Find every currently open Korean government grant or support program your startup might qualify for.
See which grants you could qualify for later once you meet a future condition, like incorporating a company.
Get suggestions for reframing your project so it qualifies for a grant it would not otherwise match.
Re-run the search later and see only what changed, such as new programs or closed deadlines.
| djfksjd/ir-search | mocasus/auto-freecf | 6-robot/jie_3d_nav | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 187 | 186 | 190 |
| Language | Python | Python | Python |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | hard |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| Audience | pm founder | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
One-line installer detects your agent host and installs the curl_cffi Python dependency automatically.
ir-search is a skill for AI coding assistants, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and a couple of others, that searches South Korean government and public agency support programs for startups and small businesses. It is explicitly limited to Korea only and does not cover funding programs in other countries. The tool crawls several official Korean sources, including K-Startup, Bizinfo, NIPA, KOCCA, and SMTECH, pulling every currently open program rather than relying on keyword search. The README explains that keyword search misses relevant programs, since something like an AI voice startup could also qualify for a content production grant or an arts and technology residency that would never surface from an obvious keyword. After gathering the listings, the agent asks a few questions about your project, such as your startup stage, region, and what kind of support you need, then checks eligibility against the detailed text of each posting. It sorts the results into three groups: programs you can apply to right now, programs that would open up if you meet some future condition such as incorporating a company, and programs you could qualify for by describing your project differently. Every program in the report links back to its original source page, and anything the posting does not state is marked as unknown rather than guessed. The skill is designed for repeated use. It saves your project profile to a local file so it does not ask the same questions again next time, and on a repeat search it compares against the previous results to report only what changed, such as new postings, changed deadlines, or programs that closed, instead of re-reading everything from scratch. Installation is a single shell script that detects which supported agent you have installed and sets it up automatically, including a required Python dependency called curl_cffi. Manual installation instructions are also given for each supported agent individually. The project is licensed under MIT.
ir-search is an AI agent skill that searches South Korean government grant programs for startups, sorting results by current eligibility.
Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, curl_cffi.
Free to use for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice, under the MIT license.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly pm founder.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
double-check against the repo, no cap.