yc-default-alive-calculator SKILL.md skillA
yc-default-alive-calculator from magnus919/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add magnus919/agent-skills/yc-default-alive-calculator@git:20260902.035e58dPins git:20260902.035e58d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- magnus919/agent-skills
- Path
yc-default-alive-calculator/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260902.035e58d, committed Sep 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 13, 2026
- Size
- 8,322 bytes
- Repository stars
- 166
- License
- MIT
Evaluate startup runway, burn, revenue, and profitability trajectory using the Default Alive / Default Dead framework. Do not use this skill for weekly growth experiments or operating growth decisions; use `yc-weekly-growth-compass` for those decisions.
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
# Default Alive / Default Dead Calculator A startup is "default alive" if its current revenue trajectory will reach profitability before it runs out of cash — without additional funding. It is "default dead" if it will run out of money first. This is the single most important financial diagnostic Paul Graham developed at Y Combinator. **This is not a fundraising model.** It's a reality check. The answer determines whether fundraising is optional or existential. ## When to Load | Trigger | Example | |---------|---------| | "Am I default alive?" | Founder asking about runway | | "How much runway do I have?" | Financial planning | | "Should I raise money?" | Strategic decision | | "What's my burn multiple?" | Investor-ready metrics | | "How long until we break even?" | Trajectory check | | "Default alive/dead analysis" | Explicit framework request | ## When Not to Use - **Detailed financial planning.** This is a diagnostic, not a budget. It projects one growth curve with fixed assumptions; it does not model hiring plans, contract timing, seasonality, or capital expenditures. Use a proper financial model for those. …
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How to install
mdr add magnus919/agent-skills/yc-default-alive-calculator@sha256:71f0e2ea5f0778ffThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260902.035e58d, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Jun 13, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026, about one every 27 days.
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| git:20260902.035e58d latest | 2026-09-02 | 035e58d | 8,322 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260804.f9db3db | 2026-08-04 | f9db3db | 8,506 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260711.a5f7e74 | 2026-07-11 | a5f7e74 | 6,880 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260613.d8a11c2 | 2026-06-13 | d8a11c2 | 6,912 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
magnus919/agent-skills · 166 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yrkyob4vbi3mlnri GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=magnus919/agent-skills/yc-default-alive-calculator GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/71f0e2ea5f0778ffcc426cd429d42b045f3a9698d83f853922ccc70b2fe6a635
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