manager-skills
Practical engineering management guidance for real leadership situations
All Skills in This Repository (27)
Pure Emerald Level Indicators
manager-dot-devmanaging-high-performers
Diagnose high-performing engineers with a four-quadrant model and growth plans.
manager-dot-devcareer-development
Generate career development advice and dialogue for engineering reports.
manager-dot-devinfluence
Coordinate stakeholder influence to secure buy-in for engineering initiatives.
manager-dot-devmanaging-urgency
Guide engineering managers through a five-question evaluation of urgent deadlines.
manager-dot-devretaining-developers
Diagnose engineer retention risk and recommend targeted interventions.
manager-dot-dev1on1s
Generate structured 1:1 meeting agendas and diagnostic guidance for engineering managers.
manager-dot-devperformance-reviews
Diagnose employee underperformance and structure performance reviews and improvement plans.
manager-dot-devmanaging-up
Identify reliability gaps in upward relationships and surface actionable issues to leadership.
manager-dot-devdeveloper-productivity
Analyze engineering delivery metrics to identify productivity gaps and generate measurement setups.
manager-dot-devfeedback
Generate SBI-framed feedback statements and opening lines for managers.
manager-dot-devdelegation
Delegate engineering work using Team Rep, Epic Ownership, and Three-Layer Assignment frameworks.
manager-dot-devknowledge-sharing
Diagnose knowledge silos and recommend frameworks for engineering teams.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQPage SchemaHow to install manager-skills?▼
Run `npx skills add manager-dot-dev/manager-skills --all -g -y` in your terminal to install all management skills globally.
What problems do these management skills solve?▼
They help engineering managers handle 1:1s, feedback, hiring, performance reviews, retention, delegation, roadmap planning, and stakeholder communication with concrete frameworks and scripts.
How does the em-context foundation skill work?▼
It stores your team, org, and direct-report profiles in local files that every other skill reads first, so advice is tailored to your actual team instead of generic templates.
Do these skills work with Claude Code and other agents?▼
Yes. They follow the open Agent Skills specification and run in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and any compatible agent.
Can new managers use this without experience?▼
Yes. Skills like management-transitions and managing-yourself walk first-time managers through common traps, transitions, and difficult conversations step by step.
