# Upvera Agent Skill

The Upvera skill teaches your agent what Upvera is and how to work with it: the ecosystem around a startup, the words Upvera uses and the ones it avoids, how to read proof and Upvera Value, and how to turn a day of commits into a progress post worth reading. It pairs with the [MCP server](/mcp/): the server gives the agent your data, the skill gives it judgment.

The skill is plain Markdown in the open Agent Skills format. Read it before you install it: [SKILL.md](/skills/upvera/SKILL.md).

## Claude Code

Install it for every project:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://upvera.dev/skills/upvera.zip -o /tmp/upvera-skill.zip && unzip -o /tmp/upvera-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/
```

Or for one project, into `.claude/skills/` at the repository root:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://upvera.dev/skills/upvera.zip -o /tmp/upvera-skill.zip && unzip -o /tmp/upvera-skill.zip -d .claude/skills/
```

Claude Code picks the skill up when your request is about Upvera. Ask:

```text
› Draft today's update for my startup on Upvera
› What does Upvera Value mean for my startup this week?
```

## Claude

1. Download [upvera.zip](/skills/upvera.zip).
2. Open **Settings › Capabilities › Skills** and choose **Upload skill**.
3. Turn the skill on. For your own data, also add the [Upvera connector](/mcp/claude/).

## Other agents

The skill is a folder with a `SKILL.md` file and a `references/` folder. Agents that read Agent Skills load it from their skills folder; others can take the Markdown as instructions.

## What is inside

| File | What it covers |
|---|---|
| [SKILL.md](/skills/upvera/SKILL.md) | What Upvera is, the ecosystem, vocabulary, how to talk about it, MCP workflows |
| [references/progress-posts.md](/skills/upvera/references/progress-posts.md) | How to write a progress post from real work, with examples |
| [references/developers.md](/skills/upvera/references/developers.md) | MCP, Sign in with Upvera, badges and day roots for integrations |

The skill changes as Upvera changes. Run the install command again to update it.

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Source: https://upvera.dev/skills/ · Markdown: https://upvera.dev/skills.md