Agent skill

Grieving At Work

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Handle work while grieving — what to tell your manager and team, how much leave you can take, and how to function (or not) when you're back but not okay.

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Install Grieving At Work

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grieving-at-work -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills grieving-at-work --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/grieving-at-work .claude/skills/grieving-at-work && 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
grieving-at-work
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
614 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Handle work while grieving — what to tell your manager and team, how much leave you can take, and how to function (or not) when you're back but not okay.

  • Works in 6 steps: Tell your manager simply. A short… → Find the leave. Check bereavement… → Plan a soft re-entry. The first weeks… → …
  • Asked how do I tell my boss someone died
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Tell Enough, Take… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Grieving At Work is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Handle work while grieving — what to tell your manager and team, how much leave you can take, and how to function (or not) when you're back but not okay. Use when asked how do I tell my boss someone died, going back to work after a death, bereavement leave, or I can't focus at work while grieving. Produces a short message to tell your manager and team (with the boundary of how much to share), what to know about bereavement leave and options, a realistic re-entry plan for the first weeks back, scripts for when…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked how do I tell my boss someone died
  • Going back to work after a death
  • Bereavement leave
  • I cant focus at work while grieving

Example prompts

  • “/grieving-at-work”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Tell your manager simply. A short factual message with what you need — you don't owe details; "a death in my family, I need X days" is…
  2. Find the leave. Check bereavement policy, PTO, and unpaid/flexible options; HR and an EAP can help — take more than the bare minimum if…
  3. Plan a soft re-entry. The first weeks back are a fog — lighter load, simpler tasks first, and permission to be at reduced capacity without…
  4. Have moment-scripts ready. For when it hits mid-meeting (step out, no explanation owed) and for clumsy condolences (a simple "thank you"…
  5. Ask for concrete accommodations. Name specifics — extended deadlines, less travel, a quieter task set — rather than silently struggling.
  6. Own the sharing boundary. Decide who knows and how much; grief is not a team update.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

Grieving At Work loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 177 tokens; SKILL.md has 614 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~177
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 614 words, ~1,197 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/grieving-at-work/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
grieving-at-work
description
Handle work while grieving — what to tell your manager and team, how much leave you can take, and how to function (or not) when you're back but not okay. Use when asked how do I tell my boss someone died, going back to work after a death, bereavement leave, or I can't focus at work while grieving. Produces a short message to tell your manager and team (with the boundary of how much to share), what to know about bereavement leave and options, a realistic re-entry plan for the first weeks back, scripts for when grief hits at work or people say the wrong thing, and how to ask for what you need — so work doesn't compound the loss. Not legal/HR advice; points to your policy, HR, and EAP.

Grieving at Work

Grief doesn't pause for work, and work rarely knows what to do with grief. This helps you manage the collision: a short message for your manager and team, what to know about leave, a realistic plan for the fog of the first weeks back, and scripts for the awkward moments — so your job supports the loss instead of compounding it, and you ask for what you actually need.

What This Skill Produces

  • A manager/team message — a short, professional note that says what's happened and what you need, with a clear boundary on how much you choose to share
  • The leave picture — what to check on bereavement leave, PTO, and flexible or unpaid options, and how to ask (pointing to your policy/HR/EAP)
  • A re-entry plan — a realistic first-few-weeks-back plan: reduced load where possible, easier tasks first, and grace for the grief fog
  • In-the-moment scripts — what to say when grief hits mid-meeting, when to step away, and how to handle colleagues who say the wrong thing
  • An asking-for-what-you-need guide — naming concrete accommodations (deadlines, travel, a quieter role for a while) rather than white-knuckling
  • A boundary on sharing — you decide who knows what; it's your loss, not the office's

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The situation — who you lost and where you are (about to tell work / taking leave / back and struggling)
  • Your workplace — how supportive, your rough policy/benefits if known
  • Your role — how much flexibility it allows
  • What you need — time, a lighter load, quiet, travel for a funeral

Framework: Tell Enough, Take What You Can, Ease Back

  1. Tell your manager simply. A short factual message with what you need — you don't owe details; "a death in my family, I need X days" is enough.
  2. Find the leave. Check bereavement policy, PTO, and unpaid/flexible options; HR and an EAP can help — take more than the bare minimum if you can.
  3. Plan a soft re-entry. The first weeks back are a fog — lighter load, simpler tasks first, and permission to be at reduced capacity without shame.
  4. Have moment-scripts ready. For when it hits mid-meeting (step out, no explanation owed) and for clumsy condolences (a simple "thank you" closes it).
  5. Ask for concrete accommodations. Name specifics — extended deadlines, less travel, a quieter task set — rather than silently struggling.
  6. Own the sharing boundary. Decide who knows and how much; grief is not a team update.
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Output Format

Grieving at work: [situation]

Message to manager/team: "[what happened, briefly · what I need · boundary on detail]." Leave to check: [bereavement · PTO · unpaid/flexible — ask HR/EAP]. First weeks back: [reduced load · easy tasks first · grace for the fog]. In-the-moment: [grief hits → step out, nothing owed] · [clumsy condolence → "thank you"]. Ask for: [concrete accommodations — deadlines/travel/quieter role]. Your boundary: [who knows what — your call].

Not legal/HR advice — bereavement leave and protections vary by employer and region. Check your policy, HR, and any EAP.

Quality Checks

  • Provides a short manager message with a sharing boundary
  • Points to bereavement/PTO/flexible leave and HR/EAP
  • Plans a realistic, reduced-capacity re-entry
  • Scripts the mid-meeting wave and clumsy condolences
  • Encourages asking for concrete accommodations

Anti-Patterns

  • Oversharing with the whole office out of obligation.
  • Rushing back at full load and crashing.
  • White-knuckling instead of naming what you need.
  • Treating the bare-minimum leave as the only option.
  • No plan for grief surfacing during the workday.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "How do I tell my boss that my mom died?"
  • "I'm going back to work after a death and I'm not ready."
  • "What are my options for bereavement leave?"
  • "I can't focus at work since I lost him — what do I do?"
  • "Someone at work said something awful about my loss — how do I respond?"

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/grieving-at-work of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Grieving At Work

What does Grieving At Work do?

Handle work while grieving — what to tell your manager and team, how much leave you can take, and how to function (or not) when you're back but not okay. Grieving At Work is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Handle work while grieving — what to tell your manager and team, how much leave you can take, and how to function (or not) when you're back but not okay.

When should I use Grieving At Work?

Grieving At Work fits situations like: asked how do I tell my boss someone died; going back to work after a death; bereavement leave; I cant focus at work while grieving.

How do I install Grieving At Work in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grieving-at-work -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/grieving-at-work in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/grieving-at-work in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Grieving At Work in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grieving-at-work -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/grieving-at-work in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/grieving-at-work in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Grieving At Work 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill grieving-at-work -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/grieving-at-work, .gemini/skills/grieving-at-work, .github/skills/grieving-at-work and .opencode/skills/grieving-at-work in your project.

What does Grieving At Work need to run?

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

Does Grieving At Work 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 Grieving At Work 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 Grieving At Work use?

Grieving At Work 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 Grieving At Work use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Grieving At Work?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.