# Startup Oracle

> Use this tool when you need to stress-test your startup idea and receive brutally honest feedback to identify potential pitfalls and areas for improvement. The Startup Oracle analyzes pivot probability, comparable failed companies, and provides satirical YC rejection reasons to help you refine your concept. It takes your startup idea as input and delivers a constructive, yet harsh, evaluation as output, with no authentication required.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-startup-oracle  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-startup-oracle

## Description

Startup Oracle delivers brutally honest evaluation of startup ideas with analysis covering pivot probability, comparable failed companies, and satirical YC rejection reasons. Feedback is constructive in its harshness, designed to stress-test ideas before committing resources. No authentication required.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/pipeworx-io-startup-oracle)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-startup-oracle>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "pipeworx-io-startup-oracle"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-startup-oracle` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-startup-oracle/pull`

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