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Applies a book-derived method for honest, kind communication: spotting self-deception, giving specific praise and general criticism, declining requests and clearing secrets.
SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.
Install Honest Communication Method
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill honesty-communication --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication .claude/skills/honesty-communication && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "honesty-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication into .claude/skills/honesty-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honesty-communication", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communicationType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill honesty-communication --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication .agents/skills/honesty-communication && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "honesty-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication into .agents/skills/honesty-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honesty-communication", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill honesty-communication --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication .cursor/skills/honesty-communication && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "honesty-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication into .cursor/skills/honesty-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honesty-communication", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git --path books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill honesty-communication --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication .gemini/skills/honesty-communication && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "honesty-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication into .gemini/skills/honesty-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honesty-communication", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill honesty-communicationInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication .github/skills/honesty-communication && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "honesty-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication into .github/skills/honesty-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honesty-communication", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install kangarooking/cangjie-skill honesty-communication --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication .opencode/skills/honesty-communication && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "honesty-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/kangarooking/cangjie-skill/tree/main/books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication into .opencode/skills/honesty-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honesty-communication", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
honesty-communication- GitHub stars
- 11k
- Token cost
- ~644 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 148 words
- Files
- 3
- Skills in repo
- 22
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Applies a book-derived method for honest, kind communication: spotting self-deception, giving specific praise and general criticism, declining requests and clearing secrets.
- Works in 4 steps: 给反馈：「怎么批评同事/孩子而不伤人」 → 拒绝别人：「怎么说'不'又不撒谎」 → 自我检查：「我是不是在自欺」 → …
- Giving feedback to a colleague without hurting them
- SKILL.md covers R — 原文 (Reading), I — 方法论骨架 (Interpretation), A1 — 书中的应用 (Past Application) and A2 — 触发场景 (Future Trigger) ★, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Written in Chinese, this skill distills a chapter of Naval Ravikant's almanack into a method for honest communication. It treats honesty as clear thinking and psychological freedom rather than moral display: lying to others starts with lying to yourself, honesty means what you think and what you say line up, criticism should be general and aimed at a practice rather than a person while praise is specific, and fewer secrets mean less mental burden. It also sets a limit: honesty does not mean volunteering negative or unpleasant things.
The steps are to find one place this week where you were not truthful with others or yourself, restate preferences as statements of what something is or is not, apply specific praise and general criticism the next time you give feedback, and release one secret that is safe to share, while keeping secrets that involve someone else's privacy or safety. It is not meant for negotiation or confidentiality settings and names blind spots, such as the real cost of radical honesty in political workplaces. Neighboring skills such as self-liberation and peer-selection are pointed to for related needs, and a test prompts file ships with it.
When your agent uses it
- Giving feedback to a colleague without hurting them
- Saying no to a request without lying
- Checking whether you are deceiving yourself or hiding something
Example prompts
- “How do I tell my teammate their report missed the mark without being harsh?”
- “I want to decline this project without making up an excuse. How do I say it?”
- “I keep saying what people want to hear in this relationship. Help me work out why.”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- 给反馈：「怎么批评同事/孩子而不伤人」
- 拒绝别人：「怎么说'不'又不撒谎」
- 自我检查：「我是不是在自欺」
- 关系沟通：「这段关系里我总是言不由衷」
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a28de55. 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
Honest Communication Method loads about 644 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 148 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 kangarooking/cangjie-skill at commit a28de55, republished under its MIT licence (© kangarooking). 148 words, ~644 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/honesty-communication/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- honesty-communication
- description
- 当用户问怎么真诚沟通/拒绝别人/给反馈/不想说场面话、或发现自己在隐瞒时调用。 核心理念: 撒谎会先骗到自己(费曼: 你最容易愚弄的人是你); 彻底诚实=所想与所说一致; 具体表扬、一般批评; 秘密越少快乐越多。 不适用于: 需要外交辞令的谈判策略(可以诚实但不必全说)。 Triggers: 诚实/沟通/拒绝/批评/表扬/秘密/场面话/honesty/communication/feedback
- source_book
- 《纳瓦尔宝典：财富与幸福指南》 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特
- source_chapter
- 第一章·财富 / 第二节 培养判断力 / 如何清晰地思考 + 第二章·幸福 / 活出你的价值
- tags
- honesty, communication, values, feedback
诚实与沟通
R — 原文 (Reading)
彻底的诚实仅是意味着我想自由。……在你向别人撒谎之前，你必须先对自己撒谎。……我会把彻底的诚实和沃伦·巴菲特的一条老的行事规则结合起来，那是具体地表扬、一般地批判。
— 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特, 《纳瓦尔宝典》
I — 方法论骨架 (Interpretation)
诚实不是道德表演，而是认知安全与心理自由： ① 撒谎先骗自己——费曼「你从不应该在任何时候愚弄任何人，你是最容易愚弄的人」；对别人撒谎会让你相信自己的谎话，扭曲对事实的判断； ② 诚实=自由——所想与所说高度一致时，内心没有需要维护的多重线程；不与需要你注意言辞的人相处； ③ 具体表扬、一般批评——批评指向做法/类别而非个人，表扬要具体到这个人最值得称赞的点，这样对方的自我不会与你对抗； ④ 秘密越少，快乐越多——需要隐藏的东西会变成内心负担； ⑤ 诚实的边界感——「我不会主动说一些消极或令人讨厌的事」，诚实不等于口无遮拦。
A1 — 书中的应用 (Past Application)
案例 1: 不用「我喜欢/不喜欢」
- 问题: 判断被喜好污染
- 方法论的使用: 费曼规则——「我从不询问我喜欢或我不喜欢。我会认为这是什么或这不是什么。」
- 结论: 描述事实优先于表达喜好
- 结果: 判断保持对现实的锚定
案例 2: 剔除不诚实者
- 问题: 如何识别不可信的人
- 方法论的使用: 「如果有人总说他们自己是多么的诚实，他们很有可能是不诚实的」
- 结论: 过度自我标榜=掩盖信号
- 结果: 作者据此保持距离
A2 — 触发场景 (Future Trigger) ★
用户会在什么情境下需要这个 skill?
- 给反馈：「怎么批评同事/孩子而不伤人」
- 拒绝别人：「怎么说'不'又不撒谎」
- 自我检查：「我是不是在自欺」
- 关系沟通：「这段关系里我总是言不由衷」
语言信号
- "怎么诚实又不伤人地沟通"
- "怎么拒绝/批评/表扬"
- "我不想说场面话"
- "how to be honest / give feedback / say no"
与相邻 skill 的区分
- 与
self-liberation的区别: 解放 skill 给「说不」的边界，本 skill 给「怎么说」 - 与
peer-selection的区别: 诚实是内部一致性标准；同伴选择是外部筛选标准
E — 可执行步骤 (Execution)
检查自欺点
- 完成标准: 找出本周 1 个「对别人没说真话/对自己隐瞒」的场景，确认它影响什么判断
用事实句式重述
- 完成标准: 把「我喜欢/我不喜欢」改成「这是什么/这不是什么」的陈述，检验是否更接近事实
执行具体表扬、一般批评
- 完成标准: 下次给反馈时：批评对事不对人（「这个做法」而非「你这个人」），表扬具体到细节
清理一个秘密
- 完成标准: 挑一个可以安全说出的秘密，对可信的人讲出来，感受「秘密减少=负担减少」
- 判停条件: 涉及他人隐私/安全时保留秘密——诚实不等于泄露
B — 边界 (Boundary) ★
不要在以下情况使用此 skill
- 谈判/保密场景（诚实≠和盘托出，作者强调「不会主动说消极或令人讨厌的事」）
- 涉及他人隐私（别人的秘密不是你的诚实素材）
作者在书中警告的失败模式
- 自欺: 「当你对别人撒谎的时候，你也是在骗自己」
- 用诚实当伤害工具: 诚实要配积极——「诚实和积极几乎总是可能的」
作者的盲点 / 时代局限
- 「彻底诚实」在威权/职场政治环境中可能有现实代价，作者有足够的地位承受它
- 「秘密越少快乐越多」未区分健康隐私
容易混淆的邻近方法论
self-liberation: 期望边界给出拒绝的合法性，诚实给出拒绝的句式
相关 skills (阶段 3 定稿)
- composes-with:
identity-work（无所隐藏）、self-liberation、peer-selection
审计信息
- 验证通过: V1 ✓ / V2 ✓ / V3 ✓ (v17)
- 测试通过率: 见 test-results.md
- 蒸馏时间: 2026-08-01
© kangarooking, 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 2 other files in books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication of kangarooking/cangjie-skill.
- SKILL.md
- test-prompts.json
- test-results.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a28de55
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Questions about Honest Communication Method
What does Honest Communication Method do?
Applies a book-derived method for honest, kind communication: spotting self-deception, giving specific praise and general criticism, declining requests and clearing secrets. Written in Chinese, this skill distills a chapter of Naval Ravikant's almanack into a method for honest communication. It treats honesty as clear thinking and psychological freedom rather than moral display: lying to others starts with lying to yourself, honesty means what you think and what you say line up, criticism should be general and aimed at a practice rather than a person while praise is specific, and fewer secrets mean less mental burden.
When should I use Honest Communication Method?
Honest Communication Method fits situations like: giving feedback to a colleague without hurting them; saying no to a request without lying; checking whether you are deceiving yourself or hiding something.
How do I install Honest Communication Method in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication in kangarooking/cangjie-skill) into .claude/skills/honesty-communication in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Honest Communication Method in Codex?
Run `npx skills add kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (books/naval-almanack-skill/honesty-communication in kangarooking/cangjie-skill) into .agents/skills/honesty-communication in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Honest Communication Method 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 kangarooking/cangjie-skill --skill honesty-communication -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/honesty-communication, .gemini/skills/honesty-communication, .github/skills/honesty-communication and .opencode/skills/honesty-communication in your project.
What does Honest Communication Method need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Honest Communication Method is instructions for the agent only.
Does Honest Communication Method 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 Honest Communication Method 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 Honest Communication Method use?
Honest Communication Method is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Honest Communication Method use?
About 644 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 Honest Communication Method?
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Who maintains Honest Communication Method?
kangarooking (a GitHub user) maintains it in kangarooking/cangjie-skill, which has 11,071 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.
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