What this skill does
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.
YC Cold Outreach is part of the Creative & Writing category — creative and writing skills for content, social posts, and media. You can install it on its own or alongside other creative & writing skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install YC Cold Outreach
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
yc-cold-outreachand click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add YC Cold Outreach with a single command:
openclaw skills add yc-cold-outreach
This pulls yc-cold-outreach from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/yc-cold-outreach/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use YC Cold Outreach
Once installed, YC Cold Outreach activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
yc-cold-outreach-1.0.1.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/yc-cold-outreach/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install YC Cold Outreach?
Install YC Cold Outreach in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for yc-cold-outreach, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add yc-cold-outreach. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/yc-cold-outreach/.
Is YC Cold Outreach free?
Yes. YC Cold Outreach is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.
What does YC Cold Outreach do?
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.
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