What do I need to use Ask for a Raise?

Your contributions; Current pay & market rate; The context; What you want.

Is Ask for a Raise free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Ask for a Raise

Q: How do I know the Ask for a Raise output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The case is framed as value/impact, not effort or need; The ask is a specific number backed by contribution + market rate; Timing and the right decision-maker are addressed; A clear, confident script is provided.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-06 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-wealth

Build and deliver a raise request that actually works — the evidence, the number, the timing, and the exact words — instead of hoping it gets noticed. Use when asked how do I ask for a raise, I deserve more money, prepare me to ask for a raise, or negotiate a pay increase at my job. Produces a value case built on your actual contributions and market rate, a specific target number with justification, the right timing and person, a script for the conversation, and responses to the likely pushbacks — turning 'I want more' into a business case your manager can say yes to.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“How do I ask for a raise? I think I deserve more.”“Prepare me to negotiate a pay increase.”“Help me build a case for a raise and what to say.”“I want to ask for more money — what number and when?”“My manager said 'no budget' last time. How do I approach it now?”

What to give it

▸Your contributions — what you've delivered, especially results and expanded scope since your last raise

▸Current pay & market rate — what you earn and what the role pays (benchmark it if unknown)

▸The context — company/team health, review cycles, your relationship with your manager

▸What you want — a number, and your walk-away/backup if it's no

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓The case is framed as value/impact, not effort or need

✓The ask is a specific number backed by contribution + market rate

✓Timing and the right decision-maker are addressed

✓A clear, confident script is provided

✓Responses to the common pushbacks are included

✓A "get a concrete path" plan exists for a no

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Asking based on need or tenure** ("I've been here 3 years") instead of value.

**A vague ask** with no number.

**Bad timing** (during layoffs, to the wrong person).

**Apologizing** or over-hedging the ask.

**Accepting a vague "maybe later"** with no path.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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