difficult-conversation
Prepare for and script a hard conversation — conflict, bad news, a boundary, an apology. Use when asked to prepare for a difficult conversation, address a conflict, deliver bad news, confront a colleague, or have a hard talk with a manager/report/peer. Produces a prep brief — the real goal, the other side's likely view, an opening line, the key points, anticipated reactions with responses, and the outcome you want.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill difficult-conversation --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.
# Difficult Conversation Skill The conversations we avoid are usually the ones that matter most — and we botch them by winging it or over-rehearsing into a script that shatters on first contact. This skill preps the hard talk the way the research says works: get clear on the *actual* goal, understand the other person's story, open without triggering defensiveness, and plan for their reactions — so you go in calm and come out with the relationship intact. ## Required Inputs Ask for these only if they aren't already provided: - **The situation** — what's happened, with whom, and the relationship (manager, report, peer, client). - **What you want** — the real outcome (often a changed behaviour or a restored relationship, not "to be right"). - **Their likely view** — how they probably see it, and what they care about. - **The stakes & history** — what makes it hard, and anything that's been tried. ## Output Format ### Difficult Conversation: [topic] with [who] **1. Your real goal** — name it plainly (and the *un*-goal — e.g. "not to win, but to change X"). Conversations go wrong when the unspoken goal is to be proven right. **2. Their story** — how they likely see it and what they need
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- Output Format
- Difficult Conversation: [topic] with [who]
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What does the difficult-conversation skill do?
Prepare for and script a hard conversation — conflict, bad news, a boundary, an apology. Use when asked to prepare for a difficult conversation, address a conflict, deliver bad news, confront a colleague, or have a hard talk with a manager/report/peer. Produces a prep brief — the real goal, the other side's likely view, an opening line, the key points, anticipated reactions with responses, and the outcome you want.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill difficult-conversation --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.