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Vet Estimate Decoder
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-18
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-decoders
Decode a veterinary treatment estimate — what each line is for, which items are core vs precautionary, and how to have the options conversation nobody offers you. Use when someone asks 'is this vet estimate reasonable', 'decode my vet's treatment plan', 'do we need all these tests', or 'I can't afford this vet bill what are my options'. Produces a line-by-line decode with core/precautionary/comfort triage, the questions that surface the tiered options vets keep in reserve, and the payment and assistance paths.
What to give it
▸The estimate text — every line with prices; ranges included (vet estimates often quote low–high).
▸The situation — the animal, the presenting symptom, and whether this is emergency or scheduled care (emergency pricing and stakes differ; the script changes).
▸The constraint, honestly — the real budget; the options conversation is built around it.
▸Insurance status — covered, and if so, what's known about the policy.
✅ 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 triage label is phrased as a question for the vet, never a medical verdict
✓The staging option appears wherever diagnostics stack
✓The script preserves the vet-as-ally frame throughout
✓Financing options include the deferred-interest warning
✓Emergency vs. scheduled context shapes the urgency framing
✓The disclaimer line appears verbatim in the artifact
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not practice veterinary medicine — no line is called unnecessary; lines get *questions*, the vet gets the medicine
Do not frame the clinic as predatory — estimate-maximalism is mostly liability and love, not greed; the fix is the conversation
Do not let guilt authorize the high end silently — the range exists; engaging with it is responsible ownership
Do not invent assistance-program names or coverage claims — list the *types* and where to search
Do not skip the staged-care question — it's the single highest-value sentence in the room
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-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
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