# cargo-ai

Manage Cargo agents from the CLI: create them, configure prompts and models, attach knowledge, and deploy releases. Useful when agent resources need editing in Cargo.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 9900 installs · ★ 20
- Author: getcargo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-skills/tree/HEAD/cargo-ai/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cargo-ai

## What it does

This skill uses `cargo-ai` to create and update agents, inspect templates, edit release drafts, and deploy them. Templates include a system prompt, model, and temperature. Commands return JSON.

It also covers agent memory and MCP servers: you can inspect or edit memory entries and connect an MCP server. The `@cargo-ai/cli` package and a Cargo account are required; check the active workspace with `cargo-ai whoami` before making changes. Uploading knowledge files belongs to `cargo-content`, while messaging an agent belongs to `cargo-orchestration`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getcargohq/cargo-skills --skill cargo-ai -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getcargohq/cargo-skills --skill cargo-ai -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getcargohq/cargo-skills --skill cargo-ai -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install getcargohq/cargo-skills cargo-ai
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getcargohq/cargo-skills --skill cargo-ai -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-skills --path cargo-ai
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add getcargohq/cargo-skills --skill cargo-ai -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/getcargohq/cargo-skills/tree/HEAD/cargo-ai/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- create a Cargo agent with a description
- inspect an agent template and its settings
- change the model in a release draft
- connect an MCP server to Cargo
- view or edit an agent's memory

## Example prompts
- Create a Cargo agent to research leads and describe its task.
- Find agent templates and show the settings for `<slug>`.
- Connect an MCP server at `https://mcp.example.com/sse`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cargo-ai
description: "Build and configure AI agents inside Cargo — create an agent, choose its model and temperature, write its prompt, attach knowledge for retrieval (RAG), connect MCP tool servers, manage memories, and deploy releases. Triggers: \"create an agent\", \"make an agent that\", \"give the agent our docs\", \"attach this knowledge base\", \"attach this library to the agent\", \"add resources to the agent release\", \"connect an MCP server\", \"expose our tools as an MCP server\", \"use Cargo from Claude Desktop or ChatGPT\", \"change the agent model\", \"what does the agent remember\", \"deploy the agent\", \"the agent is answering wrong\". Skip when: uploading the knowledge files themselves — use cargo-content; sending the agent a message or running it over records — use cargo-orchestration."
version: "2.8.1"
compatibility: Requires @cargo-ai/cli (npm). Sign in or create an account with `cargo-ai login --email` (emailed code, no browser), `--oauth`, or an API token
homepage: https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-skills
metadata:
  author: getcargo
  openclaw:
    requires:
      bins:
        - cargo-ai
    install:
      - kind: node
        package: "@cargo-ai/cli@latest"
        bins:
          - cargo-ai
    homepage: https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-skills
---

# Cargo CLI — AI

Agent resource management: creating and configuring agents, attaching knowledge for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), connecting MCP servers, and managing agent memories.

> For *using* agents (sending messages, multi-turn chat, polling), use `cargo-orchestration`.
> For uploading knowledge **files** and building knowledge **libraries** (the `content` domain), use [`cargo-content`](../cargo-content/SKILL.md). This skill covers how that knowledge attaches to an agent.
> For workspace administration — folders (used to organize agents and files), users, API tokens, roles, and submitting reports when the CLI fails — use [`cargo-workspace-management`](../cargo-workspace-management/SKILL.md).

> See `references/response-shapes.md` for full JSON response structures.
> See `references/troubleshooting.md` for common errors and how to fix them.
> See `references/examples/agents.md` for agent CRUD and configuration examples.
> See `references/examples/mcp-servers.md` for MCP server creation and management examples.

## Bootstrap

Already signed in (`cargo-ai whoami` returns a workspace)? Skip to the next section.

```bash
npm install -g @cargo-ai/cli            # no global install? prefix every command with `npx @cargo-ai/cli`
cargo-ai login --email you@company.com  # emailed code, no browser; creates the account on first use
                                        # alternatives: --oauth (browser) · --token <api-token> (CI)
cargo-ai whoami                         # confirm the active workspace before any write
```

Every command prints JSON to stdout; failures exit non-zero with `{"errorMessage": "..."}`. Anything that creates a run or a batch is async — pass `--wait-until-finished` or poll the matching `get`. When the full skill bundle is installed, [`../cargo/references/prerequisites.md`](../cargo/references/prerequisites.md) adds the CLI version pin, token scopes, and the admin-only surface.

## Discover resources first

```bash
cargo-ai ai agent list                     # all agents (uuid, name, description)
````
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