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 shakerdesigns/read-the-room --skill communication-methodsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shakerdesigns/read-the-roomWrote 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/shakerdesigns/read-the-room/communication-methods)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/shakerdesigns/read-the-room/communication-methods"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/shakerdesigns/read-the-room/communication-methods.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" 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 | $0.00046 | $0.00292 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00023 | $0.00146 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00009 | $0.00058 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00029 |
Grade A, and why
communication-methods 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 8d 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.
What it actually says
Communication Methods
This skill provides reference material for choosing between validation (Imago Dialogue) and analytical (SCR) communication approaches.
Core Decision
Before communicating, read the room. The person's state determines your approach.
- C-States (Calm, Curious, Clear...) → Analytical approach (SCR)
- T-States (Testy, Tense, Triggered...) → Validation approach (Imago) first
Quick Reference
SCR Framework (Analytical)
Use when they're receptive:
- Situation — What's happening (agreed facts)
- Complication — Why it matters (create tension)
- Resolution — What you recommend
Imago Dialogue (Validation)
Use when they're defensive:
- Mirror — "What I'm hearing is..."
- Validate — "That makes sense because..."
- Empathize — "I imagine you feel..."
Then transition to analytical.
Detailed References
See references/frameworks.md for the complete 8C's and 8T's lists with behavioral indicators.
See references/voice.md for tone and response pattern guidance.
What ships with it
2 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.
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.
- 8d ago First seen · 40 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 8415fa1abad1
communication-methods is a skill published in the GitHub repository shakerdesigns/read-the-room (18 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 292 once invoked, about $0.0002 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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