late-invoice-escalation
Collect overdue invoices with a graduated escalation ladder — friendly nudge to firm notice to work-stop to final demand, each with send-ready wording and timing, plus the prevention terms that stop the next one. Use when asked my client hasn't paid me, write a payment reminder email, invoice is 60 days overdue what do I do, or client is ghosting my invoices. Produces the situation read, the escalation ladder with dates and verbatim messages, the work-stop decision point, and the payment terms that prevent reruns.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill late-invoice-escalation --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.
# Late Invoice Escalation Skill Most late invoices are disorganization, not theft — which is why the ladder starts friendly and blames the invoice, not the client. But freelancers fail at both ends: waiting four months of "gentle bumps" that teach the client lateness is free, or going nuclear at day 35 and torching a recoverable relationship. This skill runs the graduated ladder — each rung dated, worded, and slightly firmer — with the two real decision points marked: when work stops, and when the relationship is already gone and only the money remains. ## What This Skill Produces - **The situation read** — likely-disorganized vs. cash-crunched vs. disputing vs. ghosting, from the evidence - **The escalation ladder** — dated rungs with verbatim send-ready messages, each escalating one notch - **The decision points** — when ongoing work pauses, when it's final-demand time, and what the post-relationship options actually are - **The prevention terms** — deposits, milestones, late fees, and stop-work clauses for every future agreement ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **Invoice facts** — amount, issue date, terms (net-15/30), days overdue, and whether a contract/PO b
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: The Ladder Rules
- Output Format
- The Read
- The Ladder
- Decision Points
- Prevention (every future client)
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the late-invoice-escalation skill do?
Collect overdue invoices with a graduated escalation ladder — friendly nudge to firm notice to work-stop to final demand, each with send-ready wording and timing, plus the prevention terms that stop the next one. Use when asked my client hasn't paid me, write a payment reminder email, invoice is 60 days overdue what do I do, or client is ghosting my invoices. Produces the situation read, the escalation ladder with dates and verbatim messages, the work-stop decision point, and the payment terms that prevent reruns.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill late-invoice-escalation --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.