Agent skill

Localization Brief

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Plan the localization of a product/content for a new market — beyond translating the words.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Localization Brief

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill localization-brief -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills localization-brief --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/localization-brief .claude/skills/localization-brief && 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
localization-brief
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
462 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Plan the localization of a product/content for a new market — beyond translating the words.

  • Asked to localize a product
  • SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Output Format, Quality Checks and Anti-Patterns, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Plan market entry localization

What it does

Localization Brief is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Plan the localization of a product/content for a new market — beyond translating the words. Use when asked to localize a product, plan market entry localization, prepare a localization brief, or figure out what to adapt for a new region. Produces a brief — target locales, what to translate vs. adapt vs. rebuild (UI, content, formats, imagery, payments, legal), priorities, and the risks/cultural pitfalls.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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 Frontend & Design, covering Internationalization and Translation. 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 localize a product
  • Plan market entry localization
  • Prepare a localization brief
  • Figure out what to adapt for a new region

Example prompts

  • “/localization-brief”

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

Localization Brief loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 107 tokens; SKILL.md has 462 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~107
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

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). 462 words, ~1,005 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/localization-brief/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
localization-brief
description
Plan the localization of a product/content for a new market — beyond translating the words. Use when asked to localize a product, plan market entry localization, prepare a localization brief, or figure out what to adapt for a new region. Produces a brief — target locales, what to translate vs. adapt vs. rebuild (UI, content, formats, imagery, payments, legal), priorities, and the risks/cultural pitfalls.

Localization Brief Skill

Localization is not translation — it's making a product feel native in a market, which touches formats, imagery, payment methods, legal norms, and cultural expectations far beyond the strings. This skill plans it: what to translate, what to adapt, what to rebuild for the locale, in priority order, with the cultural and regulatory pitfalls that sink naïve "just translate the UI" launches.

Required Inputs

Ask for these only if they aren't already provided:

  • The product/content and the target locale(s) (language + region — fr-FR vs fr-CA matters).
  • What it is — SaaS UI, marketing site, app, docs, campaign — sets what needs adapting.
  • Goal & depth — testing a market (light) vs. full local presence (deep).
  • Known constraints — budget, what's already internationalized (i18n-ready or not).

Output Format

Localization Brief: [product] → [locale(s)]

1. Scope per locale — language + region, and the depth (translate-only vs. full localization).

2. Translate / Adapt / Rebuild — the core matrix; what each element needs:

AreaActionNotes
UI stringstranslateregister, length expansion (DE ~+30%)
Dates/numbers/currencyadaptformats, separators, currency + display
Imagery / examplesadaptculturally appropriate people, scenarios, names
Paymentsrebuildlocal methods (e.g. Alipay/WeChat in CN, iDEAL in NL)
Legal / privacyadaptlocal consent, terms, data residency
Content / SEOadaptlocal keywords, not translated ones
Tone / formalityadaptformality norms, humour that travels

3. Priorities — what to do first for the goal (often: UI + payments + legal for a real launch; UI + a landing page for a market test). Sequence by impact.

4. Cultural & regulatory pitfalls — the specific traps for this market: colour/symbol connotations, name/address/phone formats, RTL if relevant, regulated claims, censorship/hosting requirements. The stuff that embarrasses or blocks a launch.

5. Process & QA — who translates (native + in-market review), how strings are managed (don't hard-code), and pseudo-localization / in-context QA before launch.

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Quality Checks

  • Distinguishes translate vs. adapt vs. rebuild per element — not "translate everything"
  • Covers formats, imagery, payments, legal, and SEO — not just UI strings
  • Region (not just language) is specified where it changes things
  • Priorities are sequenced to the goal (market test vs. full launch)
  • Names the specific cultural/regulatory pitfalls for this market
  • Includes native + in-market review in the QA plan

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not equate localization with translation — payments, legal, formats, and imagery decide whether it feels native
  • Do not ignore region — fr-FR ≠ fr-CA, es-ES ≠ es-MX; the variant changes copy, formats, and norms
  • Do not localize SEO by translating keywords — research how locals actually search
  • Do not skip local payment methods — the best-localized UI converts nothing if they can't pay how they pay
  • Do not launch without in-market native review — machine/relay translation misses the embarrassing stuff

Based On

Localization / internationalization practice — the translate/adapt/rebuild model, locale formats, market-specific payments & legal, in-country QA.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Localize a product."
  • "Plan market entry localization."
  • "Prepare a localization brief."
  • "Figure out what to adapt for a new region."

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/localization-brief of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Localization Brief next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Translation ReviewDevolutions/UniGetUI26k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Localization Brief

What does Localization Brief do?

Plan the localization of a product/content for a new market — beyond translating the words. Localization Brief is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Plan the localization of a product/content for a new market — beyond translating the words.

When should I use Localization Brief?

Localization Brief fits situations like: asked to localize a product; plan market entry localization; prepare a localization brief; figure out what to adapt for a new region.

How do I install Localization Brief in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Localization Brief in Codex?

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

Can I use Localization Brief 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 localization-brief -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/localization-brief, .gemini/skills/localization-brief, .github/skills/localization-brief and .opencode/skills/localization-brief in your project.

What does Localization Brief need to run?

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

Does Localization Brief 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 Localization Brief 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 Localization Brief use?

Localization Brief 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 Localization Brief use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Localization Brief?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Localization Brief: Chatbox i18n Translator (chatboxai/chatbox, 42k stars), Internationalization Workflow with i18n (iOfficeAI/AionUi, 33k stars), Enforce Rules For I18n (moeru-ai/airi, 50k stars) and Claude Desktop Chinese Localization (javaht/claude-desktop-zh-cn, 7.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Localization Brief?

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.