cargo-quickstart Skill for Claude Code: Two-Minute Cargo Demo

Runs a two-minute Cargo demo: you name a buyer persona, Claude pulls about 25 leads, shows the cost and offers to save the search as a weekly play.

Installs: 9.4K; on skills.sh
Stars: 21; on GitHub
Files: 1; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

Claude asks one question, "Who do you sell to?", then runs a LinkedIn people search through the cargo-ai CLI for about 25 leads. It shows a table of name, title, company and whether they were recently hired, closes with a cost receipt, and offers to save the search as a recurring play.

SKILL.md says a new Cargo account starts with 100 free credits and no card, and that the demo spends about 5 of them. It needs the Cargo CLI and a Cargo sign-in. For real jobs after the demo it hands off to cargo-gtm.

Good for

People who just installed Cargo and have an empty workspace
Sales and RevOps leads who want to see lead sourcing before committing
Evaluators asking whether Cargo actually works

Install cargo-quickstart

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the cargo-quickstart skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

/plugin marketplace add getcargohq/cargo-skills
/plugin install cargo@cargo-skills

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Every Cargo skill drives the cargo-ai CLI, so install it and sign in first. A new account starts with 100 free credits and no card (README). Pick one channel, not two: the plugin and skills add both register the skills, so using both duplicates them. The whole bundle is the route the README documents; this skill's own files point to files in sibling skills such as ../cargo/references/prerequisites.md. The plugin needs Claude Code 2.1.154 or newer and adds hooks and two subagents; see the safety section.

From the project README. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Guided first-run demo for Cargo — one persona question to 25 real leads with a cost receipt in under two minutes, ending by saving the pull as a recurring play. Triggers: "show me what Cargo can do", "give me a demo", "take me on a tour", "quickstart", "getting started with Cargo", "I just installed Cargo", "my workspace is empty", "does this actually work". Skip when: the user has a real job to run (build a list, enrich a CSV, find emails) — use cargo-gtm; when they want CLI reference or routing — use the cargo router skill.

Sections in SKILL.md

Bootstrap
The one question
Speed budget — HARD RULES
Fast path
Fallback ladder (on auth/error, drop a rung — don't stop)
The receipt (mandatory, verbatim discipline)
Minute 3 — save it as a play
After the demo — route onward

Key facts

Author: Cargo (frontmatter author: getcargo), in the vendor's own repo
License: MIT (LICENSE, README badge and plugin.json agree)
Version: 1.1.1
Installs on skills.sh: 9,420 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 21 (Nov 2, 2026)
Last commit: Oct 31, 2026
What installs: 2 files: SKILL.md and skill-metadata.json
Needs: The cargo-ai CLI (npm) and a Cargo sign-in; a new account starts with 100 free credits
Cargo CLI license: UNLICENSED on npm; the skills bundle itself is MIT
Bundle size: README and plugin manifests say 19 skills, the skills.sh badge says 18, and the repo has 20 skill folders including a redirect stub
Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Hermes Agent and other skills.sh agents

What it includes

Installs the CLI, signs in by emailed code and confirms the workspace.
Runs code · Bootstrap
Browses the action catalog and dry-runs an action with sample output and price.
Runs code · No-account preview
Asks only "Who do you sell to?" and decides provider, filters and limits itself.
The one question
Runs searchLeads for up to 25 leads at 0.2 credits each and downloads the outputs.
Runs code · Fast path
Four rungs if a source fails; the 3-credit-per-record rung asks before it runs.
Runs code · Fallback ladder
Reports credits spent, balance left and how many of 25 leads came back.
Runs code · Cost receipt
Offers to save the search as a weekly play that writes new matches to a model.
Write · Save as a play
Proposes two or three follow-ups, then hands real work to cargo-gtm.
Next steps

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

It spends Cargo credits and writes lead data to your workspace and to /tmp. Run the demo on a fresh workspace and read the cost receipt.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

It spends credits on your account
The demo costs about 5 credits. The fallback that uses waterfall.searchProspects costs 3 credits per record and SKILL.md says it asks first, capped at 5 records. github.com
Saving a play schedules recurring work
On yes, it saves the search as a weekly play that writes new matches into a model. Check the play and its cost before enabling the schedule. github.com
Claude runs the cargo-ai CLI as you
The skill drives the cargo-ai CLI. Sign-in is saved to ~/.config/cargo-ai/credentials.json, and the docs say to confirm the workspace with cargo-ai whoami before any write. github.com
The plugin route adds hooks that run shell commands
The plugin wires a PreToolUse hook on Bash that auto-approves safe cargo-ai calls, and a SessionStart hook that runs npm install -g @cargo-ai/cli at the pinned version. Login, token creation, report creation, project deploy and any remove or delete still prompt. github.com
The plugin sends a session summary to your Cargo workspace
The SessionEnd hook passes the last 60,000 bytes of the transcript to claude -p to write a title and summary, then stores them in your Cargo workspace session record. Use the skills CLI route if you do not want that. github.com
Lead data lands in temp files
The fast path writes the run object and downloaded outputs to /tmp/quickstart-run.json and /tmp/quickstart-outputs.json. Delete them when done. github.com
Sign-in can create an account
cargo-ai login --email creates the account and a workspace named Personal on first use. Use your work address on purpose. github.com
The plugin also adds two subagents
cargo-execution-planner and cargo-list-builder run on the haiku model with Read, Grep, Glob and Bash tools. The planner is described as read-only and the list builder as executing only pre-approved slices. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 2, 2026.

Technical details

Talks to	api.getcargo.io (Cargo API). registry.npmjs.org (CLI install). app.getcargo.io (token creation)
Sign-in and keys	Sign-in by emailed code, browser (OAuth) or an API token. Browser and email sign-in save a session to ~/.config/cargo-ai/credentials.json; API tokens are workspace-scoped and the README says to store them in a secrets manager.
Scopes	Runs cargo-ai commands that spend credits Writes lead files to /tmp Cargo workspace sign-in (saved in ~/.config/cargo-ai/credentials.json)

Questions

What does cargo-quickstart do?

It runs a guided first demo of Cargo. You name who you sell to, Claude pulls about 25 matching leads in under two minutes, shows what it cost, and offers to turn the search into a weekly play.

How many credits does the demo use?

About 5. SKILL.md says the LinkedIn people search bills 0.2 credits per returned lead, so 25 leads cost at most 5. A new account starts with 100 free credits and no card. A fallback source that costs 3 credits per record asks you first.

Do I need a Cargo account?

To run the demo, yes. cargo-ai login --email sends a code and creates the account on first use. Without an account, SKILL.md says you can still browse the catalog and dry-run an action, which calls no provider.

Quickstart or cargo-gtm?

Use cargo-quickstart for the first look. SKILL.md says to use cargo-gtm instead once you have a real job such as building a list, enriching a CSV or finding emails.

What happens when I save the search as a play?

Claude follows the save-as-play recipe in cargo-gtm and sets up a workflow with a weekly schedule that writes new matches into a model. Our advice: check what each scheduled run costs before you leave it on.

How do I install it?

Use the install box above. Install the whole Cargo bundle, then the Cargo CLI and sign in. The README says to pick one channel, plugin or skills add, not both.

Is it official?

Yes. It sits in Cargo's own repo (getcargohq/cargo-skills), the LICENSE names Cargo as the copyright holder and the plugin manifest lists Cargo as the author.

Does it work in the Claude app, Codex or Cursor?

The README names Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot and Hermes Agent. For Claude Desktop it documents a Claude Cowork plugin route with network egress turned on. The skill drives a local CLI, so there is no plain Claude app skill upload here.

Is it safe to use?

It uses a signed-in CLI that spends your Cargo credits and writes to your workspace. SKILL.md caps the demo at about 5 credits and says to ask before anything costlier. Its commands save lead data to /tmp/quickstart-run.json and /tmp/quickstart-outputs.json. Our advice: use a test workspace first and check the receipt.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: getcargohq/cargo-skills
Folder: cargo-quickstart

getcargohq/cargo-skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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cargo-skills README · github.com
cargo prerequisites.md · github.com
cargo-quickstart SKILL.md · github.com
cargo-skills LICENSE · github.com
cargo-skills plugin.json · github.com
session-end.sh · github.com
session-start.sh · github.com