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 agentmods add skills/softaworks/agent-toolkit/professional-communicationnpx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill professional-communicationgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkitWhat 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 | $0.00048 | $0.02035 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00024 | $0.01018 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00407 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00203 |
Grade A, and why
professional-communication 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 3d 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 — 268 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Professional Communication
Overview
This skill provides frameworks and guidance for effective professional communication in software development contexts. Whether you're writing an email to stakeholders, crafting a team chat message, or preparing meeting agendas, these principles help you communicate clearly and build professional credibility.
Core principle: Effective communication isn't about proving how much you know - it's about ensuring your message is received and understood.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when:
- Writing emails to teammates, managers, or stakeholders
- Crafting team chat messages or async communications
- Preparing meeting agendas or summaries
- Translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
- Structuring status updates or reports
- Improving clarity of written communication
Keywords: email, chat, teams, slack, discord, message, writing, communication, meeting, agenda, status update, report
Core Frameworks
The What-Why-How Structure
Use this universal framework to organize any professional message:
| Component | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
| What | State the topic/request clearly | "We need to delay the release by one week" |
| Why | Explain the reasoning | "Critical bug found in payment processing" |
| How | Outline next steps/action items | "QA will retest by Thursday; I'll update stakeholders Friday" |
Apply to: Emails, status updates, meeting talking points, technical explanations
Three Golden Rules for Written Communication
- Start with a clear subject/purpose - Recipients should immediately grasp what your message is about
- Use bullets, headlines, and scannable formatting - Nobody wants a wall of text
- Key messages first - Busy people appreciate efficiency; state your main point upfront
Audience Calibration
Before communicating, ask yourself:
- Who are you writing to? (Technical peers, managers, stakeholders, customers)
- What level of detail do they need? (High-level overview vs implementation details)
- What's the value for them? (How does this affect their work/decisions?)
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.
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.
- 3d ago First seen · 268 lines · 48 tokens per session scan A 05ad4e12e231
professional-communication is a skill published in the GitHub repository softaworks/agent-toolkit (2,413 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 48 tokens to every session and 2,035 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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