Agent skill

Ethical Persuasion Design

by hashgraph-online in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins

A skill your agent uses when creating or improving persuasive copy, launch offers, fundraising appeals, onboarding prompts, sales pages, calls to action, or behavior-change messages where the goal…

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Ethical Persuasion Design

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill ethical-persuasion-design -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins ethical-persuasion-design --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/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/ethical-persuasion-design .claude/skills/ethical-persuasion-design && 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
ethical-persuasion-design
GitHub stars
1.3k
Token cost
~625 tokens
SKILL.md length
235 words
Files
10 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
716
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when creating or improving persuasive copy, launch offers, fundraising appeals, onboarding prompts, sales pages, calls to action, or behavior-change messages where the goal…

  • Works in 4 steps: Read guidelines.md to choose the… → Load references/persuasion/knowledge.md… → Use… → …
  • Improving persuasive copy
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Contents, Operating Principles and Output Pattern, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ethical Persuasion Design is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Use when creating or improving persuasive copy, launch offers, fundraising appeals, onboarding prompts, sales pages, calls to action, or behavior-change messages where the goal is effective persuasion without deception, coercion, fake proof, fake scarcity, or overstated authority.

Its SKILL.md is about 630 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 14 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `evals/evals.json` and `guidelines.md`).

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Fundraising and pitch decks. The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT plugins, skills, and resources. The 1 Codex Marketplace. See live plugins at: https://hol.org/plugins/best-codex-plugins. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Improving persuasive copy
  • Fundraising appeals
  • Onboarding prompts
  • Calls to action

Example prompts

  • “/ethical-persuasion-design”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read guidelines.md to choose the smallest useful reference set.
  2. Load references/persuasion/knowledge.md for concepts and references/persuasion/rules.md for operating rules.
  3. Use workflows/design-persuasive-request.md for repeatable tasks.
  4. For audits, surface both the active influence cue and the ethical rewrite.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3e1456a. 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

Ethical Persuasion Design loads about 625 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 235 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~625
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.7k

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

The full file from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins at commit 3e1456a, republished under its MIT licence (© hashgraph-online). 235 words, ~625 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ethical-persuasion-design/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 9 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
ethical-persuasion-design
description
Use when creating or improving persuasive copy, launch offers, fundraising appeals, onboarding prompts, sales pages, calls to action, or behavior-change messages where the goal is effective persuasion without deception, coercion, fake proof, fake scarcity, or overstated authority.
license
MIT
metadata.version
0.1.0
metadata.displayName
Ethical Persuasion Design
metadata.category
Marketing
metadata.tags
influence,persuasion,ethics,copywriting

Ethical Persuasion Design

Design persuasive requests by matching a real user benefit with truthful cues that help the audience decide. Use Influence principles as evidence-routing tools, not as shortcuts to bypass judgment.

Quick Start

  1. Read guidelines.md to choose the smallest useful reference set.
  2. Load references/persuasion/knowledge.md for concepts and references/persuasion/rules.md for operating rules.
  3. Use workflows/design-persuasive-request.md for repeatable tasks.
  4. For audits, surface both the active influence cue and the ethical rewrite.

Contents

FilePurpose
references/persuasion/knowledge.mdCore concepts and source-grounded definitions
references/persuasion/rules.mdRules, boundaries, and practical guidelines
references/persuasion/examples.mdBad/better examples for applied situations
references/persuasion/smells.mdRed flags and anti-patterns to detect
references/persuasion/checklist.mdFast review checklist
workflows/design-persuasive-request.mdCreate persuasive messaging that is useful, credible, and agency-preserving.

Operating Principles

  • Use only honest evidence. Do not invent popularity, scarcity, credentials, endorsements, or social connection.
  • Separate helping a good decision from pushing a shortcut response. If the cue is counterfeit, treat it as a red flag.
  • When rewriting, preserve user agency: add context, alternatives, and enough time to decide when stakes are meaningful.

Output Pattern

  1. Diagnosis - name the influence principle or cue.
  2. Evidence Check - state what proof supports or is missing from the cue.
  3. Risk - explain manipulation, trust, or decision-quality risk.
  4. Rewrite or Recommendation - provide an ethical alternative.

Validation

Use the prompts in evals/evals.json as smoke tests. A good result identifies the relevant Influence principle, preserves user agency, and avoids fabricated evidence or coercive pressure.

© hashgraph-online, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 9 other files (references) in plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/ethical-persuasion-design of hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • evals/evals.json
  • guidelines.md
  • references/persuasion/checklist.md
  • references/persuasion/examples.md
  • references/persuasion/knowledge.md
  • references/persuasion/rules.md
  • references/persuasion/smells.md
  • workflows/design-persuasive-request.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3e1456a

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Questions about Ethical Persuasion Design

What does Ethical Persuasion Design do?

A skill your agent uses when creating or improving persuasive copy, launch offers, fundraising appeals, onboarding prompts, sales pages, calls to action, or behavior-change messages where the goal…. Ethical Persuasion Design is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Use when creating or improving persuasive copy, launch offers, fundraising appeals, onboarding prompts, sales pages, calls to action, or behavior-change messages where the goal is effective persuasion without deception, coercion, fake proof, fake scarcity, or overstated authority.

When should I use Ethical Persuasion Design?

Ethical Persuasion Design fits situations like: improving persuasive copy; fundraising appeals; onboarding prompts; calls to action.

How do I install Ethical Persuasion Design in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill ethical-persuasion-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/ethical-persuasion-design in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .claude/skills/ethical-persuasion-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ethical Persuasion Design in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill ethical-persuasion-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/LVTD-LLC/skills/skills/ethical-persuasion-design in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .agents/skills/ethical-persuasion-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ethical Persuasion Design 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill ethical-persuasion-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ethical-persuasion-design, .gemini/skills/ethical-persuasion-design, .github/skills/ethical-persuasion-design and .opencode/skills/ethical-persuasion-design in your project.

What does Ethical Persuasion Design need to run?

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

Does Ethical Persuasion Design 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 Ethical Persuasion Design 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 Ethical Persuasion Design use?

Ethical Persuasion Design is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ethical Persuasion Design use?

About 625 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Ethical Persuasion Design?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ethical Persuasion Design: Virtuals Protocol Acp (Virtual-Protocol/openclaw-acp, 168 stars), Yc Apply (pedronauck/skills, 634 stars), Storyline Builder (sruthir28/enterprise-ai-skills, 148 stars) and Startup Pitch (ferdinandobons/startup-skill, 1.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ethical Persuasion Design?

hashgraph-online (a GitHub organization) maintains it in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins, which has 1,267 GitHub stars. The repository holds 716 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.