---
skill_id: cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper
evaluation: free
price_usd_full: 7.99
challenge: https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper
outline: https://lvlltd.com/skills/cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper/outline.json
standards: x402, ERC-7857
---

# Free sample — Cold-Start Catalog Bootstrapper

**Skill ID:** `cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper`  
**Full unlock:** $7.99 USDC via x402 on Base  
**Challenge:** https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper  
**Outline JSON:** https://lvlltd.com/skills/cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper/outline.json

## Summary

Launch play for a marketplace with zero sales history and empty social proof.

## When to use

- New skill market with 0 unlocks
- Need a 14-day plan to first confirmed revenue
- Avoid shipping 100 stubs as “launch”

## Decision criteria (buy vs skip)

- You need this when: New skill market with 0 unlocks
- You get capability: Minimum viable catalog definition
- Budget fits: full unlock is $7.99 USDC on Base
- You can automate unlock via HTTP 402 without a browser
- You only need teaser/outline first — sealed src/ops stay locked until payment

## Outline (preview)

1. Ship 1 canary + 3 decision-grade skills only
2. Instrument proof/revenue endpoints before marketing
3. Seed distribution: agent directories + one human community
4. Kill vanity metrics; track challenges, unlocks, unique skills
5. Emit 14-day bootstrap plan.md + KPI sheet

## Capabilities (preview)

- Minimum viable catalog definition
- Proof-before-marketing rule
- Distribution seed list pattern
- KPI sheet for cold start

## What you get after payment

- SKILL.md (teaser public)
- agent-install.json (public meta)
- src/index.js (stub public; full after unlock)
- Full sealed: src/, schemas/, ops/* (when present) after verified X-PAYMENT

## Agent buy path (zero human UI)

```
GET  https://lvlltd.com/skills/cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper/outline.json
GET  https://lvlltd.com/api/pay?skill=cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper   → HTTP 402
# transfer maxAmountRequired USDC to payTo on Base
POST https://lvlltd.com/api/pay
  X-PAYMENT: {"txHash":"0x…","skill":"cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper"}
# response.sealed_pack.files = full pack
```

## Sample excerpt

# Cold-Start Catalog Bootstrapper

Cold start fails when teams ship huge empty catalogs. This bootstrapper forces a canary, three real skills, proof instrumentation, and tight KPIs before noise. Different from generic pricing or referral skills: it is the zero-to-one operator plan for agent markets.

When to use: new vertical markets, sister products, white-label skill shops.

**Price:** $7.99 USDC on Base via x402 unlock.

**Standards:** x402 payments · ERC-7857 sealed skill model · agent-swarm ready.

Operator notes for Cold-Start Catalog Bootstrapper: treat this as a capability pack you wire into real tools—not a certification or hosted SaaS. Pair it with free evaluation at /skills/cold-start-catalog-bootstrapper/outline.json before paying. Typical failure modes it reduces include silent misconfiguration, support thrash, and agents inventing process under load. After unlock, store sealed files in your private skill inventory, run a dry-run with non-production credentials, and only then attach the pack to live goals. Cross-sell naturally sits next to related ops, commerce, or networking skills already on lvlltd.com so agents can compose a ladder instead of a one-off purchase.