Your coding agent can already deploy your app and manage your database. Here's the missing primitive: getting your product customers. This walkthrough uses Claude Code; Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and Codex all work the same way (config lines at the end).
1. Connect (one line)
claude mcp add --transport http forward https://getforward.xyz/mcp
No account creation first — the server is self-provisioning.
2. Ask for what you want
> use forward to get me 20 qualified leads — CTOs and VPs of Engineering at US B2B SaaS companies, 50–500 employees, budget cap $250
Your agent will: call forward_signup (returns an api_key funded with $25 free starter credits), submit the brief, fetch a firm quote ($10/lead standard), and check out on the prepaid-credits rail — no card, no human steps. Save the api_key it reports (e.g. as FORWARD_API_KEY in your env) so future sessions reuse the same account and balance.
3. Collect verified results
> check my forward engagement
Delivery streams in; forward_get_results returns each lead with name, role, company, verified contact info — plus the verification evidence (ICP match, deliverability, dedup, suppression) and the exact itemized charge. A lead that failed any check simply isn't there and was never billed. Hard cap means the engagement can't exceed the budget you set; if the first verified lead doesn't land within 7 days, the engagement closes itself free.
Other clients
# Cursor · Windsurf · VS Code (MCP config JSON)
{ "mcpServers": { "forward": { "type": "http", "url": "https://getforward.xyz/mcp" } } }
# Codex CLI / any stdio-only client
codex mcp add forward -- npx -y mcp-remote https://getforward.xyz/mcp
Full tool reference: docs · machine surface: llms.txt · how safe autonomous spending works under the hood: caps, idempotency, reversibility.