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managing-imposter-syndrome

managing-imposter-syndrome is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from liqiongyu/lenny_skills_plus. It costs 28 tokens per session (2,200 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A structured guide for handling imposter syndrome, the feeling that your achievements do not prove you belong or are capable.

In plain words
What is it for?
It maps triggers, builds an evidence record, plans small experiments, and prepares support conversations for work-related self-doubt.
Why use it?
It helps separate self-doubt from actual skill gaps and replace distorted self-assessments with evidence and practical action.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

not rated 53repo +1 5mo ago A scan 28 tokens original Apache-2.0

Good fit It maps triggers, builds an evidence record, plans small experiments, and prepares support conversations for work-related self-doubt.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/liqiongyu/lenny_skills_plus/managing-imposter-syndrome
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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.

Any agent
npx skills add liqiongyu/lenny_skills_plus --skill managing-imposter-syndrome
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/liqiongyu/lenny_skills_plus

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 28 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,200 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00028 $0.02200
Opus 5.5 $0.00011 $0.00880
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00440
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00220

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 7f993598c1e5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

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 2mo 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.

skills/managing-imposter-syndrome/SKILL.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.

Managing Imposter Syndrome

Scope

Covers

  • Identifying your imposter “episodes” (triggers → thoughts → feelings → behaviors) and the costs they create
  • Reframing imposter feelings as a normal signal of growth when you’re stretching (not proof you’re a fraud)
  • Separating confidence gaps (perception) from competence gaps (skills) and choosing the right response
  • Building an evidence bank (“receipts”) to calibrate self-assessment and reduce distorted thinking
  • Designing a short experiment plan to act despite doubt (feedback asks, exposure ladder, small deliveries)
  • Creating a support plan (manager/mentor/peer scripts) and a maintenance routine to prevent relapse

When to use

  • “I feel like a fraud at work even though I’m performing.”
  • “I’m starting a new role / leading a bigger scope and my self-doubt is spiking.”
  • “I avoid visibility (speaking up, shipping, applying) because I’m scared I’ll be exposed.”
  • “I want a structured plan to manage imposter syndrome, not generic reassurance.”

When NOT to use

  • Your real need is a promotion case with evidence and manager alignment — use building-a-promotion-case (this pack manages the self-doubt, not the promo mechanics)
  • You are exhausted and need to redesign your week for energy — use energy-management (imposter syndrome and burnout overlap, but the interventions differ)
  • You want to coach a report through imposter feelings — use coaching-pms for the coaching framework; this pack is for the person experiencing it
  • You want to find mentors/sponsors to support your growth — use finding-mentors-sponsors (this pack includes support scripts but not the full relationship-building workflow)
  • You are in (or at risk of) self-harm, suicidal ideation, or a mental health crisis (seek urgent professional help; this skill is not a substitute for care)
  • Your core issue is primarily clinical anxiety/depression, trauma, or substance use (get professional support; this can complement but not replace it)
  • You need legal/HR guidance for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, or workplace investigation processes
  • You have an objective skill gap that requires training/certification (use this skill only as a support layer alongside a skills plan)

Read the full file on GitHub · 130 lines

Files

What ships with it

13 files 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.

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. 2mo ago First seen · 130 lines · 28 tokens per session scan A 7f993598c1e5

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managing-imposter-syndrome is a skill published in the GitHub repository liqiongyu/lenny_skills_plus (53 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 2,200 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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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