How Cairn Federal works: a tour of the whole system
An overview of Cairn Federal, from a one-UEI setup and fit-scored search to a gated pipeline, AI drafting you approve, and a checked submission package.
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Guides to the parts of Cairn we get asked about most, written by the people who build it. Each one walks through a piece of the product the way we use it ourselves: setting up a company profile that scores well, finding and qualifying opportunities, working the pipeline, and writing a proposal with the AI doing the first draft.
The proposal writer, part 2: compliance, reviews, and the package
The back half of a proposal in Cairn: the compliance matrix, color-team and AI reviews, the readiness checklist, and filing with Grants.gov.
The proposal writer, part 1: sources, the shred, and first drafts
How a proposal starts in Cairn, what the AI reads before it writes, how the shred builds your compliance matrix and outline, and how drafting works.
Working the pipeline: from a search result to a bid decision
How we run capture in Cairn: search both federal registries, add a pursuit, read the card, score the bid/no-bid decision, and move it one stage at a time.
Your company profile, and why auto-fill from SAM.gov comes first
A field-by-field walk through the Cairn company profile: auto-fill from SAM.gov, the API key you need, NAICS and PSC codes, certifications, and the narrative.
Getting started with Cairn: from sign-up to your first pursuit
How we'd spend your first hour in Cairn. Create a free account, fill in the company profile, run one search across SAM.gov and Grants.gov, and add a pursuit.
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