> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lev8.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Agent Skills

> Install the Lev8 Agent Skill for your agents.

An Agent Skill teaches your coding agent how to use the Lev8 MCP tools without manual configuration. Once installed, the agent knows which tools to call, how to authenticate, and how to handle the async Entity Search workflow — you just describe what you need in natural language.

<Note>
  If you have already configured [Lev8 MCP](/mcp-reference) manually, you do not need the skill. The skill automates the same setup and adds usage instructions that the agent can reference.
</Note>

You need an active API Token from [API Tokens](https://app.lev8.com/api-tokens). Set it as the `LEV8_API_KEY` environment variable.

## Setup

Copy this prompt into your agent:

```text theme={null}
Install and use the Lev8 Agent Skill.

Goal:
- Use the hosted Lev8 MCP endpoint.
- Keep lev8 Tokens out of chat, source control, logs, and Tool inputs.

What to do:
1. Install the skill from:
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplexai-labs/lev8-api-docs/main/skills/lev8-api/SKILL.md
2. Use the right local skills directory for this agent:
   - Codex: ~/.codex/skills/lev8-api/SKILL.md
   - Claude Code: ~/.claude/skills/lev8-api/SKILL.md
   - Cursor or other agents: ~/.agents/skills/lev8-api/SKILL.md
3. Check whether LEV8_API_KEY is available without printing the value:
   printf '%s\n' "${LEV8_API_KEY:+api-key-set}"
4. If not set, ask me to create a Token in https://app.lev8.com/api-tokens and set it in my own shell.
5. Configure https://app.lev8.com/mcp with Bearer authentication from LEV8_API_KEY.
6. To find people, companies, KOLs, Shopify stores, Xiaohongshu accounts, or WeChat Official Accounts, use entity_search_create, entity_search_status, then entity_search_fetch.
7. For xiaohongshu searches, or WeChat Official Account searches with entity_type=wechat, pass enable_web_search=true and keep polling for 1 to 2 minutes before treating the task as slow.
8. To find contact details, use contact_search.
9. Use deep_search for open-ended research, enrich for schema-driven entity fields, and extract for social, GitHub, or public web-page lists.
10. Tell me how to restart or rescan this agent so it discovers the skill.

Hard rule:
- Never echo, cat, grep, paste, or log a complete lev8 Token.
```

## View source

Read the skill definition before installing:

[lev8-api/SKILL.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplexai-labs/lev8-api-docs/main/skills/lev8-api/SKILL.md)

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Lev8 MCP" icon="plug" href="/mcp-reference">
    Manual MCP setup for Cursor, VS Code, Codex, and more.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Entity Search" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/api-reference/entity-search">
    Review entity types, enrichment fields, and deduplication options.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contact Search" icon="address-book" href="/api-reference/contact-search">
    Find email addresses or phone numbers.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Deep Search" icon="search" href="/api-reference/deep-search">
    Answer open-ended research questions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enrich" icon="sparkles" href="/api-reference/enrich">
    Generate structured fields for an entity.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Extract" icon="list" href="/api-reference/extract">
    Extract social, GitHub, and public web-page lists.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/authentication">
    Create, store, and rotate API keys.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>