What do I need to use Giving Feedback?

What happened; The impact; Type; The relationship & context.

Is Giving Feedback 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.

Giving Feedback

Q: How do I know the Giving Feedback output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Built on situation–behaviour–impact, with each part concrete; Behaviour is observable, separated from judgement of character; The requested change (or the keep-doing) is explicit and actionable; It opens in a way that lowers defensiveness.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-06-27 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-comms

Turn a vague concern into specific, kind, actionable feedback. Use when asked to give feedback, write a feedback note, prepare to tell someone something hard about their work, or coach a report/peer. Produces ready-to-deliver feedback structured on situation–behaviour–impact, separating observation from judgement, with the change requested and an opening line — calibrated to praise or constructive.

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

What to give it

▸What happened — the specific situation and the observable behaviour (not your conclusion about them).

▸The impact — what it caused (for the work, the team, the customer, you).

▸Type — reinforcing (praise worth repeating) or constructive (change needed). Both deserve specificity.

▸The relationship & context — report, peer, manager; and any relevant history.

✅ 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.

✓Built on situation–behaviour–impact, with each part concrete

✓Behaviour is observable, separated from judgement of character

✓The requested change (or the keep-doing) is explicit and actionable

✓It opens in a way that lowers defensiveness

✓It invites the other person's perspective — a dialogue, not a verdict

✓Praise is as specific as criticism (vague praise doesn't reinforce)

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not judge character ("you're disorganised") — describe behaviour ("the doc was missing the dates")

Do not use the feedback sandwich — burying the point in praise muddles both; be direct and kind

Do not be vague ("be more strategic") — if they can't picture the change, it's not feedback

Do not save it for the review — feedback works when it's timely and low-stakes, not stockpiled

Do not make praise generic ("great job!") — specific praise is what gets the behaviour repeated

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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Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

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