Internal Announcement Writer skill for Claude and Codex

Internal Announcement Writer as an AI skill. It asks for The change, Who is affected, Action and deadline and 3 more, then does the rest. Free to install in…

Install it once and Claude or Codex runs it for you. When your request matches, your AI loads the skill, asks for anything it is missing, and works through the template itself. Prefer to fill it in by hand? See the full prompt template.

Download the skill (.zip) · View SKILL.md

When it is used

Use when a team lead or manager must tell the company about a policy, tool, process, or schedule change and needs people to act by a date. Do not use for external press releases, customer notices, or all-hands speeches. Related topics: communication, business.

What it will ask you for

• The change (longer free text)
• Who is affected (longer free text)
• Action and deadline (longer free text)
• Where to ask (free text, e.g. "Channel or person for questions")
• Channel (choose one: Email, Slack post, Intranet page, All-hands notes)
• Tone (choose one: Neutral, Warm, Urgent, Celebratory)

How it works

1. Reduce the change to one sentence that states what changes and the effective date.
2. Split the affected audience into groups and write the action each group must take, so no one has to guess whether it applies to them.
3. Order the actions as a numbered list with a date on each one.
4. Add a two-sentence reason and the contact point for questions, with an expected response time.
5. Trim the draft to the length limit of the chosen channel and write a subject line plus a shorter reminder variant.

What you get

A subject line, the announcement body in the order headline, who is affected, numbered actions with dates, reason, and contact, then a short reminder variant.

What it watches out for

• Burying the deadline in the third paragraph, so readers finish the message without knowing when to act.
• Writing for everyone at once, which leaves each group unsure whether the action is theirs.
• Explaining the history of the decision at length before saying what changes.

How to install

Claude.ai and the Claude desktop app

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Open Settings, then Capabilities, and find Skills.
3. Choose Upload skill and select the .zip.
4. Ask Claude for help with the task. It loads the skill when your request matches.

Claude Code

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ (or .claude/skills/ inside a project).
3. Start a new session. Claude Code loads the skill when your request matches.

Codex

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.agents/skills/ (or .agents/skills/ inside a project).
3. Codex picks it up on its own. Type $ and the skill name to use it, or just ask for the task.

Cursor

1. Download the Cursor rule (.mdc).
2. Save it in .cursor/rules/ inside your project.
3. Cursor's agent applies the rule when your request matches its description.

AGENTS.md (Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents)

1. Copy the AGENTS.md section.
2. Paste it into AGENTS.md at the root of your repository, creating the file if needed.
3. Coding agents that read AGENTS.md follow it when your request fits.