Navigate tough feedback, performance, and conflict conversations using frameworks from 43 product leaders.
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Covers five conversation types: giving feedback, performance discussions, terminations, conflict resolution, and delivering bad news like denied promotions
Teaches four core frameworks: Radical Candor (care personally + challenge directly), Situation-Behavior-Impact (objective, specific feedback), Nonviolent Communication (distinguish feelings from attributions), and structured ter
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Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versionhaving-difficult-conversationsExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
Fetches having-difficult-conversations from refoundai/lenny-skills and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
Restart Cursor to activate having-difficult-conversations. Access via /having-difficult-conversations in your agent's command palette.
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Create detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and feature specs
Example
Generate user stories for 'password reset feature' with acceptance criteria, edge cases, and test scenarios
Reduce spec writing time by 50%, ensure comprehensive coverage
Research competitors, compare features, identify gaps
Example
Analyze 5 competitor products, create feature comparison matrix, suggest differentiation opportunities
Complete competitive research in 2 hours instead of 2 days
Evaluate features using frameworks (RICE, ICE, Kano) and create prioritized backlogs
Example
Score 20 feature ideas using RICE framework, generate prioritized roadmap with rationale
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Make data-driven prioritization decisions faster
Draft PRDs, status updates, and stakeholder presentations
Example
Create executive summary of Q3 roadmap, monthly progress report, feature launch announcement
Save 3-5 hours/week on communication overhead
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Time Estimate
30-60 minutes to see productivity improvements
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✓ Use when
Use for user story writing, competitive research, roadmap prioritization, stakeholder communication, and PRD drafting. Best for reducing repetitive documentation and research work.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid for strategic product vision (requires deep customer empathy), pricing decisions (needs market and financial expertise), or when face-to-face customer discovery is more valuable than speed.
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having-difficult-conversations has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
I recommend having-difficult-conversations for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
Useful defaults in having-difficult-conversations — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: having-difficult-conversations is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
I recommend having-difficult-conversations for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
having-difficult-conversations has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
having-difficult-conversations fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
having-difficult-conversations reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.
I recommend having-difficult-conversations for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
having-difficult-conversations is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
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