# Startup Credits Sweep: five rules and a five-check script (free sample)

> From the Startup Credits Sweep: five rules for going after startup credits honestly (facts first, the program's own dated page, apply only when every requirement is met, answers say your facts word for word, count credits only after approval and set a reminder before expiry), and a read-only script that checks one small file for them.

- URL: https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/startup-credits-sweep-five-rules-and-checks-free-sample/
- Type: Prompt pack
- Category: Solo business
- By: PaperChaseWebb
- Works with: Claude Code, Codex, Grok Bot, Hermes (named in the listing); Plain .md plus one Python 3 script, standard library only; one prompt for all four harnesses
- Price: Free USD
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Setup time: 5 min
- Time to result: About fifteen minutes to a first checked sweep
- Format: Markdown (.md) file, startup-credits-sweep-five-rules-and-checks-free-sample.md
- Version: 1.0, updated 2026-10-29
- License: Personal and commercial use.

## What you end up with

In a few minutes you can see whether your credit plans rest on dated program pages and your own facts, and whether any approved credit is about to run out unnoticed.

## What you get

- Five sweep rules
- credits_mini.py: five read-only checks on one credits-lite.json
- One prompt for all four harnesses
- Worked example: 5 findings, then 0

## Who it is for

Anyone about to apply for cloud, AI API or SaaS credits who wants a quick, honest check before filling in forms.

## Tools needed

- Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes: the sweep helper; it reads the skill file, AGENTS.md snippet or rules block, records facts from your records, reads each program's own page with the date, sets meets, fails or unknown per requirement, drafts answers that cite facts word for word, keeps the ledger and writes the one-page sweep
- Python 3: runs credits.py (init, hash, gate, report, due, owner approval, verify, submitted) and the fifteen-check checker; standard library only, no network
- You need: Python 3.9 or newer
- You need: Any of Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes

Cost to run: Free.

## Sample prompt: Sweep from my facts (Grok Bot, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes)

```
Here are my company facts, each with the record it comes from: [facts]. Read the startup program pages for [programs] yourself, not a directory. For each one, give me the page, today's date, the benefit as written with any 'up to' kept, and each requirement marked meets, fails or unknown against one of my facts.
Apply only where everything meets. Draft answers that use my facts word for word, and mark anything you do not have as NEEDS OWNER INPUT. Do not submit anything, create accounts or accept terms. Put it in credits-lite.json and run credits_mini.py credits-lite.json.
```

The rules and the script are in the file.

## Free preview of startup-credits-sweep-five-rules-and-checks-free-sample.md

````markdown
# Startup Credits Sweep: five rules and a five-check script (free sample)

Version 1.0, 2026-10-29. By PaperChaseWebb. For founders and small teams who want startup credits (cloud, AI API, SaaS) without guessing who qualifies or stretching a fact to fit a form. One Markdown file and one Python 3 script, standard library only. The script was tested on its worked example (5 findings, then 0) and on a missing file (exit 2). It was not run inside any agent harness or on a real application.

Credit directories show headline ceilings ("up to 350,000 USD") copied from other lists, often months old. Forms get filled in a hurry, and four people quietly becomes "a team of six". Credits that do arrive run out after a year, often with a card on file. This sample keeps a small sweep in one JSON file: your facts, each program with its page and the date you read it, the requirements matched against your facts, the answers you plan to give, and the credits you were granted. Five checks catch the common mistakes. The idea of sweeping every program in one pass with an agent comes from a reel by Pratham (@prathamunpluggedd), credited in the full pack.

## Install in one line

Save this page as FREE-SAMPLE.md, then:

```
python3 -c "import re;t=open('FREE-SAMPLE.md').read();open('credits_mini.py','w').write(re.search(r'~~~python\n(.*?)~~~',t,re.S).group(1))"
python3 credits_mini.py credits-lite.json
```

## Five rules

1. **Facts first.** Write down what is true about the company, from records, 
````

## Test record

- Date: Oct 29, 2026
- What was run: credits_mini.py on the worked example, a fixed file and a missing file.
- Result: 5 findings, then 0; exit 2 on a missing file.
- Not run: The prompt inside a harness. The company and programs in the example are made up.

Copied from this item's dated test notes. What was not run stays in.

## Worth knowing

- The sample checks one file against five rules. Facts with their records, the full matrix, application drafts that cite facts, the expiry ledger with a due list, owner approvals by hash, starter rows for seven real programs and the fifteen checks are in the full pack.
- On 2026-10-29 credits_mini.py gave 5 findings on the worked example, then 0 on the fixed file, and exited 2 on a missing file. The prompt was not run inside a harness, and the company and programs in the example are made up.

## Questions

**Does it send anything anywhere?** No. It reads one file and opens no network connection.

**What is in the full pack?** A facts file tied to records, a requirement-by-requirement matrix, application drafts that cite every fact, an expiry ledger with a weekly due list, credits.py with a gate for agents and owner approvals tied to a hash with one use and expiry, fifteen read-only checks with a seeded test sweep, starter rows for seven real programs, a skill file, AGENTS.md snippet and Grok Bot rules block, ten prompts and a failure table. $19.

## How to get it

Free sample. Download it directly at https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/startup-credits-sweep-five-rules-and-checks-free-sample/, no signup.

Seller: PaperChaseWebb Inc., mgmt@paperchasewebb.com