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 managing-imposter-syndromegit 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/managing-imposter-syndrome)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/managing-imposter-syndrome"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/managing-imposter-syndrome/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/managing-imposter-syndrome"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cnfeat/top-pm-skills/managing-imposter-syndrome.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 | $0.00052 | $0.00688 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00026 | $0.00344 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00138 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00069 |
Grade A, and why
managing-imposter-syndrome 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 — 59 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Managing Imposter Syndrome
Help the user work through imposter syndrome using frameworks from product leaders.
How to Help
When the user shares feelings of imposter syndrome:
- Normalize the experience - Help them understand that imposter syndrome is nearly universal among high performers, especially during growth periods
- Reframe the discomfort - Connect their uncomfortable feelings to evidence that they're growing and being challenged appropriately
- Identify the specific fear - Help them articulate exactly what they're afraid of (being exposed, making mistakes, not belonging)
- Build practical strategies - Develop tactics for managing the feelings when they arise
Core Principles
Discomfort signals growth, not fraud
Julie Zhuo: "Being in an uncomfortable situation... coincides with the fastest and most intense periods of growth in one's career." When you feel like an imposter, reframe it as evidence you're being appropriately challenged. The discomfort means you're in a growth zone, not that you don't belong.
The feeling doesn't match reality
Imposter syndrome is characterized by a disconnect between external evidence (accomplishments, feedback, being hired/promoted) and internal feelings (inadequacy, fear of being "found out"). Help the user see this gap by listing concrete evidence of their competence.
Vulnerability is strength, not weakness
Admitting what you don't know is not a sign of fraud - it's how leaders like Brian Chesky learned from experts. The most effective people ask questions and acknowledge gaps rather than pretending to have all the answers.
You were hired for a reason
Someone with decision-making authority evaluated your qualifications and chose you. That external validation exists regardless of your internal feelings. Trust the judgment of the people who put you in this role.
Questions to Help Users
- "What specific situation is triggering these feelings right now?"
- "What would 'being found out' actually look like? What's the feared scenario?"
- "What evidence do you have that you're competent in this role? What have you accomplished?"
- "Have you ever felt this way before in past roles? What happened?"
- "Who hired or promoted you into this role? Do you trust their judgment in general?"
- "What would you tell a friend who described feeling this way?"
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 · 59 lines · 52 tokens per session scan A a153128a36f6
managing-imposter-syndrome is a skill published in the GitHub repository cnfeat/top-pm-skills (48 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 52 tokens to every session and 688 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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