What is the core principle of the Radical Candor skill?

The skill is built on the philosophy that you must care personally about your team while challenging them directly to achieve excellence without being toxic.

What is Ruinous Empathy and how does this skill address it?

Ruinous Empathy is when you avoid giving necessary feedback to spare someone's feelings. This skill provides scripts to deliver the truth kindly and effectively.

How does this skill help with performance reviews?

It provides structured patterns to move from vague criticism to specific, behavior-focused feedback that helps the recipient understand exactly what to change.

Can I use this skill for peer-to-peer feedback?

Absolutely. While often used by managers, the framework is designed for any professional relationship where honest communication is required for growth.

Radical Candor Feedback Framework

Name: Radical Candor Feedback Framework
Author: lev-os

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Collaboration Tools

Implements Kim Scott’s feedback framework to help users balance personal care with direct challenges for effective team communication.

This skill equips Claude with the Radical Candor framework, a powerful communication model designed to build trust and drive performance. By focusing on the dual dimensions of 'Care Personally' and 'Challenge Directly,' the skill helps users navigate difficult conversations, deliver actionable praise, and avoid common management pitfalls like Ruinous Empathy or Obnoxious Aggression. It is an essential tool for managers, team leads, and collaborators who want to foster a culture of high-growth feedback, psychological safety, and radical transparency within their organizations.

Key Features

01Frameworks for providing sincere, behavior-based praise that sticks

02Specific guidance for delivering 'kind but clear' constructive criticism

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04Feedback quadrant analysis to identify and correct communication styles

05Strategies for inviting and processing upward feedback from team members

06Anti-pattern detection to prevent manipulative insincerity and toxic aggression

Use Cases

01Converting vague, sugar-coated feedback into clear and actionable growth steps

02Building team norms that prioritize accountability and psychological safety

03Preparing for high-stakes performance reviews and one-on-one meetings

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add lev-os/agents radical-candor

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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