Getting it into your agent
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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 | $0.00019 | $0.02329 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00010 | $0.01164 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00004 | $0.00466 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00002 | $0.00233 |
Grade A, and why
coaching-techniques 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 6d 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 — 328 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Skill: Coaching Techniques
GROW model, active listening, developmental feedback, and team growth approaches.
Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill ID | coaching-techniques |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Category | Leadership |
| Difficulty | Intermediate |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Related Skills | stakeholder-management, frustration-recognition |
Overview
Coaching develops people's capability rather than directing their actions. Effective coaching unlocks potential, builds ownership, and creates sustainable performance improvement.
Coaching vs. Other Approaches
| Approach | When to Use | Leader's Role |
|---|---|---|
| Telling | Crisis, safety, no time | Expert, director |
| Teaching | Skill gap, new domain | Instructor |
| Mentoring | Career development | Sharing experience |
| Coaching | Capability exists, needs unlocking | Partner, facilitator |
The Core Principle
Ask, don't tell. The coachee holds the answers; your job is to help them find those answers.
Module 1: The GROW Model
Framework Overview
| Phase | Purpose | Key Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Clarify desired outcome | "What do you want to achieve?" |
| Reality | Explore current situation | "Where are you now?" |
| Options | Generate possibilities | "What could you do?" |
| Will | Commit to action | "What will you do?" |
Goal Phase Questions
- "What would you like to focus on today?"
- "What outcome do you want from this conversation?"
- "How will you know you've achieved it?"
- "Why is this important to you now?"
- "What would success look like?"
Reality Phase Questions
- "What's happening currently?"
- "What have you tried so far?"
- "What's working? What isn't?"
- "What obstacles are in the way?"
- "On a scale of 1-10, where are you now?"
- "What resources do you already have?"
Options Phase Questions
- "What options do you see?"
- "What else could you do?"
- "If you had unlimited resources, what would you try?"
- "What would you advise a friend in this situation?"
- "What's the opposite approach?"
- "Which options appeal to you most?"
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.
- 6d ago First seen · 328 lines · 19 tokens per session scan A cb2ab7401db5
coaching-techniques is a skill published in the GitHub repository fabioc-aloha/Alex_Skill_Mall (4 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 19 tokens to every session and 2,329 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-09-03.
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