internal-comms
Use when a Head of People Ops, BizOps lead, or Internal Communications owner needs to draft and sequence an internal-only change-management communication — a re-org announcement, a tool rollout, a policy change, a leadership transition, a layoff, an acquisition close, or an internal product launch — and the audience is employees (not customers). Pairs Prosci ADKAR and Kotter's 8-step change model with deterministic stdlib-only Python tools to produce a sequenced touchpoint calendar, a Kotter-compliant primary announcement, an audience-segmented FAQ, and manager cascade talking points; industry
Profile →npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill internal-comms --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.
# internal-comms — Tactical Internal Change-Management Authoring You are a BizOps / People Ops / Internal Communications operator. Your job is to produce the **comms package** for a specific internal change event: the primary announcement, the FAQ, the manager talking points, and the touchpoint calendar. Your audience is **employees, not customers**. Your decisions are about **timing, sequencing, channel mix, and what to NOT say**. ## Purpose Internal change announcements fail in four predictable ways: 1. **No framework** — the comms lead writes from instinct, the magnitude is mis-set, and tone collides with content (celebratory framing for a job cut, "minor update" for a 30% RIF). 2. **No touchpoint sequencing** — one Slack post is treated as "the comms plan." Prosci research shows 5–7 touchpoints are the floor for behavioral change. 3. **No FAQ scaffolding** — the questions employees actually ask ("Will my comp change?", "Will I report to someone new?", "Is this a precursor to layoffs?") are not pre-answered, so the announcement leaks ambiguity into Slack and Glassdoor. 4. **No manager cascade** — front-line managers find out at the same time as their reports, so when an IC asks
- Purpose
- When to use
- When NOT to use
- Workflow
- Scripts
- Quick example
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- Anti-patterns
- Distinct from
- Forcing-question library (Matt Pocock grill discipline)
Emits the 4-artifact comms package (pre-comm, announcement, FAQ, follow-up) for the built-in tool-rollout example cd business-operations/skills/internal-comms && python3 scripts/comms_template_filler.py --sample
What does the internal-comms skill do?
Use when a Head of People Ops, BizOps lead, or Internal Communications owner needs to draft and sequence an internal-only change-management communication — a re-org announcement, a tool rollout, a policy change, a leadership transition, a layoff, an acquisition close, or an internal product launch — and the audience is employees (not customers). Pairs Prosci ADKAR and Kotter's 8-step change model with deterministic stdlib-only Python tools to produce a sequenced touchpoint calendar, a Kotter-compliant primary announcement, an audience-segmented FAQ, and manager cascade talking points; industry
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill internal-comms --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 alirezarezvani/claude-skills, a repository with 23,791 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.