difficult-workplace-conversations

difficult-workplace-conversations is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from softaworks/agent-toolkit. It costs 47 tokens per session (1,539 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A preparation, delivery, and follow-up framework for difficult workplace discussions, such as conflicts, performance concerns, and sensitive feedback. It focuses on observable facts, impact, emotions, and the change needed.

In plain words
What is it for?
Prepare for feedback, performance reviews, conflicts, salary or promotion discussions, termination conversations, and follow-up after an emotionally difficult meeting.
Why use it?
It gives structure to conversations that can otherwise become vague, defensive, or emotionally charged. Preparing for the other person’s perspective can make the discussion more productive.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/softaworks/agent-toolkit/difficult-workplace-conversations
Any agent
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill difficult-workplace-conversations
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md
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Per session 47 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,539 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00047 $0.01539
Opus 5 $0.00023 $0.00770
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00308
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00154

Measured 4d ago against content hash 99dd7bca21e4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

difficult-workplace-conversations 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 4d 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/difficult-workplace-conversations/SKILL.md · 239 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 239 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Difficult Conversations Skill

A structured framework for approaching challenging workplace conversations including conflicts, performance issues, sensitive feedback, and emotionally charged discussions.

When to Use This Skill

  • Preparing for a challenging conversation with a colleague
  • Addressing performance issues with a team member
  • Delivering difficult feedback to a peer or manager
  • Navigating conflict between team members
  • Discussing sensitive topics (salary, promotion, termination)
  • Handling emotional or defensive reactions
  • Following up after difficult discussions

Core Framework: Preparation-Delivery-Followup

Difficult conversations succeed or fail based on three phases:

Phase 1: Preparation (Before)

Purpose: Set yourself up for a productive conversation

  1. Clarify the Issue

    • What specifically happened? (Observable facts only)
    • What is the impact? (On you, team, work)
    • What do you need to change?
  2. Check Your Emotions

    • What am I feeling? Why?
    • Am I calm enough to have this conversation?
    • What might trigger me during this conversation?
  3. Consider Their Perspective

    • How might they see this situation?
    • What constraints or pressures might they have?
    • What do they care about that I can acknowledge?
  4. Define Your Goal

    • What outcome do I want?
    • What is the minimum acceptable result?
    • What am I willing to compromise on?

Phase 2: Delivery (During)

Purpose: Have the conversation effectively

  1. Open Neutrally

    • Start with facts, not judgments
    • Express intent to understand, not accuse
    • Create psychological safety
  2. Share Your Perspective

    • Describe behavior, not character
    • Focus on impact, not intention
    • Use "I" statements, not "you always"
  3. Listen Actively

    • Ask clarifying questions
    • Acknowledge their viewpoint
    • Look for shared interests
  4. Seek Resolution

    • Propose specific actions
    • Agree on next steps
    • Set check-in timeline

Read the full file on GitHub · 239 lines

Files

What ships with it

5 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. 4d ago First seen · 239 lines · 47 tokens per session scan A 99dd7bca21e4

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difficult-workplace-conversations is a skill published in the GitHub repository softaworks/agent-toolkit (2,422 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 47 tokens to every session and 1,539 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.