---
title: "Scout Score for a GitHub user (0-100)"
method: GET
path: "/api/receipts/{username}"
tags: ["scout"]
---

# Scout Score for a GitHub user (0-100)

`GET /api/receipts/{username}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com`
- URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/receipts/{username}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/docs/api/receipts/:username/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Backwards-looking proof of taste: how many validated unicorns did this user star *before* the funding/$1B/acquisition event?

## Path parameters

- `username` string, required

## Response `200`

Scout score with personality + breakdown

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid GitHub username.
- `429`: Rate limited (10/min/IP). Retry after the `Retry-After` header.

## Changes

- **2026-08-14** `e8fe6095df09`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/changes/api/receipts/:username/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/revisions/1150ac4e7a23?raw)