What do I need to use PIP Writer?

The role & bar; The specific gaps; What's already been tried; Timeline; The goal.

Is PIP Writer 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.

PIP Writer

Q: How do I know the PIP Writer output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Every concern has at least one specific, dated example — no character judgments; Every goal has a number or a binary, verifiable criterion; The support plan names concrete help, not just expectations; The timeline and consequences are stated explicitly.

🔵 Stable 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-people

Write a Performance Improvement Plan a manager can defend and an employee can actually act on — specific concerns, measurable goals, real support, and an honest timeline. Use when asked to write a PIP, put someone on a performance plan, document underperformance, or build a formal improvement plan. Produces the concern statement, the measurable goals with success criteria, the support plan, the check-in cadence, and the consequences — HR/legal-ready. Complements pip-responder (the employee's side).

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“Write a PIP for an engineer missing delivery commitments.”“Put together a 60-day performance improvement plan.”“Help me document underperformance fairly before I talk to HR.”“Draft a formal improvement plan with measurable goals and support.”

What to give it

▸The role & bar — what "meeting expectations" looks like for this level

▸The specific gaps — concrete instances, with dates where possible (an audit trail beats adjectives)

▸What's already been tried — prior feedback, informal or documented

▸Timeline — 30 / 60 / 90 days, and any policy constraints

▸The goal — genuine turnaround vs. documented exit; the plan is honest either way, but the framing differs

✅ 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.

✓Every concern has at least one specific, dated example — no character judgments

✓Every goal has a number or a binary, verifiable criterion

✓The support plan names concrete help, not just expectations

✓The timeline and consequences are stated explicitly

✓A reasonable person at this level could hit these goals with the support offered

✓Flagged for HR/legal review before delivery

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Vague concerns** ("communication," "ownership") with no example — unactionable and indefensible.

**Goals with no measure** — "improve quality" can't be passed or failed.

**A plan with stakes but no support** — reads as manufactured, not corrective.

**Surprise consequences** — the outcome must be foreseeable from day one.

**Documenting an exit while claiming turnaround** — be honest internally about which this is.

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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