# Pre-call Brief

> Walk into every call knowing the company, the person and what to ask.

Category: Research · Status: in-use-at-ekos · Price: free (MIT) · Output: One-page brief

Before a call it researches the company and the person, pulls recent changes and signals, and gives you a one-page brief with likely pains and the questions worth asking.

## Use it when
- Founders doing their own sales calls.
- Agencies before discovery calls.

## Do not use it for
- Background checks on private individuals.
- Large account planning.

## Input
Company name or a booking

## What it produces
A one-page brief per call.

- What the company does and what just changed.
- Likely pains and objections.
- Five questions to ask.

## What it needs
Nothing extra. Optional: Apollo (MCP) for contact details.

Bring your own API keys. Ekos never asks for, receives or stores them.

## Install and run
1. Get the skill: `git clone https://github.com/Ekos-Labs/skills.git`, then use `skills/pre-call-brief`. Or read it directly: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ekos-Labs/skills/main/skills/pre-call-brief/SKILL.md
2. Copy the folder into your agent's skills directory (Claude Code: `~/.claude/skills/`, Codex: `~/.agents/skills/`), or tell your agent:

```text
Read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ekos-Labs/skills/main/skills/pre-call-brief/SKILL.md and use it for this task. Ask me before using any paid API.
```

Install guide: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/install.md

## Links
- Human page: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/pre-call-brief
- Source: https://github.com/Ekos-Labs/skills/tree/main/skills/pre-call-brief
- All skills: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/llms.txt
- Machine-readable catalog: https://www.ekoslabs.com/skills/catalog.json