Set a boundary with someone — a friend, family member, coworker, or partner — clearly and kindly, with the actual words and a plan for the pushback. Use when asked how do I set a boundary with, I need to say no to, someone keeps overstepping, or help me set limits with. Produces a read on the boundary you actually need, a warm-but-firm script to state it (without over-explaining or apologizing it away), how to hold it when they push back or guilt-trip, and what to do if they don't respect it — because a boundary you can't state and hold isn't a boundary.
“How do I set a boundary with my mom about dropping by unannounced?”“I need to tell a friend I can't keep lending money — what do I say?”“A coworker keeps dumping work on me. Help me set a limit.”“How do I say no without feeling guilty?”“Someone keeps overstepping and I don't know how to stop it.”
What to give it
▸The situation — who, and what they're doing that you need to change
▸What you need — the specific limit (time, behavior, topic, availability)
▸The relationship — friend, family, partner, coworker, boss (changes tone and leverage)
▸The dynamic — how they usually react, and whether you've raised it before
▸Your goal — change the behavior while keeping the relationship, or a firmer stance
✅ 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.
✓Turns a vague frustration into a specific, statable boundary
✓Script is warm and firm, without over-explaining or apologizing
✓Includes hold-the-line responses to pushback/guilt
✓Attaches a real consequence with follow-through
✓Tone is calibrated to the specific relationship
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Over-explaining/apologizing** the boundary into nothing.
**Hinting** instead of stating it.
**No plan for the pushback** — folding at the first guilt-trip.
**A boundary with no consequence** — just a suggestion.
**Same tone** for a boss and a parent.
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