# bearer

This skill wires your agent into Bearer through Membrane: it finds actions, runs them, and proxies raw API calls. Handy when you want incidents and integration logs without leaving the terminal.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 302 installs · ★ 270
- Author: membrane
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/bearer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bearer

## What it does

The skill exposes Bearer objects to the agent: projects, integrations, organizations, users, log events, incidents and comments. It does not talk to Bearer directly. Everything goes through the Membrane CLI, which handles authentication and credential refresh, so no API keys or tokens sit in your project.

The flow is short. Install the CLI with `npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest`, sign in with `membrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>`, then create a connection to Bearer. From there you search for an action by describing what you want in plain language and run it. When no pre-built action fits, the request goes straight to the Bearer API through Membrane's proxy.

You need network access and a Membrane account, and the free tier is supported. On a headless machine there is no browser, so `membrane login` prints an authorization URL instead: someone has to open it and finish with `membrane login complete <code>`. Worth knowing before you point an agent at a CI runner.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill bearer -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/bearer/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/bearer/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill bearer -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/bearer/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill bearer -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/bearer/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install membranedev/application-skills bearer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/bearer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill bearer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills --path skills/bearer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/bearer/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add membranedev/application-skills --skill bearer -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/bearer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull the incident list for one integration
- read log events over a date range
- look up an organization or user in Bearer
- post a comment on an incident
- hit a Bearer endpoint that has no pre-built action

## Example prompts
- list open Bearer incidents for our project
- find log events for the payments integration from last week
- add a comment to that incident explaining the cause

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: bearer
description: |
  Bearer integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Bearer data.
compatibility: Requires network access and a valid Membrane account (Free tier supported).
license: MIT
homepage: https://getmembrane.com
repository: https://github.com/membranedev/application-skills
metadata:
  author: membrane
  version: "1.0"
  categories: ""
---

# Bearer

Bearer is a tool for monitoring third-party API integrations. Developers use it to track API usage, detect anomalies, and get alerted to potential issues with their integrations.

Official docs: https://bearer.sh/documentation/introduction

## Bearer Overview

- **Authentication Collection**
  - **Authentication**
- **Project**
  - **Integration**
- **Organization**
  - **User**
- **Log Event**
- **Incident**
- **Comment**

Use action names and parameters as needed.

## Working with Bearer

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Bearer. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.

### Install the CLI

Install the Membrane CLI so you can run `membrane` from the terminal:

```bash
npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest
```

### Authentication

```bash
membrane login --tenant --clientName=<agentType>
```

This will either open a browser for authentication or print an authorization URL to the console, depending on whether interactive mode is available.

**Headless environments:** The command will print an authorization URL. Ask the user to open it in a browser. When they see a code after completing login, finish with:

```bash
membrane login complete <code>
```

Add `--json` to any command for machine-readable JSON output.

**Agent Types** : claude, openclaw, codex, warp, windsurf, etc. Those will be used to adjust tooling to be used best with your harness

### Connecting to Bearer

Use `membrane connection ensure` to find or create a connection by app URL or domain:

```bash
membrane connection ensure "https://www.bearer.sh/" --json
```
The user completes authentication in the browser. The output contains the new connection id.

This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized to a domain and matched against known apps. If no app is found, one is created and a connector is built automatically.

If the returned connection has `state: "READY"`, skip to **Step 2**.

#### 1b. Wait for the connection to be ready

If the connection is in `BUILDING` state, poll until it's ready:

```bash
npx @membranehq/cli connection get <id> --wait --json
```

The `--wait` flag long-polls (up to `--timeout` seconds, default 30) until the state changes. Keep polling until `state` is no longer `BUILDING`.

The resulting state tells you what to do next:
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