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Write the layoff communications a leader has to get right once — the all-hands script, the affected/unaffected messages, and the external note, without corporate euphemism or legal risk.
Install Layoff Announcement
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills layoff-announcement --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/layoff-announcement .claude/skills/layoff-announcement && 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 "layoff-announcement" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/layoff-announcement into .claude/skills/layoff-announcement/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "layoff-announcement", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/layoff-announcementType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills layoff-announcement --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/layoff-announcement .agents/skills/layoff-announcement && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "layoff-announcement" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/layoff-announcement into .agents/skills/layoff-announcement/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "layoff-announcement", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills layoff-announcement --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/layoff-announcement .cursor/skills/layoff-announcement && 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 "layoff-announcement" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/layoff-announcement into .cursor/skills/layoff-announcement/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "layoff-announcement", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/layoff-announcement--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills layoff-announcement --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/layoff-announcement .gemini/skills/layoff-announcement && 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 "layoff-announcement" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/layoff-announcement into .gemini/skills/layoff-announcement/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "layoff-announcement", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills layoff-announcementInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/layoff-announcement .github/skills/layoff-announcement && 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 "layoff-announcement" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/layoff-announcement into .github/skills/layoff-announcement/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "layoff-announcement", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills layoff-announcement --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/layoff-announcement .opencode/skills/layoff-announcement && 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 "layoff-announcement" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/layoff-announcement into .opencode/skills/layoff-announcement/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "layoff-announcement", 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
layoff-announcement- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 607 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Write the layoff communications a leader has to get right once — the all-hands script, the affected/unaffected messages, and the external note, without corporate euphemism or legal risk.
- Works in 5 steps: Leader's all-hands script → To affected employees → To the remaining team → …
- Asked to write a layoff announcement
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework and Output Format, plus 8 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Layoff Announcement is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write the layoff communications a leader has to get right once — the all-hands script, the affected/unaffected messages, and the external note, without corporate euphemism or legal risk. Use when asked to write a layoff announcement, communicate a RIF, tell the team about job cuts, or draft the difficult all-hands. Produces the full comms set: leader script, same-hour messages for affected and remaining staff, manager talking points, and the external statement — sequenced.
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.
It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Internal communications and Legal risk assessment. 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 to write a layoff announcement
- Communicate a RIF
- Tell the team about job cuts
- Draft the difficult all-hands
Example prompts
- “/layoff-announcement”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
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
Layoff Announcement loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 124 tokens; SKILL.md has 607 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 607 words, ~1,187 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/layoff-announcement/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- layoff-announcement
- description
- Write the layoff communications a leader has to get right once — the all-hands script, the affected/unaffected messages, and the external note, without corporate euphemism or legal risk. Use when asked to write a layoff announcement, communicate a RIF, tell the team about job cuts, or draft the difficult all-hands. Produces the full comms set: leader script, same-hour messages for affected and remaining staff, manager talking points, and the external statement — sequenced.
Layoff Announcement Skill
Layoff communications are read three ways at once: by the people losing their jobs, by the people keeping them, and — later — by lawyers and journalists. This skill writes the set that survives all three readings: direct about the decision, generous about the people, precise about the logistics, and free of the euphemisms ("right-sizing," "streamlining our journey") that insult everyone equally.
What This Skill Produces
- The leader's all-hands script — the decision, the reason, the ownership, the logistics
- The affected-employee message — what happens next, with every date and contact
- The remaining-team message — honest about the gap between relief and grief
- Manager talking points + FAQ — for the conversations after the meeting
- The external/press statement — two paragraphs, no spin
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- The facts: how many, which teams, why (real reason), what severance/support is offered
- The sequence and timing — who learns when; same-day individual notifications?
- Who owns the decision — the script's speaker must own it, not "the business"
- Legal constraints — jurisdiction notice rules (e.g., mass-layoff notification laws), anything counsel flagged; mark as [counsel review] where relevant
Framework
- Decision first, in sentence one or two — every minute of preamble converts anxiety to contempt. "Today we are eliminating N roles" beats any warm-up ever written.
- The reason is real or absent: if it's a bet that failed, say the bet failed. Ownership language ("I made the decision") — never "roles were impacted" as if weather did it.
- Generosity is specifics: severance weeks, healthcare dates, equity treatment, references policy, job-search support — numbers and dates, not "generous packages."
- The two audiences split fast: affected people need logistics and dignity; the remaining team needs honesty about workload and the answer to "is this the last one?" (answer it truthfully or say why you can't promise).
- Sequencing is ethics: individuals before the all-hands, all-hands before external, external same day (the leak clock starts at the first notification). The output states the sequence.
Output Format
Layoff Communications Set: [date]
Sequence: [timed order of every message below]
1. Leader's all-hands script
[Decision in sentence 1–2 · the real reason · ownership · what affected people receive (specifics) · what happens for the remaining team · no Q&A dodge: "I'll stay as long as there are questions"]
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2. To affected employees
[Every date: last day, pay, healthcare, equity, references contact · [counsel review] markers where terms interact with agreements]
3. To the remaining team
[The honest version: what changes, what doesn't, the workload truth, the is-this-the-last-one answer]
4. Manager talking points + FAQ
[The 8 hardest questions with real answers, including "why them and not X"— answered by process, never by comparison]
5. External statement
[Two paragraphs: the fact, the care taken. No strategy triumphalism on layoff day.]
Quality Checks
- The decision lands in the first two sentences of every message
- Ownership language throughout — a named human made this decision
- Every support item is a number or a date
- The sequence is stated and individuals precede groups
- Zero euphemisms — read it once hunting only for them
- [counsel review] marks anything touching legal terms
Anti-Patterns
- Do not warm up to the news — preamble is cruelty with better manners
- Do not say "impacted roles" — people, named as people, in active voice
- Do not celebrate strategy in the same breath ("this positions us for growth") — there's a room full of people it didn't position
- Do not promise "no more layoffs" unless it's true — the second breach costs all remaining trust
- Do not outsource the hard questions to HR in the all-hands — the decider answers, or the script failed
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Write a layoff announcement."
- "Communicate a RIF."
- "Tell the team about job cuts."
- "Draft the difficult all-hands."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/layoff-announcement of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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Questions about Layoff Announcement
What does Layoff Announcement do?
Write the layoff communications a leader has to get right once — the all-hands script, the affected/unaffected messages, and the external note, without corporate euphemism or legal risk. Layoff Announcement is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write the layoff communications a leader has to get right once — the all-hands script, the affected/unaffected messages, and the external note, without corporate euphemism or legal risk.
When should I use Layoff Announcement?
Layoff Announcement fits situations like: asked to write a layoff announcement; communicate a RIF; tell the team about job cuts; draft the difficult all-hands.
How do I install Layoff Announcement in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/layoff-announcement in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/layoff-announcement in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Layoff Announcement in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill layoff-announcement -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/layoff-announcement in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/layoff-announcement in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Layoff Announcement 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 layoff-announcement -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/layoff-announcement, .gemini/skills/layoff-announcement, .github/skills/layoff-announcement and .opencode/skills/layoff-announcement in your project.
What does Layoff Announcement need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Layoff Announcement is instructions for the agent only.
Does Layoff Announcement 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 Layoff Announcement 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 Layoff Announcement use?
Layoff Announcement 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 Layoff Announcement use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k 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 Layoff Announcement?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Layoff Announcement: Product Launch Legal Review (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars), Legal Risk Visualization (zh-xx/legal-assistant-skills, 174 stars), Contract Renewal Tracker (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars) and Deep Risk Analysis (zubair-trabzada/ai-legal-claude, 1.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Layoff Announcement?
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.