What do I need to use Support a Friend in Crisis?

What they're facing; Your relationship; What's worrying you; What you've done so far; Any risk signs.

Is Support a Friend in Crisis 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.

Support a Friend in Crisis

Q: How do I know the Support a Friend in Crisis output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Gives simple genuine words and names the clichés to avoid; Emphasizes presence/listening over fixing; Offers concrete, low-burden help instead of "let me know"; Includes showing up over time, not just the first week.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-06 🔷 SkillSpec L3 other

Show up well for someone going through something hard — loss, illness, a breakup, a crisis — with the right words, the right presence, and concrete help, instead of freezing or saying the wrong thing. Use when asked how do I support a friend going through, what do I say to someone who's struggling, my friend is in crisis, or how can I help someone grieving. Produces what to actually say (and the clichés to avoid), how to be present rather than fix, specific concrete help to offer, how to keep showing up over time, and how to look after yourself — with a clear flag to steer them to professional/crisis help when it's beyond a friend.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“My friend's parent just died — what do I say and how do I help?”“How do I support someone going through a divorce?”“A friend is really struggling and I don't know how to be there.”“What do I say to someone with a serious illness?”“My friend is in crisis — how can I actually help?”

What to give it

▸What they're facing — the crisis (loss, illness, breakup, job loss, mental health)

▸Your relationship — how close, and how they tend to cope

▸What's worrying you — saying the wrong thing, not knowing how to help, or concern for their safety

▸What you've done so far — and how they've responded

▸Any risk signs — anything suggesting they need professional/crisis support

✅ 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.

✓Gives simple genuine words and names the clichés to avoid

✓Emphasizes presence/listening over fixing

✓Offers concrete, low-burden help instead of "let me know"

✓Includes showing up over time, not just the first week

✓Addresses the supporter looking after themselves

✓Clearly flags when to steer to professional/crisis help

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Silver-lining clichés** and "at least..."

**Rushing to fix** instead of being present.

**Vague "let me know if you need anything."**

**Disappearing after the first week.**

**Trying to be their therapist** when they need a professional.

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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