Agent skill

Politics Coach

by andreaskelm in andreaskelm/pm-brain

Help PMs navigate organization politics, simulate stakeholder/peer feedback when people aren't in the room, and run politics checks on plans and communication.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Politics Coach

skills CLI
$ npx skills add andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill politics-coach -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install andreaskelm/pm-brain politics-coach --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/andreaskelm/pm-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/politics-coach .claude/skills/politics-coach && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
politics-coach
GitHub stars
234
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
835 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Help PMs navigate organization politics, simulate stakeholder/peer feedback when people aren't in the room, and run politics checks on plans and communication.

  • Works in 4 steps: "Set up my stakeholder brainfeed" /… → "What would [Name] say about this?"… → "How will [Manager], [Eng], [Design]… → …
  • Tasks that involve Performance reviews
  • SKILL.md covers When to use this skill, Relevant framework and data…, Typical flows and Guardrails, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Politics Coach is an agent skill from andreaskelm/pm-brain. Help PMs navigate organization politics, simulate stakeholder/peer feedback when people aren't in the room, and run politics checks on plans and communication.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Performance reviews. The repository describes itself as: AI-powered product management thinking & operating system. Playbooks, guides, templates, and frameworks that bridge PM theory to daily execution.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Performance reviews

Example prompts

  • “/politics-coach”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. "Set up my stakeholder brainfeed" / "Create stakeholder avatars"
  2. "What would [Name] say about this?" (single-stakeholder simulation)
  3. "How will [Manager], [Eng], [Design] react?" (panel simulation)
  4. Politics pass in product_sense or execution_mode

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 38696ac. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Politics Coach loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 835 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 835 words (~1,823 tokens).

“Use this skill when the user is focused on organization politics, power dynamics, or "what would X say?" rather than only the content of the product work. It aligns with the other skills: it tells you when to load which…”

— opening of SKILL.md by andreaskelm, Custom licence
name
politics-coach

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/politics-coach of andreaskelm/pm-brain.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 38696ac

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Company Analysiszhu1090093659/dsh-trading238—~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Windbg Diagnostic Methodmicrosoft/win-dev-skills466—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Politics Coach

What does Politics Coach do?

Help PMs navigate organization politics, simulate stakeholder/peer feedback when people aren't in the room, and run politics checks on plans and communication. Politics Coach is an agent skill from andreaskelm/pm-brain. Help PMs navigate organization politics, simulate stakeholder/peer feedback when people aren't in the room, and run politics checks on plans and communication.

When should I use Politics Coach?

Politics Coach fits situations like: tasks that involve Performance reviews.

How do I install Politics Coach in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill politics-coach -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/politics-coach in andreaskelm/pm-brain) into .claude/skills/politics-coach in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Politics Coach in Codex?

Run `npx skills add andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill politics-coach -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/politics-coach in andreaskelm/pm-brain) into .agents/skills/politics-coach in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Politics Coach in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add andreaskelm/pm-brain --skill politics-coach -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/politics-coach, .gemini/skills/politics-coach, .github/skills/politics-coach and .opencode/skills/politics-coach in your project.

What does Politics Coach need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Politics Coach is instructions for the agent only.

Does Politics Coach access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Politics Coach safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Politics Coach use?

Politics Coach has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Politics Coach use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Politics Coach?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Politics Coach: Wp Performance Review (elvismdev/claude-wordpress-skills, 235 stars), Align Human (agentscope-ai/OpenJudge, 871 stars), Run Mv Hoi Reconstruction (nvidia-isaac/video_to_data, 861 stars) and Company Analysis (zhu1090093659/dsh-trading, 238 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Politics Coach?

andreaskelm (a GitHub user) maintains it in andreaskelm/pm-brain, which has 234 GitHub stars. The repository holds 18 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: andreaskelm/pm-brain on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.