giving-feedback
Help users deliver high-impact feedback that drives behavior change while maintaining strong relationships and psychological safety through proven frameworks like GAIN and Radical Candor.
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill giving-feedback --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.
# Giving Effective Feedback Transform difficult conversations into catalysts for growth and high performance. Help the user with giving effective feedback using insights from 30 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. ## How to Help 1. **Preparation** - Help the user structure their thoughts using the GAIN framework to ensure feedback is goal-oriented and evidence-based. 2. **Roleplay** - Use the AI Voice Mode prompt to simulate the conversation and practice responding to potential defensiveness. 3. **Refinement** - Review a draft of the feedback to remove judgmental labels and ensure the user is 'staying on their side of the net.' 4. **Debrief** - Analyze the results of a feedback session and plan for necessary follow-up actions and commitments. ## Core Principles ### Care personally and challenge directly Kim Scott: "Radical Candor is just what happens when you care personally and challenge directly at the same time. And I think it's probably best understood by what it's not because we all fail on one of those two dimensions or both of them multiple times a day." Effective constructive feedback requires balancing a genuine personal connection with the courage to b
- How to Help
- Core Principles
- Care personally and challenge directly
- Stay on your side of the net
- Frame feedback as a joint effort
- Prioritize mutual understanding
- Separate identity from behavior
- Dial down self-judgment
- Foster public debate through trust
- Commit to the growth journey
- Templates & Frameworks
- Questions to Help Users
- Common Mistakes to Flag
- Deep Dive
What does the giving-feedback skill do?
Help users deliver high-impact feedback that drives behavior change while maintaining strong relationships and psychological safety through proven frameworks like GAIN and Radical Candor.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill giving-feedback --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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills, a repository with 1,215 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.