leadership-prompts
Curated collection of 25+ battle-tested prompts for engineering leaders — 1-on-1 prep, team health, incident retros, technical strategy, hiring, career development, and stakeholder communication. Built from 13+ years of engineering management experience.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/robansuini/leadership-promptsLeadership Prompts
Battle-tested prompt library for engineering managers, tech leads, VPs of Engineering, and CTOs. These aren't generic "tell me about leadership" prompts — they're specific, opinionated frameworks for real challenges you face weekly.
Who This Is For
- Engineering Managers running teams of 5-15
- Tech Leads navigating the IC-to-management boundary
- Directors/VPs managing managers
- CTOs who still get their hands dirty
Categories
| Category | Count | When to reach for it |
|---|---|---|
| 1-on-1 Prep | 4 | Before any non-routine 1-on-1 |
| Team Health | 4 | After rough quarters, conflicts, layoffs, or remote disconnection |
| Incident Retrospectives | 3 | Within 48h of incident resolution |
| Technical Strategy | 4 | Quarterly planning, architecture reviews, build-vs-buy decisions |
| Hiring & Interviews | 3 | Opening new roles, optimizing pipeline, closing candidates |
| Career Development | 4 | Promotion cycles, feedback delivery, retention conversations |
| Stakeholder Communication | 4 | Exec updates, saying no, cross-functional alignment, reorgs |
Quick Start
Using the CLI
# List all categories
node scripts/leadership-prompts.js list
# Get a random prompt (great for manager skill-building)
node scripts/leadership-prompts.js random
# Search by keyword
node scripts/leadership-prompts.js search "promotion"
# Show a specific prompt by ID
node scripts/leadership-prompts.js show career-dev-promotion
# Get all prompts in a category
node scripts/leadership-prompts.js category "Team Health"
Using with Your AI Assistant
Just tell your assistant:
"I need to prepare for a 1-on-1 with an underperformer. Use the leadership-prompts skill to find the right prompt, then walk me through it."
Or for browsing:
"Show me all the hiring prompts from leadership-prompts"
How to Use a Prompt
Each prompt has placeholder variables in {curly_braces}. Fill these in with your specific context. The more specific you are, the better the output.
Example:
The prompt says:
I'm preparing for a 1-on-1 with a direct report who has been underperforming for the past {timeframe}...
You fill in:
I'm preparing for a 1-on-1 with a direct report who has been underperforming for the past 6 weeks...
Prompt Design Principles
These prompts are designed to:
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{
"plugins": {
"official-robansuini-leadership-prompts": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}