# Cargo Quickstart

> Guided first-run demo for the Cargo CLI — from a fresh workspace to a real deliverable (25 leads matching the user's buyer persona, with a cost receipt) in under two minutes, ending by saving the demo as a recurring play. Use when the user is new to Cargo, asks for a demo/tour/quickstart, or has an empty workspace and wants to see what the CLI can do. For real GTM work beyond the demo, route to c…

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-getcargohq-cargo-skills-cargo-quickstart`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [getcargohq](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/getcargohq)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [getcargohq](https://github.com/getcargohq)
- **Source:** https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-skills/tree/main/cargo-quickstart
- **Website:** https://getcargo.ai

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-getcargohq-cargo-skills-cargo-quickstart
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Cargo Quickstart — first value in two minutes

One guided demo: pull ~25 fresh leads matching a buyer persona the user picks, show the cost receipt, then save the pull as a recurring play. The point is not the list — it's that in minute 3 the user owns a running system, not a one-off result.

## The one question

Ask exactly **one** question before doing anything:

> **"Who do you sell to?"** (a persona in a few words — e.g. "Heads of RevOps at mid-market SaaS")

Everything else — provider, filters, limits — you decide. Don't ask about output format, volume, or providers; defaults below.

## Speed budget — HARD RULES

The demo has a two-minute budget from answer to deliverable. On the fast path:

- **No discovery detours.** Do not run `cargo-ai --version`, `cargo-ai whoami`, `connection connector list`, or any exploratory command first. Auth problems will surface as errors on the first real call — handle them then.
- **One command block per step**, no narration between commands.
- **Paid work is capped at ~1 credit total.** The demo uses the cheapest sourcing action in the catalog (`salesNavigator.searchLeads`, 0.02/record → 25 records ≈ 0.5 credits). Nothing else paid runs without asking.
- **Never dead-end.** Every step has a fallback (ladder below). If a rung fails, drop one rung silently and keep moving.

## Fast path

Translate the persona into a `searchLeads` filter (quote the exact title phrase in `keywords`; a bare keyword matches loosely and pollutes the page) and run:

```bash
# 1. Execute — returns a run object; note run.uuid and run.workflowUuid.
#    searchLeads returns a 25-row page minimum (limit below 25 still bills 25 × 0.02 = 0.5 credits).
cargo-ai orchestration action execute \
  --action '{"kind":"connector","integrationSlug":"salesNavigator","actionSlug":"searchLeads","config":{}}' \
  --data '{"keywords": "\"\"", "limit": 25}' \
  --wait-until-finished > /tmp/quickstart-run.json

# 2. Fetch the output data (NOT in the execute stdout) — signed URL, then filter to THIS run
RUN_UUID=$(jq -r '.run.uuid' /tmp/quickstart-run.json)
WF_UUID=$(jq -r '.run.workflowUuid' /tmp/quickstart-run.json)
curl -s "$(cargo-ai orchestration run download-outputs \
  --workflow-uuid "$WF_UUID" --output-node-slug action --format json | jq -r '.url')" \
  > /tmp/quickstart-outputs.json

# 3. Show the table (the file holds ALL of the workflow's runs — filter by _uuid;
#    each row's .output is the leads array directly, fields are snake_case)
jq -r --arg u "$RUN_UUID" \
  '[.[] | select(._uuid==$u)][0].output[] | [.full_name, .job_title, .company_name, (.recently_hired // false)] | @tsv' \
  /tmp/quickstart-outputs.json | head -25
```

Show the table (name · title · company · recently-hired), not the raw JSON. `recently_hired: true` rows are the demo's headline — lead with them ("6 of these 25 just started the job — the exact moment to reach out").

### Fallback ladder (on auth/error, drop a rung — don't stop)

1. `salesNavigator.searchLeads` (0.02/record) — primary.
2. `theirStack.searchJobs` (0.5) — reframe as "companies hiring your persona right now" (job postings for the persona's title). Same wow, different angle.
3. `waterfall.searchProspects` (3/record) — **exceeds the ~1-credit demo cap, so this rung asks first**: "The two cheap sources aren't connected; I can pull 5 matches via waterfall for ~15 credits instead — run it, or connect Sales Navigator first (free)?" Run only on an explicit yes, with `limit` capped at 5.
4. Nothing connected at all → run the free path: `cargo-ai connection integration list | head`, show what *could* be wired, and offer to connect one (browser auth) — the demo resumes after.

## The receipt (mandatory, verbatim discipline)

The demo is itself the pilot from [`../cargo-gtm/references/cost-discipline.md`](../cargo-gtm/references/cost-discipline.md). Close it with a receipt:

- Credits spent + balance remaining (`cargo-ai billing subscription get` — remaining = `subscriptionAvailableCreditsCount − subscriptionCreditsUsedCount`).
- Hit-rate: "25 of 25 returned" (or what actually came back, and which rows look off).

## Minute 3 — save it as a play

Immediately offer to make the pull recurring — this is the step that shows what Cargo *is*:

> "Want this to run by itself? I can save this exact search as a play that runs weekly and writes new matches into a model — new `` leads land without you asking."

On yes, follow [`../cargo-gtm/recipes/save-as-play.md`](../cargo-gtm/recipes/save-as-play.md) with the demo's action + filter as the workflow body and a weekly cron.

## After the demo — route onward

Propose 2–3 next steps grounded in the rows just pulled, per the next-step spec in [`../cargo-gtm/SKILL.md`](../cargo-gtm/SKILL.md) (§4): e.g. "enrich these 25 with firmographics (~0.5 cr each)", "find + verify emails for the best 10 (~1.4 cr each)", or something else entirely. From here, real GTM work belongs to [`cargo-gtm`](../cargo-gtm/SKILL.md) — read it before anything beyond the demo.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [getcargohq](https://github.com/getcargohq)
- **Source:** [getcargohq/cargo-skills](https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://getcargo.ai

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** yes
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-getcargohq-cargo-skills-cargo-quickstart
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/getcargohq
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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