Candid agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

3 ready-made playbooks that teach an AI agent how to do real Candid work: which tools to call, what to check first, and when to stop and ask you.

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Connect Candid once and all 3 skills install themselves and stay up to date. Mac, Windows and Linux.

All 3 Candid skills

Each skill is one job. You ask in plain words and the agent loads the skill that matches, then follows its steps.

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Using the Candid connector in Claude

Explains how to scope, search and cite nonprofit and foundation data from Candid, with clear handling of seals, filters, beta limits and empty results. It never presents a transparency seal as a quality rating.

Use it when

You want to find foundations or nonprofits in a specific place or subject
A Candid search returns nothing or is blocked and you need to know what to try next
You need to identify which organizations a document or conversation mentions

Tools it uses

search_organizations
taxonomy_terms
identify_locations
identify_mentioned_organizations
knowledge_resources
current_date

Example

Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs.

Scope: California | youth education | foundations. I searched with the location and subject filters and found 12 matching foundations. Most have Gold or Platinum transparency seals, so their financial and programme details are detailed. Profile links are included below for each one.

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Find funders and nonprofits that match your cause and place

Builds a checked shortlist of foundations or nonprofits for a cause and geography, narrowing with classification terms and confirming each candidate's transparency seal and profile before recommending it. It asks for your criteria first and never contacts or saves anything without your approval.

Use it when

You need foundations that fund a cause in a specific state or city.
You want highly transparent nonprofits working in one region.
You are scouting partners and need a short, verified list rather than a long search dump.

Tools it uses

search_organizations
taxonomy_terms
identify_locations
identify_mentioned_organizations
current_date

Example

Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs, and tell me each one's transparency seal.

I found 14 foundations that fund youth education in California and kept 6 after checking cause and location. Four hold a Gold seal and two hold Silver. Each entry links to its Candid profile. I dropped 8 that were national funders with only a minor California program. Two gaps: one profile lacks recent financials, and I could not verify the grant deadlines, so check those on each foundation's own site.

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Write a sourced sector briefing with Candid

Searches Candid's knowledge resources on a philanthropy or nonprofit topic and writes a dated briefing that separates what the sources say from what is inferred. It only reads and does not share or post anything without asking.

Use it when

You need a quick, sourced overview of a giving or nonprofit topic before a meeting.
You want recent trends in a cause area, with dates and the sources behind each claim.
You are preparing background for a board or program discussion and need to know what is established and what is not.

Tools it uses

current_date
knowledge_resources
identify_mentioned_organizations
taxonomy_terms

Example

Give me a briefing on recent trends in climate philanthropy, with sources and dates.

Here is a briefing as of today. Sourced: a 2024 Candid article describes growing interest in community-led climate adaptation grants. Inference: this suggests funders are shifting toward local organizations, based on that article and a 2025 research note. Gaps: the sources are US-weighted and cover no international funding figures. Not established: whether total climate giving rose or fell over the last year.

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Get all 3 without copying a file

RevampKey adds the skills when you connect Candid, updates them for you and removes them when you disconnect.

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How Candid skills work

Connect Candid
The Candid MCP server gives the agent its tools.
Ask in plain words
“Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs, and tell me each one's transparency seal.” Each SKILL.md says when it applies, so only the one that fits is loaded.
Approve any change
The agent calls the tools in order, checks its work, and shows you any change before it makes it.

How to install Candid skills

In RevampKey the skills install themselves when you connect Candid. In other tools each skill is one folder with a SKILL.md file, and you also need the Candid MCP server connected there.

About 1 minute · nothing to copy

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Open Connectors and connect Candid. All 3 skills come with it and stay up to date; they go away when you remove the connector.
Ask in plain language, for example “Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs, and tell me each one's transparency seal.”
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RevampKey is a free desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux. Install it, sign in, and Candid is one click away with its skills already attached.
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Not now? Use the skills in your current tool
for s in essentials funder-discovery sector-research-brief; do curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/candid-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/candid/skills/$s/SKILL.md done
Other tools

Into this project’s .claude/skills folder

Connect the Candid MCP server in Claude Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials funder-discovery sector-research-brief; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/candid-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/candid/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs, and tell me each one's transparency seal.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Candid MCP server in Cursor.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials funder-discovery sector-research-brief; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/candid-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/candid/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs, and tell me each one's transparency seal.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Candid MCP server in Codex.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials funder-discovery sector-research-brief; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/candid-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/candid/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs, and tell me each one's transparency seal.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Candid MCP server in VS Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials funder-discovery sector-research-brief; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/candid-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/candid/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Find foundations in California that fund youth education programs, and tell me each one's transparency seal.”

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

One click when you connect Candid
Updated for you when a skill improves
Removed when you disconnect
The MCP server is set up for you
800+ other connectors, same way

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Copy into your project

One command per project
Run it again to get updates
You connect the Candid MCP server yourself
Works in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and VS Code

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Candid skills FAQ

What is a Candid agent skill?

A SKILL.md file: a short playbook an AI agent loads when your request matches it. Each Candid skill describes one job, which Candid tools to use in which order, what to check first and when to stop and ask you.

Do the Candid skills change anything on their own?

3 of the 3 only read. The others tell the agent to show you the change and wait for a yes before it creates, edits or deletes anything in Candid.

Which tools can use these skills?

Any agent that reads the open Agent Skills format: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code with Copilot and RevampKey. In RevampKey they are attached when you connect Candid; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

Do I need the Candid MCP server too?

Yes. The skills tell the agent how to do the work; the Candid MCP server gives it the tools to do it. The Candid MCP setup guide covers every client.

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All 3 Candid skills

Using the Candid connector in Claude

Use it when

Tools it uses

Find funders and nonprofits that match your cause and place

Use it when

Tools it uses

Write a sourced sector briefing with Candid

Use it when

Tools it uses

Get all 3 without copying a file

How Candid skills work

How to install Candid skills

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

Copy into your project

Candid skills FAQ

Put Candid’s best workflows in your agent

Skills for related tools