Can StartupDeckAI see our source code?

It does not request it. The connector reads commit messages, pull request titles and release names, not files. GitHub’s Contents permission is what makes commits and releases readable, which is why the app asks for it, read only.

Which repositories are read?

Only the ones you choose after connecting, up to 50. With none chosen, nothing is read. Archived repositories cannot be chosen.

How is time to merge measured?

As the median number of hours between a pull request being opened and merged, over the pull requests merged in the last 30 days.

GitHub integration for Founder OS: what it reads and how to connect

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GitHub integration

The GitHub connector reads commits, pull requests and releases from the repositories you choose, through a GitHub App with read only permissions. Founder OS turns them into facts about shipping: commits this week, pull requests merged this month, how long one takes to merge, and what was released.

Connected tools are part of Founder OS, which is on Pro Plus. Idea validation is on every plan, including Free. See every tool Founder OS reads.

What Founder OS reads from GitHub

Repositories you choose: name, main language, star count, open issue count and whether it is private
Commits: author, date and the commit message
Pull requests: title, author, state, base branch, and when it was opened, merged or closed
Releases: tag, name and publish date

What it leaves alone:

File contents: the code itself is never requested
Issues, discussions, wikis and Actions logs
Any repository you did not choose

How much each sync reads

The last 90 days on the first sync, then only what changed since
Up to 500 commits, 500 pull requests and 500 releases per repository in one run. The next sync carries on from where it stopped
Up to 50 repositories

A sync runs when you connect, once a day after that, and whenever you press Sync.

Where the records are used

Ask and the decision log: commits in the last 7 days, pull requests merged in the last 30 days, the median time from opening a pull request to merging it, and releases published in the last 90 days

How to connect GitHub

Press Continue with GitHub and approve read access in GitHub’s own screen. No key changes hands, and disconnecting later also ends the access in GitHub.

Or connect with a key you create:

In GitHub, create a fine-grained personal access token.
Choose only the repositories you want read.
Set Contents, Issues, Pull requests and Metadata to Read-only.

After connecting, choose the repositories to read. Until you choose at least one, nothing is synced.

GitHub documents this kind of key in its own guide, and you connect your account under GitHub’s terms.

Access and security

Approval installs a GitHub App with read access to Contents, Metadata and Pull requests. The installation’s permissions are checked, and one with anything above read is refused.
A key is a fine-grained personal access token limited to the repositories you want read.

Every request to a connected tool is checked on our server, and anything that is not a read is refused before it leaves. It cannot move money, send a message or change a record. Keys and tokens are encrypted with AES 256 in GCM mode before they are stored, are never shown again, and are kept out of our logs. Disconnecting deletes the key and every record imported from the tool, in one step. For a tool you approved, we also ask the tool to end our access. The security page sets out the rest.

Questions

Can StartupDeckAI see our source code?: It does not request it. The connector reads commit messages, pull request titles and release names, not files. GitHub’s Contents permission is what makes commits and releases readable, which is why the app asks for it, read only.
Which repositories are read?: Only the ones you choose after connecting, up to 50. With none chosen, nothing is read. Archived repositories cannot be chosen.
How is time to merge measured?: As the median number of hours between a pull request being opened and merged, over the pull requests merged in the last 30 days.

An example of Founder OS reading four connected tools, Stripe, Razorpay, HubSpot and Slack, once a day, then working out monthly recurring revenue, churn and the customer count from the billing records by fixed formulas, each figure labelled Calculated.

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