security-deposit-recovery
Get your security deposit back — the move-out documentation that wins disputes before they start, the itemized-deduction challenge, the demand-letter ladder, and the small-claims decision point. Use when asked how do I get my deposit back, my landlord is keeping my deposit, dispute these deposit deductions, or write a deposit demand letter. Produces the move-out evidence protocol, the deduction-by-deduction challenge with the wear-and-tear line drawn, the escalation ladder with letters, and the small-claims prep sheet.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill security-deposit-recovery --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.
# Security Deposit Recovery Skill Deposit disputes are won at move-out, weeks before the landlord decides anything: the tenant with timestamped photos of every wall, a completed walkthrough, and a forwarding address in writing collects; the tenant with memories negotiates. This skill runs both phases — the evidence protocol while there's still access, and the challenge-and-escalate ladder when deductions arrive — anchored on the distinction that decides almost every dispute: normal wear and tear (the landlord's cost of doing business, in most jurisdictions not deductible) versus damage (yours). ## What This Skill Produces - **The move-out protocol** — the photo/video sweep, the walkthrough ask, the cleaning-receipts file, the forwarding-address letter - **The deduction challenge** — each claimed deduction sorted wear-vs-damage-vs-unsubstantiated, with the response - **The escalation ladder** — the itemization request, the demand letter, and the deadline math (jurisdiction-flagged) - **The small-claims prep sheet** — when the amount justifies it, what to bring, and how these hearings actually go ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The phase** — still in the unit (r
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: The Wear-vs-Damage Rules
- Output Format
- [Phase 1] Move-Out Protocol
- The Deduction Challenge
- The Ladder
- Small-Claims Prep (if it gets there)
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the security-deposit-recovery skill do?
Get your security deposit back — the move-out documentation that wins disputes before they start, the itemized-deduction challenge, the demand-letter ladder, and the small-claims decision point. Use when asked how do I get my deposit back, my landlord is keeping my deposit, dispute these deposit deductions, or write a deposit demand letter. Produces the move-out evidence protocol, the deduction-by-deduction challenge with the wear-and-tear line drawn, the escalation ladder with letters, and the small-claims prep sheet.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill security-deposit-recovery --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.