What do I need to use Support the Bereaved?

Who's grieving and who they lost; How close you are; The moment; What you can genuinely offer.

Is Support the Bereaved 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 the Bereaved

Q: How do I know the Support the Bereaved output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Gives words that acknowledge rather than fix, and names the person; Lists the harmful phrases to avoid; Replaces vague availability with a specific, acceptable offer; Plans support beyond week one, including the anniversary.

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

Know what to actually say and do for someone who's grieving — the real help instead of the empty 'let me know if you need anything.' Use when asked what do I say to someone whose parent died, how do I support a grieving friend, what to write in a condolence, or how to help without making it worse. Produces words that land (and the phrases to avoid), specific concrete help to offer instead of vague availability, a condolence message in your voice, guidance on showing up over the long haul (not just week one), and how to support without centering yourself — so your care actually reaches them. Points to grief resources when the person needs more than a friend can give.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“What do I say to my friend whose dad just died?”“How do I actually help someone who's grieving?”“What should I write in a condolence card?”“I want to support her but I'm afraid I'll say the wrong thing.”“How do I keep showing up for him months later?”

What to give it

▸Who's grieving and who they lost — your relationship to them

▸How close you are — which shapes what help is appropriate to offer

▸The moment — just happened / the funeral / weeks or months on

▸What you can genuinely offer — time, food, errands, presence — so offers are real

✅ 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 words that acknowledge rather than fix, and names the person

✓Lists the harmful phrases to avoid

✓Replaces vague availability with a specific, acceptable offer

✓Plans support beyond week one, including the anniversary

✓Keeps focus on the griever; points to more help when needed

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**"Let me know if you need anything"** — offloads the work onto them.

**Silver-lining phrases** that minimize the loss.

**Avoiding the person's name** or the subject entirely.

**Vanishing after week one** when grief is long.

**Centering your own feelings** or losses in their moment.

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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