# cargo-context

Connects agents to a git-backed GTM knowledge base in markdown. It reads and updates ICPs, buyer personas, battlecards, and sales objections.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 9800 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-context/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
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## What it does

This skill connects agents to the workspace GTM repository. It operates on typed markdown and MDX files containing ICP definitions, personas, and battlecards. Agents inspect file trees via `browse` or query the structured knowledge graph with `cargo-ai context graph get`.

Operations run inside a runtime sandbox copy of the context repository. Any `write`, `edit`, or `execute` command commits and pushes changes straight to the default Git branch. Check the active workspace with `cargo-ai whoami` before editing. The `.files/` directory is read-only, so modifying mirrored assets there directly will trigger an error.

The skill requires the `@cargo-ai/cli` npm package. Authentication works via email code, OAuth in a browser, or an API token. Note that this skill stores conclusions rather than deriving them from raw win/loss CRM tables.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- record ideal customer profiles and personas in markdown
- save competitor battlecards and objection handling plays
- query the typed knowledge graph of product positioning
- update the context repository with direct Git pushes

## Example prompts
- Document our ICP and key buyer personas
- Capture this pricing objection and update the context
- Show me what we know about enterprise positioning using the graph

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cargo-context
description: "Read and write the workspace GTM knowledge base — the git-backed repository of markdown describing ICPs, personas, plays, proof points, objections, competitors, and signals — plus its runtime sandbox and typed knowledge graph. Triggers: \"document our ICP\", \"write up this persona\", \"what is our positioning\", \"add a battlecard\", \"capture this objection\", \"what do we know about <segment>\", \"update our context\", \"what is in the context repo\", \"who do we sell to\". Skip when: discovering who actually buys from you by analyzing won/lost data — that is cargo-gtm (this skill writes the conclusion down, it does not derive it); storing structured records rather than prose — use cargo-storage; attaching documents to an agent for RAG — use cargo-content."
version: "1.4.2"
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:
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    homepage: https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-skills
---

# Cargo CLI — Context

The **context** is a git-backed repository of typed markdown/MDX files that captures a workspace's GTM knowledge (company narrative, ICPs, personas, plays, proof, objections, etc.) and is read/written by both humans and agents. The `cargo-ai context` domain has two subdomains you'll use:

- **runtime** — browse, read, write, edit, and execute against the workspace's runtime sandbox (a checked-out copy of the context repo). `write`/`edit` are pushed to the default branch, and `execute` auto-commits and pushes any tracked working-tree changes its command leaves behind.
- **graph** — build/load the knowledge graph derived from every markdown/MDX file in the context repo.

> The canonical example of a context repository is [`getcargohq/cargo-workspaces`](https://github.com/getcargohq/cargo-workspaces). Read its `README.md` to understand the domain layout and file conventions before writing new entries.
> For uploading runtime-independent files (CSVs, PDFs) used in batch runs, use [`cargo-workspace-management`](../cargo-workspace-management/SKILL.md) (`cargo-ai workspaceManagement file upload`) instead.
> For RAG file attachments to agents, use [`cargo-ai`](../cargo-ai/SKILL.md) (`cargo-ai content file upload`).

> See `references/conventions.md` for the full context repo structure and per-domain templates.
> See `references/response-shapes.md` for the JSON shapes returned by each `cargo-ai context` command.
> See `references/troubleshooting.md` for common errors and how to fix them.
> See `references/examples/authoring.md` for end-to-end add / edit / delete recipes.
> See `references/examples/lifecycle.md` for the bootstrap + refresh-from-calls playbook.
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