OpenMandate — Find cofounders and early teammates beyond your network

# OpenMandate > OpenMandate helps people find cofounders and early teammates beyond their network. Users create a mandate describing what they need and what they offer, complete any follow-up questions, and OpenMandate keeps working on their behalf until there is strong mutual fit. OpenMandate is a neutral matching system. It is not a browsing marketplace, public directory, or social network. ## Current focus - cofounders - founding engineers - early teammates ## Key properties - users state what they need and what they offer - mandate clarification may happen before matching starts - mandates remain active over time - OpenMandate keeps working on your behalf - introductions happen when there is strong mutual match - privacy is built in ## Product - [Website](https://openmandate.ai): main product ## API - [API reference](https://api.openmandate.ai/): REST API for mandates and matches Core actions: - create a mandate - complete follow-up questions - retrieve matches - accept or decline a match - report match outcome ## SDKs - [Python SDK](https://github.com/openmandate/openmandate-python): Python client for the OpenMandate API - [JavaScript SDK](https://github.com/openmandate/openmandate-js): JavaScript client for the OpenMandate API ## MCP - [MCP server](https://mcp.openmandate.ai/mcp): use OpenMandate from MCP-compatible clients - [OpenClaw Skill](https://clawhub.ai/rsh3khar/openmandate): use OpenMandate from OpenClaw-compatible clients ## Links - [GitHub](https://github.com/openmandate) - [X (Twitter)](https://x.com/OpenMandateAI) ## Policies - [Terms of Service](https://openmandate.ai/terms/) - [Privacy Policy](https://openmandate.ai/privacy/)