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Conversion skill · v0.1.0

Form optimisation skill

Lead, contact and demo forms that people finish: fields, order, copy, validation and follow-up.

Free · MIT licence · Copy needs a free sign-in

Category
Conversion
Works with
Claude, Codex, Cursor, any agent
Format
SKILL.md · 1,394 words
Version
v0.1.0
Price
Free · MIT

The Form optimisation skill file

cmo-form-cro/SKILL.md1,394 words · MIT
---
name: cmo-form-cro
description: Lead, contact and demo forms that people finish: fields, order, copy, validation and follow-up.
---

Makes lead, contact, demo, quote and newsletter forms that more of the right people finish. Every field costs completions, so each one has to earn its place by being used in the follow-up. The result is a justified field set, rewritten form copy, and a plan to measure where people drop off.

When to use

  • "People start the form and abandon", "too many fields?", "demo form isn't converting".
  • Lead quality is poor: the form may be missing one qualifying question, or asking the wrong one.
  • A new contact, quote or demo page is being built.
  • Not for: account creation and trial signup (cmo-signup-flow), forms inside popups (cmo-popups), or a page that fails before the visitor reaches the form (cmo-page-cro).
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Everyday usage

How people use Form optimisation day to day

Ask in plain words. The agent picks this skill, asks for anything it needs and hands back the result. Words in a highlight are yours to change.

Most common · also on the Conversion page

Get more forms finished

Fewer fields, better order and copy, and follow-up that keeps the lead warm.

Ask your agentImprove my demo request form so more people finish it.
  • Field-by-field audit with keep / make optional / move later / cut
  • Recommended form: fields, order, labels, button, errors, success state
  • Measurement plan and 3-5 test hypotheses

More things to ask

  • People start my form but don't finish
  • How many fields should my demo form have
  • Improve my contact form
  • Our lead form isn't converting
  • We get leads but they're low quality
  • Should this be a multi-step form
How it works

From input to output

  1. 1You give it
    • The form: every field, which are required, button text, error messages (URL, screenshot or list)
    • What happens after submit: who follows up, which fields they actually use
    • Form views, starts and completions, and device split if tracked
    • Any legal or compliance needs (consent, regulated industry, region)
  2. 2It works through the method
    • Asks what's missing, one question at a time
    • Follows the workflow step by step
    • Checks the result against its quality bar and guardrails
  3. 3You get
    • Field-by-field audit with keep / make optional / move later / cut
    • Recommended form: fields, order, labels, button, errors, success state
    • Measurement plan and 3-5 test hypotheses
Why a skill

The skill against the alternatives

Do it yourselfHire helpForm optimisation skill
CostYour own timeAgency or freelancer feesFree, MIT licence
Time to a first resultHours, every timeDays to weeks, plus revisionsMinutes, in your agent
ConsistencyDepends on remembering every stepAs long as the retainer lastsSame steps and checks every run
The methodIn your headTheir process, often hiddenWritten down: read it, change it
Who does the workYou, from scratchSomeone learning your businessYour agent, following the skill
FAQ

Questions about the Form optimisation skill

What it does, what it needs and how to use it with your agent.

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What is the Form optimisation skill?

Lead, contact and demo forms that people finish: fields, order, copy, validation and follow-up.

It's one of cmo.so's open Conversion skills: a SKILL.md file that tells an AI agent when to use it, what to ask you first, the steps to follow, the checks to pass and what to hand back, so the job is done the same careful way every time.

When should I use it?

Reach for it when you'd otherwise say something like “People start my form but don't finish”, “How many fields should my demo form have”, “Improve my contact form”. Your agent reads the skill's description and picks it for requests like these, so you don't need to name it.

If a request is close but not quite right, the skill says so and points to the related skill that fits better, instead of forcing a poor answer.

What do I need to give it?

It works best with the form: every field, which are required, button text, error messages (URL, screenshot or list); what happens after submit: who follows up, which fields they actually use; form views, starts and completions, and device split if tracked; and any legal or compliance needs (consent, regulated industry, region).

You don't have to prepare everything up front. The skill asks for missing pieces one at a time and says plainly when it's working from an assumption instead of your data.

What do I get back?

You get field-by-field audit with keep / make optional / move later / cut; recommended form: fields, order, labels, button, errors, success state; and measurement plan and 3-5 test hypotheses.

Every result comes from a written method with a quality bar, so numbers name their source, claims are checked and the output is ready to use or share rather than a rough draft.

Is it free?

Yes. The skill is open source under the MIT licence, so you can use it, change it and share it, including for client work.

Seeing, copying and downloading the whole file on cmo.so needs a free sign-in. Copying also upvotes and saves it, so you can find it again under Saved on the skills page.

Which AI agents can use it?

Claude Code installs it from the cmo.so marketplace. Any agent that reads SKILL.md folders, such as Codex or Cursor, can use it once the folder is in its skills directory.

You can also paste the copied skill into ChatGPT, Claude or any assistant at the start of a conversation and ask it to follow the skill.

How do I install it?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add AI-Marketing-OS-LTD/cmo-so-skills, then /plugin install cmo-so-cro@cmo-so. That installs this skill together with the rest of the Conversion group.

For other agents, sign in, press Copy or Download above and put the file in your agent's skills folder as SKILL.md inside a folder named after the skill.

Do I need a cmo.so account to use it?

No. The skill works on its own with whatever your agent can already see and do: your files, the pages you share and the data you paste in.

A free cmo.so account only matters if you also want Maggie to plan, write and publish your marketing every day.

Which skills work well with it?

It pairs well with Page conversion optimisation; and Agent readiness. The agent can hand over from one to the next in the same conversation, for example research first, then the plan, then the writing.

Each of them has its own page with what it needs and what it returns, linked below.

Can I change it to fit my business?

Yes. It's a plain Markdown file, so you can edit the steps, add your own checks and examples, and keep your version in your own repo. The MIT licence allows it.

If your change would help others too, suggest it on the skills page or open a pull request on GitHub, and it may be folded into the library for everyone.

Where does the method come from?

It's written and maintained by cmo.so in the public cmo-so-skills repo, alongside the rest of the library.

Improvements ship to the repo and appear here as soon as they're synced, with the version shown at the top of the page.

Is my data sent to cmo.so when the agent uses it?

No. The skill only guides your own agent; your files, documents and data stay wherever your agent and its tools keep them.

cmo.so only sees what you connect to cmo.so. Your votes and saves on this page are stored against your cmo.so sign-in.

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