Repository
manager-dot-dev/manager-skills agent skills
- skills
- 27
- GitHub stars
- 114
GitHub description: “Skills for engineering managers”
- Stars
- 114 (8 forks)
- Licence
- MIT
- Last push
- May 2026
- Created
- Apr 2026
Install all skills
npx skills add manager-dot-dev/manager-skillsAdd --skill <name> for a single skill and -a <agent> to choose the agent (see the agent guides).
Skills in manager-dot-dev/manager-skills, ranked
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| # | Skill | Repository | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Score an Engineering Manager's coverage across all 12 cells of the EM Grid based on their calendar and Slack. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~5.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 2 | Foundation skill for engineering managers. An agent skill from manager-dot-dev/manager-skills. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 3 | 3.1on1s Prepares agendas, diagnoses struggling 1:1 relationships, and gives frameworks for running effective 1:1 meetings with direct reports. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 4 | Explains business financial terms and frameworks for engineering managers — produces term definitions (ARR, COGS, CAC, LTV, gross margin, burn rate, EBITDA, AARRR), translation formulas for making… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 5 | Helps engineering managers support direct report growth — produces a stage-by-stage model of engineering impact (Circles of Influence), a framework for non-linear career planning (Tarzan Method)… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 6 | Guides managers out of the bottleneck role — provides the Team Rep pattern, Epic Ownership model, Task-Relevant Maturity framework, kingdom ownership, and three-layer assignment strategy. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 7 | Helps engineering managers measure and improve team delivery — produces a history of why common metrics fail, the DORA four-key-metrics framework (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 8 | Provides situational playbooks for high-stakes edge cases that don't fit the standard management toolkit — produces step-by-step guidance for inappropriate team behavior, an engineer badmouthing… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 9 | Helps engineering managers understand and act on what drives each engineer — produces a three-driver framework (Growth, Connection, Impact), techniques for identifying someone's primary driver… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 10 | 10.Feedback Covers both giving and getting feedback — structures and scripts feedback conversations (positive, constructive, or behavioral) and provides techniques for drawing honest feedback from your own team. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 11 | 11.Hiring Helps structure the interview process, calibrate the hiring bar, counter interview bias, and decide between promoting internally vs. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 12 | 12.Influence Equips engineering managers with persuasion techniques and positioning strategies for getting things done without direct authority — produces tactical methods (Nemawashi, Decoy Pricing, Reverse… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 13 | Helps engineering managers break down knowledge silos and build sustainable documentation and collaboration practices — produces a four-root-cause diagnostic for silos, an Engineering Guilds… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 14 | Helps engineering managers navigate role transitions — produces a four-type framework for first management roles (Apprentice, Successor, Pioneer, New Boss), an acquisition integration model… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 15 | Guides engineering managers through the specific challenges of managing top engineers — produces a four-quadrant ability/confidence diagnostic, the Rock Star vs. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 16 | 16.Managing Up Helps EMs build a reliable relationship with their manager, navigate disagreements with leadership, and communicate upward effectively. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 17 | Helps engineering managers respond to high-urgency requests and use deadlines effectively — produces a five-question framework for evaluating unreasonable deadlines, guidance on… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 18 | Helps EMs assess their own effectiveness, avoid common traps, navigate bad days, and handle recurring tensions in their own mindset and behavior. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 19 | 19.Meetings Covers the full meeting lifecycle for engineering managers — produces guidance on whether to schedule a meeting, how to run it well, how to protect team focus time, how to kill recurring waste, and… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 20 | Helps diagnose underperformance, structure a performance case, decide whether to put someone on a PIP or let them go, and think through your own manager review. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 21 | Helps engineering managers prevent and respond to engineer attrition by diagnosing retention risk, choosing the right intervention, and preparing retention conversations. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 22 | Helps engineering managers plan roadmaps, prioritize work, and communicate priorities effectively — produces the 20% tech debt framework (and its 5 traps), a phased release pressure-test, a… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~4.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 23 | 23.Shadow Work Helps engineering managers identify, quantify, and reduce hidden capacity drains that make teams miss commitments even when everyone is busy. | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 24 | Helps engineering managers diagnose team skill gaps and make better hiring and assignment decisions — produces the Dungeon Party archetype model (Warrior, Tank, Healer, Wizard, Rogue), the Barrels… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 25 | Helps engineering managers work effectively with Software Architects, Staff Engineers, and Principal Engineers — covers the EM's side of the relationship (responsiveness, proactive consultation… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 26 | Helps engineering managers build a functional PM–EM partnership and become more product-oriented — produces a 3-pattern PM–EM dynamic model (PM-Led / Engineering-Led / Fake Balanced), a true… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 27 | Helps engineering managers write messages, announcements, and stakeholder updates that land well — produces a 3-Step Writing Framework (Prepare / Write Simply / Run a Garbage Collector), the Async… | manager-dot-dev/ | 114 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
Questions, answered from the data.
What is the best skill in manager-dot-dev/manager-skills?
Em Grid Scorer from manager-dot-dev/manager-skills ranks first of the 27 skills in manager-dot-dev/manager-skills listed here, with the highest score: its repository has 114 GitHub stars, its SKILL.md loads about 5.8k tokens and it passes the automated safety check with no findings. Next come Em Context and 1on1s.
Are the skills in manager-dot-dev/manager-skills official?
None yet. All 27 skills in manager-dot-dev/manager-skills listed here come from community repositories; a skill counts as official when the product's own GitHub organization publishes it.
How do I install all skills from manager-dot-dev/manager-skills?
Run npx skills add manager-dot-dev/manager-skills in your project: the open-source skills CLI installs the repository's skills into your coding agent's skills folder. To install a single skill, open its page here for the exact command.
How are these skills ranked?
By Skill Navigator score, which combines the GitHub stars of the skill's repository (shared across that repo's skills and discounted for large collections), how many other GitHub owners carry a copy of the skill, and automated SKILL.md quality checks, minus penalties for safety-check warnings and for each further skill from the same repository. Skills that fail the safety check are not listed.