Agent skill

Public Speaking Prep

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Prepare for a specific talk, presentation, or speech — a clear structure, a strong open and close, delivery and nerves handling, and a rehearsal plan — so you land it.

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Install Public Speaking Prep

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill public-speaking-prep -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills public-speaking-prep --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/public-speaking-prep .claude/skills/public-speaking-prep && 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
public-speaking-prep
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
578 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Prepare for a specific talk, presentation, or speech — a clear structure, a strong open and close, delivery and nerves handling, and a rehearsal plan — so you land it.

  • Works in 7 steps: Nail the one message. Decide the single… → Structure for the listener. A simple,… → Engineer the open and close. Open with… → …
  • Asked to help me prepare a talk/presentation/speech
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Message First, Then… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Public Speaking Prep is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Prepare for a specific talk, presentation, or speech — a clear structure, a strong open and close, delivery and nerves handling, and a rehearsal plan — so you land it. Use when asked to help me prepare a talk/presentation/speech, prep for public speaking, I have to give a presentation, or calm my speaking nerves. Produces a message-first structure built on your core point and audience, a memorable opening and closing, delivery guidance (pace, pauses, notes vs script), a nerves-management plan, a rehearsal…

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 to help me prepare a talk/presentation/speech
  • Prep for public speaking
  • I have to give a presentation
  • Calm my speaking nerves

Example prompts

  • “/public-speaking-prep”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Nail the one message. Decide the single thing the audience should remember, and build everything to serve it — clarity beats cramming.
  2. Structure for the listener. A simple, followable arc (tell them where you're going, make your points with support, land it) — audiences…
  3. Engineer the open and close. Open with something that earns attention (a question, story, or stakes) and close with a clear, memorable…
  4. Deliver like a human. Pace with pauses, emphasis, and natural phrasing; speak from notes/bullets rather than reading a script; keep slides…
  5. Manage the nerves. Preparation reduces them most; add practical techniques (breathing, reframing, a strong start memorized) for the moment.
  6. Rehearse for real. Practice out loud and timed — to a person or recorded — not silently in your head; refine from what you notice.
  7. Prep Q&A. Anticipate likely questions and have a graceful way to handle ones you can't answer.

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

Public Speaking Prep loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 150 tokens; SKILL.md has 578 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~150
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). 578 words, ~1,172 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/public-speaking-prep/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
public-speaking-prep
description
Prepare for a specific talk, presentation, or speech — a clear structure, a strong open and close, delivery and nerves handling, and a rehearsal plan — so you land it. Use when asked to help me prepare a talk/presentation/speech, prep for public speaking, I have to give a presentation, or calm my speaking nerves. Produces a message-first structure built on your core point and audience, a memorable opening and closing, delivery guidance (pace, pauses, notes vs script), a nerves-management plan, a rehearsal approach, and Q&A prep — tuned to the occasion and your experience.

Public-Speaking Prep

A good talk isn't about being a naturally gifted speaker — it's preparation: a clear core message, a structure the audience can follow, a strong open and close, and enough rehearsal that nerves have less room. This preps your specific talk end to end, from what you're actually trying to say to handling the shaky-hands moment before you start.

What This Skill Produces

  • A message-first structure — your one core point and the few supporting ideas, shaped for this audience (not a data dump)
  • A strong open and close — an opening that earns attention and a closing that lands the message (the two most-remembered parts)
  • Delivery guidance — pace, pauses, emphasis, and whether to speak from notes, bullets, or (rarely) a script
  • A nerves plan — practical techniques to manage anxiety before and during
  • A rehearsal approach — how to practice effectively (out loud, timed, ideally recorded or to a person)
  • Q&A prep — anticipating questions and handling the ones you can't answer
  • Slides/visual notes — if relevant, keeping them supportive, not a script on a wall

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The talk — topic, purpose (inform/persuade/inspire), and length
  • The audience — who they are, what they know, and what they care about
  • The setting — formal/informal, in-person/virtual, slides or not, Q&A
  • Your experience & nerves — comfort level and where you struggle
  • Constraints — time to prepare, any content that's fixed

Framework: Message First, Then Deliver

  1. Nail the one message. Decide the single thing the audience should remember, and build everything to serve it — clarity beats cramming.
  2. Structure for the listener. A simple, followable arc (tell them where you're going, make your points with support, land it) — audiences can't re-read a talk.
  3. Engineer the open and close. Open with something that earns attention (a question, story, or stakes) and close with a clear, memorable takeaway — these stick most.
  4. Deliver like a human. Pace with pauses, emphasis, and natural phrasing; speak from notes/bullets rather than reading a script; keep slides supportive.
  5. Manage the nerves. Preparation reduces them most; add practical techniques (breathing, reframing, a strong start memorized) for the moment.
  6. Rehearse for real. Practice out loud and timed — to a person or recorded — not silently in your head; refine from what you notice.
  7. Prep Q&A. Anticipate likely questions and have a graceful way to handle ones you can't answer.
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Output Format

Talk prep: [topic/purpose] · [audience] · [length] · [setting]

Core message: [the one thing they should remember]. Structure: open → [point 1 · 2 · 3 with support] → close. Open: [attention-earning hook]. Close: [memorable takeaway]. Delivery: [pace/pauses · notes vs script · slides supportive]. Nerves: [prep + in-the-moment techniques]. Rehearse: [out loud, timed, to a person/recorded]. Q&A: [likely questions + handling the unknown ones].

Quality Checks

  • Built around one clear core message for the audience
  • Has a followable structure
  • Includes a strong, specific open and close
  • Gives concrete delivery guidance (notes over script, pacing)
  • Includes a practical nerves-management plan
  • Includes an effective rehearsal approach and Q&A prep

Anti-Patterns

  • A data dump with no core message.
  • Reading a script word-for-word.
  • Weak open/close — burying the memorable moments.
  • Slides as the script — walls of text read aloud.
  • "I'll wing it" — no real, out-loud rehearsal.
  • Ignoring Q&A until caught out.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "I have to give a 10-minute presentation at work — help me prepare."
  • "Help me prep a best-man speech / a conference talk."
  • "How do I structure a persuasive presentation?"
  • "I get terrible nerves speaking — help me manage them for a talk."
  • "Prepare me for the Q&A after my presentation."

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/public-speaking-prep of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Public Speaking Prep

What does Public Speaking Prep do?

Prepare for a specific talk, presentation, or speech — a clear structure, a strong open and close, delivery and nerves handling, and a rehearsal plan — so you land it. Public Speaking Prep is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Prepare for a specific talk, presentation, or speech — a clear structure, a strong open and close, delivery and nerves handling, and a rehearsal plan — so you land it.

When should I use Public Speaking Prep?

Public Speaking Prep fits situations like: asked to help me prepare a talk/presentation/speech; prep for public speaking; I have to give a presentation; calm my speaking nerves.

How do I install Public Speaking Prep in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Public Speaking Prep in Codex?

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

Can I use Public Speaking Prep 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 public-speaking-prep -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/public-speaking-prep, .gemini/skills/public-speaking-prep, .github/skills/public-speaking-prep and .opencode/skills/public-speaking-prep in your project.

What does Public Speaking Prep need to run?

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

Does Public Speaking Prep 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 Public Speaking Prep 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 Public Speaking Prep use?

Public Speaking Prep 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 Public Speaking Prep 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.

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Who maintains Public Speaking Prep?

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.