---
title: "Agent skill"
description: "The CallForMe agent skill teaches your agent to plan, place and follow up on phone calls. Save SKILL.md to a skills folder or point your agent at the URL."
url: https://callforme.tel/docs/skill
updated: 2026-09-29
---

# Agent skill

> The CallForMe skill is an Agent Skills file named callforme at https://callforme.tel/skill.md. It tells your agent how to run calls well: look up the business, plan, place the call, handle setup, answer mid-call questions and report back. Agents load it from a skills folder or just read the URL.

## What it is

A skill is a markdown file that an agent reads when a task matches it. The CallForMe skill uses the Agent Skills format with the name `callforme`. It's published at:

```
https://callforme.tel/skill.md
```

It covers:

- When to use CallForMe (calling a business for the user)
- The order of tools: `find_business`, `plan_call`, `place_call`, `get_call`
- How to show the one-time setup link and resume with `setup_code`
- Saving the `cfm_` key when using curl, so later calls skip setup
- The free demo line for a practice call
- Sharing a finished call with `share_call`
- Watching for `pending_question` and replying with `answer_question`
- Calling several places with the same questions and comparing results
- What not to put in `details` (card numbers, passwords)

## Claude Code

The MCP server already tells Claude how to run calls. To add the skill too, save it to your skills folder:

```
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/callforme
curl -o ~/.claude/skills/callforme/SKILL.md https://callforme.tel/skill.md
```

## Other agents

Many agents read skills from a folder. Put the file at `<skills folder>/callforme/SKILL.md`. Check your agent's docs for the folder it uses. The [agents page](/agents) lists the setup for each.

If your agent doesn't support skills, you can paste the contents of `https://callforme.tel/skill.md` into its custom instructions or rules file, or just tell it:

> Read https://callforme.tel/skill.md and use it to call businesses for me.

## Pairing it with a transport

The skill tells the agent how to run calls. It still needs a way to place them:

- **MCP:** `https://callforme.tel/mcp`, connected once with one click (see [MCP reference](/docs/mcp))
- **REST with curl:** `https://callforme.tel/v1`, for agents with a shell but no MCP (see [REST API](/docs/rest-api) and [any agent with a shell](/agents/any-agent))

## FAQ

### Do I need the skill if I already added the MCP server?

No, the MCP tools work without it. The skill helps your agent use them well, like running plan_call first and saving the account key.

### Does the skill work without MCP?

Yes, if your agent can run shell commands. The skill walks it through the REST API with curl, including the one-time setup link and saving the account key.