Echomindr — Founder Experience Retrieval
Real founder decisions. Not hallucinated advice.
No API key required. Free to use.
When to use this skill
Use when the conversation touches a business situation where a real founder example would be more useful than a generic answer:
- A tension, dilemma, or difficult decision in their business
- A go-to-market, product, hiring, fundraising, or positioning question
- Uncertainty about what to do next ("how do I...", "should I...")
- The user asks "what did other founders do when..."
- Any question about: pricing, launch timing, co-founder tension, fundraising, burnout, hiring, growth, PMF
Only a short, anonymized description of the business situation is sent to Echomindr. No personal data, names, or identifying information should be included in the query.
Primary endpoint — situation match
curl -X POST https://echomindr.com/situation \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"situation": "<describe the founder situation in plain language>", "limit": 3}'
Returns matched moments with: summary, verbatim quote, decision, outcome, lesson, source (podcast + guest + timestamp link).
Detail & similar experiences
# Full detail for a specific moment
curl https://echomindr.com/moments/{moment_id}
# Moments similar to a known moment
curl https://echomindr.com/similar/{moment_id}
Behavior instructions
- Reformulate the founder's situation structurally (not literally):
- "my team doesn't work without me" → "founder operational bottleneck, no middle management layer"
- "sales take too long" → "B2B deal stuck, champion without authority to decide"
- "how to convince users to try my product" → "early adoption friction, behavior change required, demo strategy"
- Call
POST /situation with that reformulated sentence
- Present results: founder name, decision, outcome, lesson
- Always include the source link from
source.url_at_moment
- If multiple results converge on a pattern, surface it
Example situations
- "My co-founder and I want different things."
- "I launched and nobody is signing up."
- "I'm burning out but I can't stop."
- "Should I raise VC or stay bootstrapped?"
- "My best engineer just quit."
- "We have traction but no revenue model."
Languages
Works in English, French, Swedish, and 20+ languages. BGE-M3 multilingual vector search.
External endpoints
Security & privacy
This skill sends queries to https://echomindr.com (Hetzner VPS, EU).
No personal data is collected. Queries are logged anonymously for monitoring.
No authentication required — the API is fully public.
About Echomindr
- 1,150+ founder moments · 52 canonical situations · 10 thematic families
- 100+ podcast episodes
- Sources: Lenny's Podcast, How I Built This, Y Combinator, 20 Minute VC, Acquired, My First Million, Masters of Scale, Silicon Carne, Startup Ministerio, Kevin Kamis, Wall Street Paper, Valy Sy (China vlogs), Matt & Ari (Canada), Oscar Lindhardt (Denmark), Aidan Walsh (USA)
Full API docs: https://echomindr.com/docs
1---2name: echomindr-founder-retrieval3description: Retrieve real founder experiences, decisions, and outcomes from Echomindr — 1,150+ moments from top startup podcasts. Use whenever a founder describes any tension, decision, or uncertainty to ground advice in real cases.4---56# Echomindr — Founder Experience Retrieval78Real founder decisions. Not hallucinated advice.910**No API key required. Free to use.**1112## When to use this skill1314Use when the conversation touches a business situation where a real founder example would be more useful than a generic answer:15- A tension, dilemma, or difficult decision in their business16- A go-to-market, product, hiring, fundraising, or positioning question17- Uncertainty about what to do next ("how do I...", "should I...")18- The user asks "what did other founders do when..."19- Any question about: pricing, launch timing, co-founder tension, fundraising, burnout, hiring, growth, PMF2021**Only a short, anonymized description of the business situation is sent to Echomindr. No personal data, names, or identifying information should be included in the query.**2223## Primary endpoint — situation match2425```bash26curl -X POST https://echomindr.com/situation \27 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \28 -d '{"situation": "<describe the founder situation in plain language>", "limit": 3}'29```3031Returns matched moments with: summary, verbatim quote, decision, outcome, lesson, source (podcast + guest + timestamp link).3233## Detail & similar experiences3435```bash36# Full detail for a specific moment37curl https://echomindr.com/moments/{moment_id}3839# Moments similar to a known moment40curl https://echomindr.com/similar/{moment_id}41```4243## Behavior instructions44451. **Reformulate** the founder's situation structurally (not literally):46 - "my team doesn't work without me" → "founder operational bottleneck, no middle management layer"47 - "sales take too long" → "B2B deal stuck, champion without authority to decide"48 - "how to convince users to try my product" → "early adoption friction, behavior change required, demo strategy"492. Call `POST /situation` with that reformulated sentence503. Present results: founder name, decision, outcome, lesson514. Always include the source link from `source.url_at_moment`525. If multiple results converge on a pattern, surface it5354## Example situations5556- "My co-founder and I want different things."57- "I launched and nobody is signing up."58- "I'm burning out but I can't stop."59- "Should I raise VC or stay bootstrapped?"60- "My best engineer just quit."61- "We have traction but no revenue model."6263## Languages6465Works in English, French, Swedish, and 20+ languages. BGE-M3 multilingual vector search.6667## External endpoints6869| Endpoint | Purpose |70|----------|---------|71| POST https://echomindr.com/situation | Semantic match of moments to a situation |72| GET https://echomindr.com/moments/{id} | Full detail for a specific moment |73| GET https://echomindr.com/similar/{id} | Moments similar to a known moment |74| GET https://echomindr.com/search?q= | Keyword search across moments |7576## Security & privacy7778This skill sends queries to **https://echomindr.com** (Hetzner VPS, EU).79No personal data is collected. Queries are logged anonymously for monitoring.80No authentication required — the API is fully public.8182## About Echomindr8384- 1,150+ founder moments · 52 canonical situations · 10 thematic families85- 100+ podcast episodes86- Sources: Lenny's Podcast, How I Built This, Y Combinator, 20 Minute VC, Acquired, My First Million, Masters of Scale, Silicon Carne, Startup Ministerio, Kevin Kamis, Wall Street Paper, Valy Sy (China vlogs), Matt & Ari (Canada), Oscar Lindhardt (Denmark), Aidan Walsh (USA)8788Full API docs: https://echomindr.com/docs
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