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YC Cold Outreach
by
Mark Pors 🦖
· GitHub ↗
· v1.0.1
3136
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Install in OpenClaw
/install yc-cold-outreach
Description
Expert in Y Combinator (YC) cold email outreach techniques based on Startup School principles. Use to draft, critique, or iterate on cold emails to potential customers, partners, or investors. Based on Aaron Epstein's methodology for high-conversion outreach.
Usage Guidance
This is an instruction-only coaching tool and appears internally consistent. Before using: (1) be careful what private data you paste into the agent—do not share sensitive personal or account credentials; (2) personalization guidance may tempt you to gather public information about targets—avoid unlawful scraping or sharing private contact data without consent; (3) if you later combine this skill with automation (sending emails at scale) ensure you comply with anti-spam laws and any platform-specific rules. If you expect the agent to perform web lookups or contact-sending actions, review those added capabilities separately since they are outside this skill's current scope.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: yc-cold-outreach
Version: 1.0.1
The skill bundle contains only documentation and metadata related to Y Combinator cold email outreach. There is no executable code, no attempts at data exfiltration, malicious execution, persistence, or prompt injection against the agent. All content is aligned with the stated purpose of assisting with cold email drafting and critique.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The name/description (YC cold outreach) matches the provided SKILL.md and reference material. There are no unexpected binaries, environment variables, or install steps requested that would be unrelated to drafting and critiquing cold emails.
Instruction Scope
Instructions are limited to drafting, critiquing, and following the seven YC principles from the included reference file. The doc encourages deep personalization and research ("Uncommon Commonality", "Personalize: Deep personalization"), which could lead an agent or user to gather external public information about targets; the skill itself does not instruct the agent to read system files, access environment variables, or transmit data to external endpoints.
Install Mechanism
No install spec or code files; this is instruction-only so nothing is downloaded or written to disk by the skill itself.
Credentials
The skill requires no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. Requested access is proportional (none) to the stated functionality.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill does not request elevated or persistent system privileges. Autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default) but not combined with other concerning privileges.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install yc-cold-outreach - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/yc-cold-outreach - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.1
Made the skill more generic by removing personal and scientist-specific references.
v1.0.0
- Initial release of yc-cold-outreach.
- Provides expert guidance on Y Combinator cold outreach techniques.
- Includes pre-flight targeting checklist and the 7 YC email principles.
- Supports drafting, critiquing, and iterating on cold emails for customers, partners, and scientists.
- Features "YC Grade" review framework for email quality.
- Offers example phrasing and mobile-friendly best practices.
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is YC Cold Outreach?
Expert in Y Combinator (YC) cold email outreach techniques based on Startup School principles. Use to draft, critique, or iterate on cold emails to potential customers, partners, or investors. Based on Aaron Epstein's methodology for high-conversion outreach. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 3136 downloads so far.
How do I install YC Cold Outreach?
Run "/install yc-cold-outreach" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is YC Cold Outreach free?
Yes, YC Cold Outreach is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does YC Cold Outreach support?
YC Cold Outreach is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created YC Cold Outreach?
It is built and maintained by Mark Pors 🦖 (@pors); the current version is v1.0.1.
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