Install
npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill yc-reader
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
What does the yc-reader skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about yc-reader
What does the yc-reader skill do?
Look up Y Combinator companies and batches from the public yc-oss API, a static JSON dataset refreshed daily: company profiles, batch rosters (e.g. W25, S24), companies by industry or tag, top companies, who is hiring, founder-diversity lists, and overall YC stats. Use this skill whenever the user asks about YC-backed startups, a YC batch, YC companies in a sector or tag or that are hiring, the Y Combinator portfolio, or startup and venture research that draws on YC data. Read-only.
How do I install yc-reader?
In a terminal: npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill yc-reader. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use yc-reader?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is yc-reader safe to use?
Our automatic check found patterns worth a look (see “Check”). That is not proof of anything bad – read the SKILL.md and scripts before installing.
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