What do I need to use Customer Escalation Brief?

Account name; CSM name; Nature of the escalation; Timeline; Customer contact; What the customer wants; What we believe the root cause is; What has already been done; Renewal date.

Is Customer Escalation Brief 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.

Customer Escalation Brief

Q: How do I know the Customer Escalation Brief output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Root cause is specific — not "communication breakdown" or "product gap" without detail; Customer's position is stated fairly — not minimised or dismissed; A clear decision is requested from the escalation owner — brief does not end with "what do you think?"; ARR at risk is quantified.

🟢 Production-Ready 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-cs

Write a structured escalation brief for an at-risk customer account. Use when an account has escalated, when a customer is threatening churn, when a P1 customer issue needs executive attention, or when preparing an internal save play. Produces a crisp escalation brief with account context, timeline, root cause, business impact, and a clear resolution plan.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft ⬇ Add to Claude (works in Duet) 📱 Use as an app View SKILL.md ↗ What changed

🗣 Say this to your agent

“This account is threatening to churn.”“Write an escalation brief for this customer.”“A P1 issue needs executive attention.”“Prepare an internal save play.”“Run this skill in your browser: https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/skill/cs-escalation-brief.html”

What to give it

▸Account name — , tier, and ARR

▸CSM name — and account owner

▸Nature of the escalation — what happened, what the customer is saying

▸Timeline — of events leading to escalation

▸Customer contact — who escalated (name, role, influence level)

▸What the customer wants — their stated ask

▸What we believe the root cause is

▸What has already been done — to address the situation

▸Renewal date — and current renewal risk assessment

✅ 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.

✓Root cause is specific — not "communication breakdown" or "product gap" without detail

✓Customer's position is stated fairly — not minimised or dismissed

✓A clear decision is requested from the escalation owner — brief does not end with "what do you think?"

✓ARR at risk is quantified

✓Communication plan has owners and dates — not "TBD"

✓Language is professional and blameless toward individuals

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not assign blame to individuals — focus on system failures and process gaps

Do not downplay ARR at risk or describe churn risk vaguely without a number

Do not leave resolution plan ownership as "TBD" or unassigned

Do not write the brief without a clear ask from the escalation owner

Do not omit the customer's own stated position — their perspective must be represented fairly

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 -p pm-claude-skills pm-claude-skills-mcp

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