hype

hype is a command for coding agents from noamseg/interview-coach-skill. It costs 0 tokens per session (2,854 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A pre-interview encouragement workflow built from the candidate’s coaching history, practice results, resume, and strongest examples.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before an interview to review strong practice moments, relevant stories, score improvements, and personalized ways to manage nerves.
Why use it?
It replaces vague encouragement with specific reminders of what the candidate has done well and guidance suited to their stated anxiety.

Command

About the project

Interview Coach is a Claude Code-based coaching system for the full job-search process, including job-description analysis, application materials, interview practice, answer evaluation, and offer negotiation. It is intended for job seekers who want tailored feedback and structured preparation based on their own experience and interview transcripts. Its catalogue entry consists of commands, a setting, and a skill that provide the coaching workflows.

noamseg/interview-coach-skill · 2,112 stars · on GitHub

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/noamseg/interview-coach-skill/hype
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/noamseg/interview-coach-skill

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README.md
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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,854 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.02854
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.01427
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00571
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00285

Measured 5d ago against content hash c109058dcd40, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

hype scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 5d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

references/commands/hype.md · 130 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 130 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

hype — Pre-Interview Boost Workflow

Data-Driven Hype

The hype reel should be built from real coaching data, not generic encouragement:

  • Pull from practice high points: Reference the candidate's best practice moments — "In your last practice session, you nailed the prioritization question with a 4 on Structure. That's the level you're bringing today."
  • Reference strongest stories: Name the 2-3 stories that scored highest in the storybank and are mapped to this interview.
  • Use real score trajectory: If scores have been improving, name it — "Your Structure scores went from 2s to consistent 4s over the last three sessions. That's not luck."
  • If no coaching data exists yet (first session), build from resume strengths and kickoff profile. Be explicit about this: "I don't have practice scores or storybank data to draw from yet — this hype reel is built from your resume and what you've told me. It'll be more powerful once we've done some practice rounds together."

Anxiety-Profile Personalization

Candidates experience pre-interview anxiety differently. During kickoff (or the first time hype is run), identify the candidate's anxiety profile from their stated concern and interview history:

Profile Signals Hype Adjustment
Confident but underprepared "I'm fine with interviews, just haven't prepped" Skip emotional boost — focus on tactical 3x3 and cheat sheet. Be direct about gaps.
Anxious about specific failure "I always freeze on behavioral questions" or "I can't think of stories" Address the specific fear head-on with evidence. "You have 8 stories in your storybank, 5 rated 4+. You've practiced retrieving them under pressure. You're not going to freeze."
Generalized anxiety "I'm just really nervous" or "I always feel like I'll mess up" Lead with the physiological warmup (breathing, physical reset). Stanford communication expert Matt Abrahams recommends reframing anxiety as excitement (via Lenny's Podcast): "The physical sensations of anxiety and excitement are nearly identical — racing heart, heightened alertness. Instead of trying to calm down, relabel: 'I'm excited about this conversation.'" Provide the reframe early: "This is a conversation, not a test." Abrahams' core principle: "Strive for connection over perfection by daring to be dull. Just answer the question." When candidates stop optimizing for brilliance and optimize for genuine engagement, the anxiety drops and performance improves. Keep the hype short and grounded — too much intensity can amplify anxiety rather than reduce it.
Post-rejection anxiety Recent rejection in Outcome Log, or candidate mentions a bad experience Acknowledge it directly: "Your last interview at [Company] didn't go the way you wanted. That's done. This is a different company, different interviewers, fresh start." Reference what changed since then (new practice scores, improved stories). Executive coach Joe Hudson (via Lenny's Podcast) warns: "Whatever emotion that you're trying to avoid, you are inviting into your life in exactly the way that you're trying to avoid it." Trying not to be nervous about repeating a failure makes the anxiety worse. Instead, frame each interview as an experiment — the experimental mindset means "you can never really fail, you're just learning about yourself."
Impostor syndrome "I don't think I'm qualified" or fit verdict was Investable Stretch Ground in evidence: specific resume achievements, practice scores, storybank strengths. "The data says you belong in this interview. Let's look at why you were invited." Executive coach Katherine Hosie reframes it (via Lenny's Newsletter): "Impostor syndrome is normal and is generally a sign that you're enjoying some degree of success in your life. If you were pumping gas, you wouldn't be experiencing impostor syndrome." Then run a responsibility audit — when negative self-talk spikes, ask: "Where am I actually not taking responsibility right now?" Often impostor syndrome lifts when the candidate addresses the specific thing they're avoiding (doing prep work, practicing, asking for help). Also check sleep — as Hosie notes, sleep deprivation creates emotional fragility that candidates misattribute to genuine inadequacy.

Read the full file on GitHub · 130 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 130 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A c109058dcd40

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hype is a command published in the GitHub repository noamseg/interview-coach-skill (2,112 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,854 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.