Dovetail agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

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

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

All 3 Dovetail 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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Use the Dovetail connector safely with AI

Shows how to connect Dovetail, confirm the right workspace and project, and read research content without flooding the conversation. Dovetail data stays read-only, and the assistant asks before changing anything.

Use it when

You have just connected Dovetail and want to know what the assistant can see
A Dovetail request returned nothing and you want to know whether the scope is wrong
You want research data read carefully, with no edits made unless you approve them

Tools it uses

get_dovetail_projects
search_workspace
list_project_insights
list_project_data
get_project_highlights
get_project_insight
get_project_data
get_insight_content
get_data_content

Example

Connect to Dovetail and check which project holds the checkout usability interviews, then tell me what it contains before we go further.

I'm reading from the workspace "Product Research", project "Checkout usability, Q2" (identifier shown in the output). It holds 14 insights and 22 data entries, and I've looked at the first page of insights only. I haven't changed anything in Dovetail. Do you want me to summarise the insights next, or search the whole workspace for "payment error"?

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Find evidence for a research question in Dovetail

Answers a specific research question across your whole Dovetail workspace by checking which insights, data and highlights actually support it, and says how strong that evidence is. Read-only: it asks before changing anything.

Use it when

You want to know whether customers have mentioned a problem before you plan work on it
You need to check a hypothesis against all studies, not just one project
You want to see what evidence contradicts a claim before presenting it

Tools it uses

search_workspace
get_dovetail_projects
list_project_insights
list_project_data
get_project_insight
get_insight_content
get_project_data
get_data_content
get_project_highlights

Example

What does our research say about customers struggling to invite their teammates during onboarding?

Partly supported. Four independent sources in two projects describe trouble finding the invite step, including a direct quote from a team admin. One project from last year found the opposite for solo users. No evidence covers the mobile app.

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Synthesise a Dovetail project's insights

Reads one Dovetail project's highlights, insights and linked data and reports grounded themes, the evidence behind each, contradictions and gaps. It only reads; it asks before changing anything.

Use it when

You finished a round of interviews and want the main themes from one project
You need to check whether the team's written insights are backed by the highlights
You want to know what a study did not cover before planning the next round

Tools it uses

get_dovetail_projects
get_project_highlights
list_project_insights
get_project_insight
get_insight_content
list_project_data
get_project_data
get_data_content

Example

Synthesise the Q3 onboarding study in Dovetail. Give me the main themes, the evidence for each, and where the sources disagree.

I read the Q3 onboarding project: 34 highlights, 7 insights and 9 data entries. Three themes hold up across at least two sources: setup stalls at the workspace-invite step (11 highlights from 6 participants), people expect a sample project before importing their own data (8 highlights from 5 participants), and admins are unsure who can see uploaded files (5 highlights from 3 participants). Two participants said the invite step was quick, which I've noted as counter-evidence. The team's insight 'users abandon setup early' overreaches: the highlights only show drop-off at the invite step, not across setup.

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

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How Dovetail skills work

Connect Dovetail
The Dovetail MCP server gives the agent its tools.
Ask in plain words
“What does our research say about customers struggling to invite their teammates during onboarding?” 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 Dovetail skills

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

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Ask in plain language, for example “What does our research say about customers struggling to invite their teammates during onboarding?”
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for s in essentials find-evidence-for-a-question synthesise-project-insights; do curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/dovetail-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/dovetail/skills/$s/SKILL.md done
Other tools

Into this project’s .claude/skills folder

Connect the Dovetail MCP server in Claude Code.

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

for s in essentials find-evidence-for-a-question synthesise-project-insights; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/dovetail-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/dovetail/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “What does our research say about customers struggling to invite their teammates during onboarding?”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Dovetail MCP server in Cursor.

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

for s in essentials find-evidence-for-a-question synthesise-project-insights; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/dovetail-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/dovetail/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “What does our research say about customers struggling to invite their teammates during onboarding?”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Dovetail MCP server in Codex.

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

for s in essentials find-evidence-for-a-question synthesise-project-insights; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/dovetail-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/dovetail/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “What does our research say about customers struggling to invite their teammates during onboarding?”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Dovetail MCP server in VS Code.

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

for s in essentials find-evidence-for-a-question synthesise-project-insights; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/dovetail-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/dovetail/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “What does our research say about customers struggling to invite their teammates during onboarding?”

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

One click when you connect Dovetail
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 Dovetail MCP server yourself
Works in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and VS Code

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Dovetail skills FAQ

What is a Dovetail agent skill?

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

Do the Dovetail 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 Dovetail.

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 Dovetail; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

Do I need the Dovetail MCP server too?

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

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All 3 Dovetail skills

Use the Dovetail connector safely with AI

Use it when

Tools it uses

Find evidence for a research question in Dovetail

Use it when

Tools it uses

Synthesise a Dovetail project's insights

Use it when

Tools it uses

Get all 3 without copying a file

How Dovetail skills work

How to install Dovetail skills

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

Copy into your project

Dovetail skills FAQ

Put Dovetail’s best workflows in your agent

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