awkward-message-helper
Draft the hard personal message you keep putting off — chasing money a friend owes, backing out of plans, checking in after a fight, following up on an unanswered text. Use when asked to help send an awkward text, how to say something uncomfortable to a friend, word a difficult personal message, or bring up something touchy. Produces a couple of calibrated options, the one line to open with, and the send/wait/call judgement call — warm, honest, and not a doormat.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill awkward-message-helper --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Awkward Message Helper The message sits in your head for days because any version feels wrong — too confrontational, too soft, too much. This gives you a few options that are honest without being harsh, name the thing directly (avoidance makes it worse), and respect the relationship *and* your own position. It also tells you when a text is the wrong medium and you should call. ## What This Skill Produces - **2–3 options** across a warm→direct range, so you pick the one that fits - **The opener** — the first line that sets the right tone (most of the awkwardness is in how you start) - **The medium call** — text vs. call vs. in-person, and why - **The boundary line** — if you're being taken advantage of, the version that holds your ground kindly ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The situation** — what happened and what you need to say/ask - **The relationship** — how close, and the history that matters here - **Your goal** — get the money, exit the plan, repair the rift, get a reply — the message bends to the goal - **Your read** — is this a one-off or a pattern? (Patterns need firmer.) ## Framework: Honest, Not Harsh 1. **Name it directly.** Hinting drags it ou
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Honest, Not Harsh
- Output Format
- [Situation] · to [relationship] · goal: [x]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the awkward-message-helper skill do?
Draft the hard personal message you keep putting off — chasing money a friend owes, backing out of plans, checking in after a fight, following up on an unanswered text. Use when asked to help send an awkward text, how to say something uncomfortable to a friend, word a difficult personal message, or bring up something touchy. Produces a couple of calibrated options, the one line to open with, and the send/wait/call judgement call — warm, honest, and not a doormat.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill awkward-message-helper --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.