yc-reader

Y Combinator Reader (Read-Only) 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. 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: Show more