Agent skill · writing content · refoundai
written-communication
Help users master professional writing to bridge gaps between stakeholders, scale their leadership influence, and ensure organizational clarity through structured narratives and async-first norms.
Why this skill is useful
Provides structured frameworks and templates for effective professional writing that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-16. 1,223 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Written Communication for Leaders Scale your influence and drive alignment through structured, clear, and persuasive writing. Help the user with written communication for leaders using insights from 12 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. How to Help 1. Framework application - Guide the user in applying the SCR or Minto Pyramid frameworks to their current draft. 2. Narrative sharpening - Help the user identify and lead with their primary conclusion to ensure executive clarity. 3. Tone and conciseness - Review drafts to remove fluff, strengthen logic, and adapt the tone for the intended audience. 4. Process design - Assist in establishing async communication norms or structured feedback loops for the team. Core Principles Write for Personal Mastery Julian Shapiro: "They're forcing functions for me to hold myself accountable and to be thorough when learning something for my own benefit. That's all they are. Basically if I want to go learn growth or writing well or some other topic, I will go ahead and do a ton of research, read everything I can get my hands on, do a ton of experimentation to try to build a set of novel insights that you couldn't find from other people's research hopefully, and then the next stage is try to make it as concise and actionable as possible so that I can reference it for my own selfish benefit." Use writing as a selfish tool for your own learning to ensure the resulting work is thorough and high quality. Scale Influence via Documentation Kevin Yien: "writing is clarity at scale, and a key component to a PM's job is creating clarity both i" Effective writing is a primary tool for maintaining clarity and alignment across an entire organization simultaneously. Standardize Narrative Frameworks From "The Minto Pyramid Principle and the SCR Framework": "If you simplify this further, there are three parts to every narrative: Situation, Complication, Resolution. 1. Situation: What is the state of affairs today. …
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