yc-advisor

YC Advisor is a comprehensive knowledge-retrieval skill designed for startup founders, entrepreneurs, and team builders. By providing structured access to Y Combinator’s library of 443 curated resources—including essays by Paul Graham, startup school lectures, podcast transcripts, and founder interviews—the skill acts as a specialized consultant for early-stage and scaling companies. Whether you are navigating the complexities of equity splitting, refining your MVP strategy, managing investor relations, or analyzing growth metrics, this tool delivers research-backed insights to inform critical decision-making processes.

• Immediate retrieval of YC-vetted startup advice covering ideation, team dynamics, hiring, fundraising, and technical infrastructure.

• Tiered discovery flow: utilizes a quick-index for efficient scanning and full-text content loading to ensure depth and accuracy.

• Access to specialized decision frameworks for common dilemmas such as bootstrap vs. raise, solo vs. co-founder, and pivot timing.

• Curated learning paths to guide founders through systematic stages of company development, from pre-idea to scaling.

• Synthesis-focused output: compares multiple perspectives, acknowledges trade-offs, and provides direct quotes and citations for transparency.

• The skill is optimized for context-aware interaction; clarify your stage (Pre-idea to Scaling), industry (B2B, Consumer, AI, etc.), and role for better results.

• Always prioritize loading full-text resources over summaries for complex strategic questions.

• Use the provided search patterns to navigate the repository, but avoid loading the massive index.yaml file directly to prevent token limit issues.

• Best suited for answering questions about YC application processes, SaaS growth strategies, enterprise sales, hardware development, and leadership evolution.

• Expected output includes synthesized actionable advice with source attribution for every major point, ensuring you can verify the logic against the primary source.