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.
npx skills add cnfeat/top-pm-skills --skill finding-mentors-sponsorsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cnfeat/top-pm-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/finding-mentors-sponsors)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/finding-mentors-sponsors"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/finding-mentors-sponsors/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/finding-mentors-sponsors"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/finding-mentors-sponsors.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00058 | $0.01333 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00029 | $0.00666 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00012 | $0.00267 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00133 |
Grade A, and why
finding-mentors-sponsors 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 12d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Finding Mentors & Sponsors
Help the user build meaningful mentor and sponsor relationships using approaches from 19 product leaders.
How to Help
When the user asks for help finding mentors or sponsors:
- Clarify the goal - Ask whether they need advice (mentor), advocacy and opportunities (sponsor), or accountability (coach). These are different relationships with different approaches
- Identify potential candidates - Help them think about who is 2-3 years ahead on their desired path, who has solved their specific problem before, or who has organizational influence
- Design the approach - Guide them toward small, specific asks rather than formal "will you be my mentor" requests
- Build the relationship - Coach them on following up with results, offering reciprocal value, and maintaining the connection over time
Core Principles
Sponsors matter more than mentors for career acceleration
Christopher Miller: "Mentors are great... but I would actually describe those folks as being sponsors and advocates, people who were willing to put up capital, whether that's professional, social capital to bet on you." Differentiate between advice-givers (mentors) and opportunity-creators (sponsors). Build trust with potential sponsors by being coachable and delivering results on their behalf.
Never formally ask someone to be your mentor
Gibson Biddle: "Don't ask a person to be your mentor. That's really awkward. First, identify them... then find ways to be helpful. Everybody needs help." Build mentorship relationships organically by offering value first rather than making a formal request.
Start with the smallest possible ask
Jules Walter: "Make the smallest ask possible... 'Is there an example of product that you think was created with this approach?' Something he could answer in literally two minutes via email." Secure high-level mentors by starting with tiny, specific requests that require minimal effort, then build the relationship through follow-ups that show you applied their advice.
What ships with it
1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 12d ago First seen · 81 lines · 58 tokens per session scan A 20ef539f412d
finding-mentors-sponsors is a skill published in the GitHub repository cnfeat/top-pm-skills (48 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 58 tokens to every session and 1,333 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. 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.
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