Gaps
anthropics/claude-for-legal
Open gaps tracker — what's flagged and not yet closed. An agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal.
Help users master professional writing to bridge gaps between stakeholders, scale their leadership influence, and ensure organizational clarity through structured narratives and async-first norms.
MITAuto-check passed
Install Written Communication
$ npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-communication -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills written-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/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/written-communication .claude/skills/written-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 "written-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/written-communication into .claude/skills/written-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "written-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/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/written-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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-communication -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills written-communication --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/written-communication .agents/skills/written-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 "written-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/written-communication into .agents/skills/written-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "written-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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-communication -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills written-communication --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/written-communication .cursor/skills/written-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 "written-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/written-communication into .cursor/skills/written-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "written-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/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git --path skills/written-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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-communication -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install RefoundAI/lenny-skills written-communication --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/written-communication .gemini/skills/written-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 "written-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/written-communication into .gemini/skills/written-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "written-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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills written-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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-communication -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/written-communication .github/skills/written-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 "written-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/written-communication into .github/skills/written-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "written-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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills written-communication --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/written-communication .opencode/skills/written-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 "written-communication" agent skill from https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/written-communication into .opencode/skills/written-communication/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "written-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
written-communication- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 884 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 76
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Help users master professional writing to bridge gaps between stakeholders, scale their leadership influence, and ensure organizational clarity through structured narratives and async-first norms.
- Works in 4 steps: Framework application - Guide the user… → Narrative sharpening - Help the user… → Tone and conciseness - Review drafts to… → …
- SKILL.md covers How to Help, Core Principles, Templates & Frameworks and Questions to Help Users, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Written Communication is an agent skill from RefoundAI/lenny-skills. Help users master professional writing to bridge gaps between stakeholders, scale their leadership influence, and ensure organizational clarity through structured narratives and async-first norms.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/artifacts.md` and `references/guest-insights.md`).
The repository describes itself as: 86 product management skills from Lenny's Podcast for Claude Code and AI agents. Hiring, user research, strategy, shipping, and more. The licence is MIT.
Example prompts
- “/written-communication”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Framework application - Guide the user in applying the SCR or Minto Pyramid frameworks to their current draft.
- Narrative sharpening - Help the user identify and lead with their primary conclusion to ensure executive clarity.
- Tone and conciseness - Review drafts to remove fluff, strengthen logic, and adapt the tone for the intended audience.
- Process design - Assist in establishing async communication norms or structured feedback loops for the team.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 13598cc. 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
Written Communication loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 884 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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills at commit 13598cc, republished under its MIT licence (© RefoundAI). 884 words, ~1,576 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/written-communication/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- written-communication
- description
- Help users master professional writing to bridge gaps between stakeholders, scale their leadership influence, and ensure organizational clarity through structured narratives and async-first norms.
Written Communication for Leaders
Scale your influence and drive alignment through structured, clear, and persuasive writing.
Help the user with written communication for leaders using insights from 12 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.
How to Help
- Framework application - Guide the user in applying the SCR or Minto Pyramid frameworks to their current draft.
- Narrative sharpening - Help the user identify and lead with their primary conclusion to ensure executive clarity.
- Tone and conciseness - Review drafts to remove fluff, strengthen logic, and adapt the tone for the intended audience.
- Process design - Assist in establishing async communication norms or structured feedback loops for the team.
Core Principles
Write for Personal Mastery
Julian Shapiro: "They're forcing functions for me to hold myself accountable and to be thorough when learning something for my own benefit. That's all they are. Basically if I want to go learn growth or writing well or some other topic, I will go ahead and do a ton of research, read everything I can get my hands on, do a ton of experimentation to try to build a set of novel insights that you couldn't find from other people's research hopefully, and then the next stage is try to make it as concise and actionable as possible so that I can reference it for my own selfish benefit."
Use writing as a selfish tool for your own learning to ensure the resulting work is thorough and high quality.
Scale Influence via Documentation
Kevin Yien: "writing is clarity at scale, and a key component to a PM's job is creating clarity both i"
Effective writing is a primary tool for maintaining clarity and alignment across an entire organization simultaneously.
Standardize Narrative Frameworks
From "The Minto Pyramid Principle and the SCR Framework": "If you simplify this further, there are three parts to every narrative: Situation, Complication, Resolution. 1. Situation: What is the state of affairs today. Facts, data, and unambiguous background. 2. Complication: What has changed that requires action. What is the problem? 3. Resolution: What we need to do to resolve this complication."
Structure business communications around a Situation, Complication, and Resolution to provide necessary context before proposing solutions.
Establish Shared Situations
From "Essential reading for product builders—part 2": "The best executive communication starts with the state of affairs. It’s fact-based, unambiguous. It’s totally not controversial. No matter what side of an issue or a hard choice you’re on, you should be able to read the situation and go, ‘That pretty much sums it up.’"
Achieve executive level clarity by starting with a non-controversial set of facts that everyone can agree on before introducing complications.
Show full SKILL.md (444 more words)Show less
Templates & Frameworks
- SCR (Situation-Complication-Resolution) Framework (The Minto Pyramid Principle and the SCR Framework) - A narrative structure for business communication derived from the universal story arc. Provides context before the recommendation to avoid being too abrupt. Als
- The Minto Pyramid Principle (The Minto Pyramid Principle and the SCR Framework) - A communication framework developed by Barbara Minto at McKinsey for structuring persuasive business arguments. Instead of building up from data to conclusions
- 6-Part Ask Template (On asking for help (even when you really don’t want to)) - A structured template for making effective help requests in professional contexts. Can be adapted based on relationship strength, goal overlap, and recipient ex
- Writing Quality Improvement Checklist (500,000) - Actionable steps for improving newsletter writing quality based on Lenny's experience and three recommended books
- The Executive Editor GPT (How to become a supermanager with AI) - A custom GPT that grades written communications (emails, decks, Slack messages) on structure, clarity, level of detail, and tone, and provides actionable improv
- TLDR + Context Message Structure (Wes Kao) - A format for written business communication that puts the most important point at the top followed by optional context below
- Using AI as a Writing/Editing Partner (Seth Godin) - Seth's specific process for using Claude as an editorial assistant while maintaining authorial voice.
- Combined SCR + Minto Pyramid Framework (The Minto Pyramid Principle and the SCR Framework) - The integration of both frameworks: SCR provides the narrative wrapper, and the Minto Pyramid structures the Resolution section specifically.
See references/artifacts.md for the full list with details.
Questions to Help Users
- "Who is the primary audience for this document, and what is the one thing you need them to do after reading?"
- "What is the shared, non-controversial Situation that everyone involved can agree on?"
- "If you had to put your main recommendation in the first sentence, what would it say?"
- "What are the specific areas where you need critical feedback versus just general awareness?"
- "Which supporting data or facts might be missing that would strengthen your Resolution?"
- "How can we transition this update from a synchronous meeting to an asynchronous document?"
Common Mistakes to Flag
- Leading with the discovery process - Busy stakeholders care about the conclusion first and the discovery process second.
- Burying the ask - Unclear requests create friction and delay the help or decisions you need to move forward.
- Ignoring the Situation - Proposing solutions without shared context leads to misalignment and unnecessary debate over the problem itself.
- Over-reliance on AI generation - Using AI without a strict planning phase results in generic content that lacks your unique perspective and authority.
Deep Dive
For all 13 sourced insights from 12 guests, see references/guest-insights.md
Related Skills
- Product Reviews
- Executive Communication
- Managing Up
- Running Meetings
© RefoundAI, 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 (references) in skills/written-communication of RefoundAI/lenny-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/artifacts.md
- references/guest-insights.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 13598cc
Compare with similar skills
Written Communication 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Communication this skillRefoundAI/lenny-skills | 1.4k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Gapsanthropics/claude-for-legal | 9.6k | 2 repos | ~229 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| How To Communicatedatabasus/databasus | 8.8k | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Music Masterruvnet/ruflo | 74k | — | ~270 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Memory Bridgeruvnet/ruflo | 74k | — | ~601 | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Twilio Communicationssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~453 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
Similar skills
- Official
How To Communicate
databasus/databasus
Communicate clearly in every response, progress update and agent-authored document.
Music Master
ruvnet/ruflo
Run a mastering pass (LUFS loudness normalization + peak limiting) on an existing production
Memory Bridge
ruvnet/ruflo
Bridge Claude Code auto-memory into AgentDB with ONNX embeddings, deduplicate, and enable unified cross-project search
Twilio Communications
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Build communication features with Twilio: SMS messaging, voice calls, WhatsApp Business API, and user verification (2FA).
Internal Communication
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Internal communication log: title, type, date, department, host and attendees, agenda, action items, follow-up date, meeting link and delivery status.
More from RefoundAI/lenny-skills
All 76 skills in this repoCustomer Interviews
RefoundAI/lenny-skills
Help users conduct high-impact customer interviews that move beyond surface-level feature requests to identify root emotional frustrations and specific causal triggers.
Time Energy Management
RefoundAI/lenny-skills
Help users master their personal output by shifting from reactive scheduling to intentional energy management, internal trigger mastery, and proactive boundary setting.
User Onboarding Activation
RefoundAI/lenny-skills
Help users reach their first moment of core value by optimizing the first-run experience, removing friction, and aligning product design with psychological triggers.
Acquisition Channels
RefoundAI/lenny-skills
Help users identify unique distribution advantages and master the lifecycle of acquisition channels to build a sustainable engine for growth and retention.
AI Assisted Prototyping
RefoundAI/lenny-skills
Help users build functional product prototypes from natural language or visual mocks using AI coding tools.
AI Evals
RefoundAI/lenny-skills
Help users build robust infrastructure for measuring, monitoring, and iterating on AI product performance using human, code-based, and LLM-as-a-judge methodologies.
Questions about Written Communication
What does Written Communication do?
Help users master professional writing to bridge gaps between stakeholders, scale their leadership influence, and ensure organizational clarity through structured narratives and async-first norms. Written Communication is an agent skill from RefoundAI/lenny-skills. Help users master professional writing to bridge gaps between stakeholders, scale their leadership influence, and ensure organizational clarity through structured narratives and async-first norms.
How do I install Written Communication in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-communication -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/written-communication in RefoundAI/lenny-skills) into .claude/skills/written-communication in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Written Communication in Codex?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-communication -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/written-communication in RefoundAI/lenny-skills) into .agents/skills/written-communication in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Written Communication 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 RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill written-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/written-communication, .gemini/skills/written-communication, .github/skills/written-communication and .opencode/skills/written-communication in your project.
What does Written Communication need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Written Communication is instructions for the agent only.
Does Written Communication 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 Written Communication 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 Written Communication use?
Written Communication 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 Written Communication use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 12k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Written Communication?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Written Communication: Gaps (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars), How To Communicate (databasus/databasus, 8.8k stars), Music Master (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars) and Memory Bridge (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Written Communication?
RefoundAI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in RefoundAI/lenny-skills, which has 1,381 GitHub stars. The repository holds 76 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 16, 2026.
Source: RefoundAI/lenny-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.