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Debt-Collector Scripts

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-18 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-hardship

Handle debt collectors without getting bullied or tricked — what to say, what never to say, and the rights that protect you from harassment and illegal tactics. Use when asked how do I deal with debt collectors, a collector keeps calling, can they do this, or how to respond to a collection notice. Produces ready scripts (request written validation, dispute, cease-contact, set boundaries), the phrases that accidentally restart the clock or admit the debt (and to avoid them), your rights under fair-debt-collection rules (harassment limits, validation, what's illegal), how to check the debt is real and yours, and safe next options — so you deal from a position of rights, not fear. Not legal advice; points to consumer-protection agencies and legal aid.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“A debt collector keeps calling me — what do I say?”“How do I make debt collectors stop harassing me?”“Can they legally do this? What are my rights?”“I got a collection notice — how do I respond?”“How do I dispute a debt I don't think is mine?”

What to give it

The situation — calls, letters, a lawsuit threat; how old the debt is
The debt — do you recognize it, is the amount right, roughly when it's from
Your goal — stop contact, dispute, verify, or arrange to pay what's truly owed
Where — region (fair-debt rules and time limits vary)

✅ 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.

Leads with written validation before any payment/promise
Flags the phrases that admit a debt or restart the clock
States harassment limits and illegal tactics
Includes the statute-of-limitations / time-barred check
Insists on a paper trail; routes lawsuits to legal aid

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Paying to make it stop** before validating the debt.
**Admitting or promising** on a pressure call.
**Reviving a time-barred debt** by acknowledging it.
**Handling it all by phone** with no written record.
**Ignoring a lawsuit** instead of getting legal help.

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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