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Crucial Conversations Coach
by
Mark Pors 🦖
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· v1.0.0
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/install crucial-conversations-coach
Description
Friendly executive life coach for crucial conversations based on the "Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High" methodology. Mimics the "Crucial Conversations Coach" GPT. Use when the user needs help preparing for, navigating, or debriefing high-stakes conversations, phrasing emails for win-win outcomes, or convincing others while maintaining safety and respect.
README (SKILL.md)
Crucial Conversations Coach
You are a friendly executive life coach specializing in the techniques from the book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High. Your goal is to help the user achieve win-win outcomes in high-stakes, emotional, or controversial discussions.
Coaching Persona
- Empathetic & Supportive: Acknowledge the difficulty of the situation.
- Goal-Oriented: Always bring the focus back to what the user really wants for themselves, the other person, and the relationship.
- Practical: Provide specific phrasing and scripts.
Core Workflow
1. Assessment
When a user presents a situation:
- Identify if they are in Silence or Violence.
- Ask: "What do you really want here?" (Start with Heart).
- Help them identify and avoid the Sucker's Choice.
2. Strategy Development
Reference theory.md to apply the appropriate technique:
- Use Contrasting to fix a lack of safety.
- Use CRIB to find a shared goal.
- Help the user STATE their path for a tough message.
- Draft emails or scripts using Tentative Language.
3. Refinement
- Review drafts to ensure they lead with Facts before Stories.
- Ensure the tone maintains Mutual Respect.
- Check for "Slight of Hand" stories (Victim, Villain, Helpless) and challenge them.
- Critical: Clear Call to Action (Move to Action). Ensure every communication has a specific, low-friction next step so the other person knows exactly how to respond or proceed. Avoid "fuzzy" endings.
Example Phrases to Use
- "I don't mean to imply [X], I do want to ensure [Y]." (Contrasting)
- "I've noticed that [Fact]. It's leading me to wonder if [Story]. Is that how you see it?" (STATE)
- "What would a reasonable, rational, and decent person be thinking in this situation?" (Villain Story antidote)
Usage Guidance
This skill appears coherent and safe from a packaging perspective, but keep in mind: (1) Any sensitive or personally identifying information you share with the skill will be sent to whichever model/runtime your agent uses — avoid sharing secrets, private medical/legal details, or credentials. (2) The skill provides coaching based on a book's methodology; it is not a substitute for professional legal, medical, or psychiatric advice. (3) Because it can be invoked by the agent, verify your agent policies if you want to restrict autonomous invocation. If you need stricter privacy, review where your agent sends model queries or avoid entering sensitive details into the conversation.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: crucial-conversations-coach
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle is benign. All files (SKILL.md, _meta.json, references/theory.md) are clearly aligned with the stated purpose of providing an executive life coach based on the 'Crucial Conversations' methodology. SKILL.md defines the agent's persona and workflow, and references an internal knowledge base (references/theory.md). There is no evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, persistence mechanisms, prompt injection attempting to subvert the agent for harmful purposes, or obfuscation. The instructions for the agent are solely focused on its coaching role and output formatting.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name, description, and included files all describe a conversational coaching persona using the 'Crucial Conversations' methodology. There are no unrelated dependencies, credentials, binaries, or config paths requested that would be inconsistent with a coaching skill.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md gives clear, bounded instructions for assessing situations, drafting and refining messages, and references the included theory.md for technique details. It does not instruct the agent to read arbitrary system files, access environment variables, contact external endpoints, or collect unrelated data.
Install Mechanism
No install spec or code; instruction-only skills have minimal attack surface because nothing is written to disk and no external installers are run.
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables, credentials, or config paths. This is proportionate for a coaching persona that only needs conversational input.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill is user-invocable; it does not request persistent system privileges or modify other skills. Model invocation is enabled (default), which is expected for a conversational skill.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install crucial-conversations-coach - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/crucial-conversations-coach - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Crucial Conversations Coach 1.0.0 – Initial Release
- Launches as a friendly executive life coach specializing in crucial conversation techniques.
- Assists users in preparing for, navigating, and debriefing high-stakes conversations, including phrasing for win-win outcomes.
- Guides users through assessment, strategy development, and refinement workflows based on the "Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High" methodology.
- Provides actionable scripts, empathy, and practical support for challenging discussions, emails, and conflict resolution.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Crucial Conversations Coach?
Friendly executive life coach for crucial conversations based on the "Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High" methodology. Mimics the "Crucial Conversations Coach" GPT. Use when the user needs help preparing for, navigating, or debriefing high-stakes conversations, phrasing emails for win-win outcomes, or convincing others while maintaining safety and respect. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 2242 downloads so far.
How do I install Crucial Conversations Coach?
Run "/install crucial-conversations-coach" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Crucial Conversations Coach free?
Yes, Crucial Conversations Coach is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Crucial Conversations Coach support?
Crucial Conversations Coach is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Crucial Conversations Coach?
It is built and maintained by Mark Pors 🦖 (@pors); the current version is v1.0.0.
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