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Internal Change Communications Planner

Drafts a sequenced employee change-announcement package with timing, FAQ and manager talking points

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alirezarezvani/claude-skills
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MIT
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8 files

What it does

This is an instruction set that makes an AI agent act like an internal communications or People Ops operator when a company must tell employees about a change such as a re-org, tool rollout, policy change, or layoff. Once installed, the agent produces a touchpoint calendar, a primary announcement structured around Kotter's 8 steps, an employee FAQ, and manager talking points, and it checks the tone against the size of the change. Bundled Python scripts (standard library only) help generate the calendar and drafts from a JSON brief.

Great for

  • Head of People Ops or BizOps leads who must announce an internal change within days
  • Internal communications owners who want a structured checklist for sequencing employee messages
  • Managers who need consistent talking points for their teams

Skip it if

  • Customer-facing launches or press releases, which the skill says belong to a separate marketing skill
  • Final legal or compliance wording of a new HR policy, since the skill assumes the decision is already made and is not a legal reviewer
  • Situations needing human judgement on layoffs or sensitive personnel matters without review by HR and legal, because generated text can sound scripted or misjudge tone

Try asking

  • “Draft a 7-touchpoint communications calendar for a re-org effective in 6 weeks, with a tech-startup profile”
  • “Write an employee FAQ for a new expense tool rollout covering questions about training and access”
  • “Create manager talking points for a leadership transition announced next Monday”
  • “Audit my draft layoff announcement against common anti-patterns before we send it”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Internal Change Communications PlannerInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 8 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    internal-comms.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip internal-comms.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip internal-comms.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Fill in the JSON brief (change type, magnitude, effective date, audiences, channels) before running the scripts, since the output depends on those inputs
  • Always have HR and legal review the generated announcement and FAQ, especially for layoffs or acquisitions, and check the anti-pattern reference file before sending
  • Brief managers before the all-hands announcement, because the skill is built around managers being the most trusted channel

What's inside

  • assets/comms_brief_template.md
  • references/announcement_anti_patterns.md
  • references/change_management_canon.md
  • references/internal_comms_canon.md
  • scripts/change_announcement_builder.py
  • scripts/comms_calendar_builder.py
  • scripts/comms_template_filler.py
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from alirezarezvani/claude-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.