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Auto-routed by path. Mix Jobs and Companies URLs freely. The two URLs prefilled below are sample defaults โ€” clear them and paste your own when running.\n\n**Jobs URLs:**\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs` (curated index)\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs/role/{role}` (e.g. `โ€ฆ/jobs/role/software-engineer`)\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs/role/{role}/{location}` (e.g. `โ€ฆ/jobs/role/software-engineer/san-francisco`)\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs/location/{location}` (e.g. `โ€ฆ/jobs/location/new-york`)\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/{co}/jobs/{job}` (single job detail)\n\n**Companies URLs:**\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/companies` (all companies)\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=Spring%202026&industry=B2B&query=fintech` (filtered search)\n- `https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/{slug}` (e.g. `โ€ฆ/companies/airbnb` โ€” single-company lookup)", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "mode": { "title": "Mode", "enum": [ "jobs", "companies" ], "type": "string", "description": "Pick a target surface; the matching filter fields below will be used. Jobs uses the role/location selectors; Companies uses the keyword/batch/industry/region/size block.", "default": "jobs" }, "role": { "title": "๐Ÿ’ผ Jobs ยท Role", "enum": [ "", "software-engineer", "designer", "product-manager", "operations", "marketing", "sales-manager", "recruiting-hr", "support", "science" ], "type": "string", "description": "Used when Mode = Jobs and Start URLs is empty. YC role category.", "default": "" }, "location": { "title": "๐Ÿ’ผ Jobs ยท Location", "enum": [ "", "san-francisco", "new-york", "los-angeles", "seattle", "austin", "chicago", "india", "remote" ], "type": "string", "description": "Used when Mode = Jobs. City slugs match the city name in each job's location string; `remote` matches anything containing 'Remote'; `india` matches the country.", "default": "" }, "queries": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท Search Keywords", "type": "array", "description": "Used when Mode = Companies. One or more keywords (product category, market, technology, location, โ€ฆ). Multiple keywords run as separate Algolia searches and are merged by company id with dedupe. Empty = no keyword filter.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "topCompany": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท Include Top Companies Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Limit results to companies marked as Top by Y Combinator. Use when you want a smaller, more selective set.", "default": false }, "isHiring": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท Include Hiring Companies Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Limit results to companies currently marked as hiring. Useful for recruiting and active-growth research.", "default": false }, "nonprofit": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท Include Nonprofit Companies Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Limit results to companies marked as nonprofits. Leave disabled to include both commercial and nonprofit organizations.", "default": false }, "batch": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท YC Batches", "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "Select one or more batches to narrow results by cohort.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "All Batches", "Fall 2026", "Summer 2026", "Spring 2026", "Winter 2026", "Fall 2025", "Summer 2025", "Spring 2025", "Winter 2025", "Fall 2024", "Summer 2024", "Winter 2024", "Summer 2023", "Winter 2023", "Summer 2022", "Winter 2022", "Summer 2021", "Winter 2021", "Summer 2020", "Winter 2020", "Summer 2019", "Winter 2019", "Summer 2018", "Winter 2018", "Summer 2017", "Winter 2017", "Summer 2016", "Winter 2016", "Summer 2015", "Winter 2015", "Summer 2014", "Winter 2014", "Summer 2013", "Winter 2013", "Summer 2012", "Winter 2012", "Summer 2011", "Winter 2011", "Summer 2010", "Winter 2010", "Summer 2009", "Winter 2009", "Summer 2008", "Winter 2008", "Summer 2007", "Winter 2007", "Summer 2006", "Winter 2006", "Summer 2005" ], "enumTitles": [ "๐Ÿ“† All batches (no filter)", "๐Ÿ“† Fall 2026 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2026 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Spring 2026 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2026 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Fall 2025 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2025 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Spring 2025 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2025 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Fall 2024 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2024 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2024 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2023 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2023 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2022 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2022 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2021 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2021 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2020 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2020 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2019 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2019 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2018 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2018 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2017 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2017 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2016 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2016 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2015 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2015 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2014 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2014 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2013 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2013 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2012 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2012 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2011 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2011 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2010 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2010 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2009 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2009 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2008 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2008 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2007 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2007 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2006 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Winter 2006 batch", "๐Ÿ“† Summer 2005 batch" ] }, "default": [ "All Batches" ] }, "industries": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท Industries", "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "Select one or more industries to focus the run.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "All industries", "B2B", "Consumer", "Healthcare", "Fintech", "Engineering, Product and Design", "Industrials", "Education", "Real Estate and Construction", "Government", "Unspecified" ], "enumTitles": [ "๐ŸŒ All industries (no filter)", "๐Ÿค B2B (enterprise and business tools)", "๐Ÿ›๏ธ Consumer (consumer products and services)", "๐Ÿฉบ Healthcare (health and life sciences)", "๐Ÿ’ณ Fintech (financial technology)", "๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Engineering, Product and Design", "๐Ÿญ Industrials (manufacturing and logistics)", "๐ŸŽ“ Education (edtech and learning)", "๐Ÿ—๏ธ Real Estate and Construction", "๐Ÿ›๏ธ Government (public sector)", "โ“ Unspecified (not categorized)" ] }, "default": [ "All industries" ] }, "regions": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท HQ Regions", "uniqueItems": true, "type": "array", "description": "Select one or more regions to narrow geographically.", "items": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Anywhere", "United States of America", "America / Canada", "Canada", "Mexico", "Latin America", "Europe", "United Kingdom", "Africa", "Middle East and North Africa", "South Asia", "India", "Southeast Asia", "East Asia", "Oceania", "Remote", "Fully Remote", "Partly Remote", "Unspecified" ], "enumTitles": [ "๐ŸŒ Anywhere (no region filter)", "๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America", "๐ŸŒŽ America / Canada", "๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada", "๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico", "๐ŸŒŽ Latin America", "๐ŸŒ Europe", "๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom", "๐ŸŒ Africa", "๐ŸŒ Middle East and North Africa", "๐ŸŒ South Asia", "๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India", "๐ŸŒ Southeast Asia", "๐ŸŒ East Asia", "๐ŸŒŠ Oceania", "๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Remote", "๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Fully Remote", "๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Partly Remote", "โ“ Unspecified" ] }, "default": [ "Anywhere" ] }, "minEmployeeSize": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท Minimum Employee Size", "enum": [ "1+", "5+", "10+", "25+", "50+", "100+", "250+", "500+", "1000+" ], "type": "string", "description": "Smallest team size to include. Select '1+' for no minimum.", "default": "1+" }, "maxEmployeeSize": { "title": "๐Ÿข Companies ยท Maximum Employee Size", "enum": [ "1+", "5", "10", "25", "50", "100", "250", "500", "1000+" ], "type": "string", "description": "Largest team size to include. Select '1000+' for no maximum.", "default": "1000+" }, "scrapeFounderDetails": { "title": "๐Ÿ™Œ Companies Enrich ยท Scrape Founder Details", "type": "boolean", "description": "Companies mode only. Adds an extra HTTP per company (concurrency = 5) โ€” slows runs. Fetches `/companies/{slug}` and adds `founders[]` (name, title, bio, linkedinUrl, twitterUrl, avatarUrl, isActive, hasEmail) plus `socials` (linkedin, twitter, facebook, crunchbase, github), `appVideoUrl`, `demoDayVideoUrl`.", "default": false }, "scrapeOpenJobs": { "title": "๐Ÿ™Œ Companies Enrich ยท Scrape Open Job Postings", "type": "boolean", "description": "Companies mode only. Adds an extra HTTP per company (concurrency = 5) โ€” slows runs. Fetches `/companies/{slug}/jobs` and adds `openJobs[]` (title, role, location, salary, equity, experience, applyUrl, posted-ago).", "default": false }, "maxItems": { "title": "Output cap โ€” max records to return", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard ceiling on dataset rows. Stops the run after this many job-detail pages or company hits have been emitted. Applies to both Jobs and Companies. Free-tier accounts are capped at 100 regardless.", "default": 100 }, "maxPages": { "title": "Pagination depth โ€” max listing pages per URL (jobs only)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Jobs scraper only: how many `?page=N` listing pages to follow per start URL. 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Useful for scheduled runs that should only emit new postings.", "default": false }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max concurrency (jobs only)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Jobs scraper only: max parallel HTTP requests.", "default": 10 }, "minConcurrency": { "title": "Min concurrency (jobs only)", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Jobs scraper only: min parallel HTTP requests to keep active.", "default": 1 }, "maxRequestRetries": { "title": "Max request retries (jobs only)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Jobs scraper only: retries before a request is marked failed.", "default": 3 }, "proxy": { "title": "Proxy configuration (jobs only)", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy for the Jobs scraper. 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