What do I need to use Reference Check Script?

Role; Referee relationship; Reference type.

Is Reference Check Script 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.

Reference Check Script

Q: How do I know the Reference Check Script output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The opener explicitly invites candor (not a box-tick); Questions are open and non-leading — no "they were a great team player, right?"; At least one question forces a concrete example and one comparative ranking; The rehire question is included and its hesitation is scored, not just its answer.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-23 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-recruiting

Run a rigorous candidate reference check that surfaces real signal. Use when asked to prepare or conduct reference calls for a job candidate, design reference questions, or build a reference-check rubric. Produces a structured question set, probing follow-ups, a red/yellow/green scoring rubric, and the legal guardrails — designed to get past 'they were great' without leading the referee.

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

What to give it

▸Role — and level, and the 1–3 things to validate or de-risk (the open questions from interviews)

▸Referee relationship — to the candidate (former manager / peer / report / client)

▸Reference type — candidate-provided or back-channel (changes how candid you probe)

✅ 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.

✓The opener explicitly invites candor (not a box-tick)

✓Questions are open and non-leading — no "they were a great team player, right?"

✓At least one question forces a concrete example and one comparative ranking

✓The rehire question is included and its hesitation is scored, not just its answer

✓The rubric converts what's heard into 🟢🟡🔴 with an overall read

✓Protected-class questions are explicitly excluded; the script is consistent across candidates

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Leading questions that hand the referee the answer

Accepting "they were great" without a follow-up for a specific example

Only calling candidate-selected references (all curated to be positive)

Treating the call as confirmation, not investigation

Asking anything about protected characteristics

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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🔌 Embed this skill

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

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<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

💬 Discussion

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