yc-jobs-scraper SKILL.md skillA
yc-jobs-scraper from varnan-tech/opendirectory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/yc-jobs-scraper@git:20260414.cf4acb6Pins git:20260414.cf4acb6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- varnan-tech/opendirectory
- Path
skills/yc-intent-radar-skill/yc-jobs-scraper/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260414.cf4acb6, committed Apr 14, 2026
- Size
- 3,085 bytes
- Repository stars
- 699
- License
- MIT
Scrape daily job listings from YCombinator's Workatastartup platform without duplicates. Use this skill when asked to scrape YC jobs, update the YC companies list, or retrieve the latest startup jobs. It handles authentication, extracts company slugs via Inertia.js JSON payloads, falls back to public YC job pages when necessary, and maintains a local SQLite database to track historical jobs and prevent duplicates.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# YC Jobs Scraper This skill provides a robust architecture for scraping jobs from YCombinator and `workatastartup.com`. It is designed to run automatically, bypass login bottlenecks, and maintain state to never scrape duplicate jobs. ## Architecture The scraper uses a hybrid approach to maximize reliability and minimize bot detection: 1. **Authentication:** `scripts/auth.js` uses Playwright to let a human log in once and saves the session to `scripts/state.json`. 2. **Database:** `scripts/db.js` uses `better-sqlite3` to manage `scripts/jobs.db`. It tracks every `company_slug` and `job_id` ever seen. 3. **Primary Extraction:** `scripts/scraper.js` loads `state.json`, visits YC query URLs, and extracts company slugs from the hidden Inertia.js `data-page` JSON payload. 4. **Job Extraction (JSON):** It then visits the authenticated company pages (`/companies/[slug]`) to extract jobs from the backend JSON payload to ensure we get the real `job_id` for accurate deduplication. 5. **Job Extraction (Fallback):** If the JSON extraction fails, it falls back to parsing public HTML job cards from `ycombinator.com/companies/[slug]/jobs`. ## Workflows ### 1. First-Time Setup …
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How to install
mdr add varnan-tech/opendirectory/yc-jobs-scraper@sha256:af8bd65e68b5639bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260414.cf4acb6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 14, 2026.
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Source
varnan-tech/opendirectory · 699 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-17 · branch main
API
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