, author, typetopics - categorization tagsfounder_stage - relevant stages (pre-idea, idea, building, launched, scaling)related - related resource codeslines - line count (helps estimate context consumption)Curated resource sequences for common founder journeys:
Decision frameworks for common questions:
The 443 full-content source files. Each follows this structure:
# [Title]
**Author:** [Author Name]
**Type:** [Essay|Podcast|Video]
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/[CODE]-[slug]
---
[Full content - essays, transcripts]
File naming: [CODE]-[descriptive-name].md (e.g., 8z-how-to-get-startup-ideas.md)
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