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- professional-communication
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- description
- Write effective professional messages for software teams. Use when drafting emails, Slack/Teams messages, meeting agendas, status updates, or translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences. Triggers on email, slack, teams, message, meeting agenda, status update, stakeholder communication, escalation, jargon translation.
Professional Communication
Write clear, effective professional messages that get read and acted upon.
Installation
OpenClaw / Moltbot / Clawbot
npx clawhub@latest install professional-communicationWHAT This Skill Does
Routes you to ready-to-use templates and translation guides for professional technical communication.
WHEN To Use
- Drafting emails (status updates, requests, escalations, introductions)
- Writing Slack/Teams messages
- Preparing meeting agendas or summaries
- Translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
- Any written communication to teammates, managers, or stakeholders
Core Principle
Key message first. Scannable format. Clear action requested.
Every professional message answers: What do you need to know? Why does it matter? What action (if any) is needed?
Quick Reference: Message Structure
Subject: [Topic]: [Specific Purpose]
[1-2 sentences: key point or request upfront]
**Context:** (if needed)
- Bullet points, not paragraphs
**Action Needed:**
- Specific request with timelineRoute to References
| Task | Load This Reference |
|---|---|
| Writing any email | MANDATORY: Load references/email-templates.md |
| Explaining technical concepts to non-technical people | MANDATORY: Load references/jargon-simplification.md |
| Running or preparing for meetings | MANDATORY: Load references/meeting-structures.md |
| Async/remote team communication | Load references/remote-async-communication.md |
The Four Rules
- Subject lines tell the story - "Project X: Decision Needed by Friday" beats "Question"
- Bullets over paragraphs - Nobody reads walls of text
- Specific asks - "Please review by Thursday" beats "Let me know"
- Match the channel - Chat for quick/informal, Email for records/formal
NEVER
- Send a message without a clear purpose in the first sentence
- Use "Just checking in" without context (include what you're checking on)
- Write paragraphs when bullets would work
- Bury the ask at the bottom
- Use jargon with non-technical audiences
- Send walls of text in chat (use threads)
- Reply-all unnecessarily
- Use passive voice when active is clearer ("We decided" not "It was decided")