Skill From Masters
Pull proven expert frameworks—Pyramid Principle, SCQ, Hero's Journey, AIDA—when drafting skills, memos, landing copy, or narrative specs with your agent.
Overview
Skill From Masters is a journey-wide agent skill that applies curated expert communication and storytelling frameworks—usable whenever a solo builder needs to structure copy or a new skill before committing to a draft.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/gbsoss/skill-from-masters --skill skill-from-mastersWhat is this skill?
- Curated tables across business writing, persuasion, storytelling, and related domains
- Named frameworks: Minto Pyramid, Amazon 6-page memo, Schwartz awareness levels, Duarte sparkline, Campbell Hero's Journe
- Each row ties expert, core idea, and source book or practice for traceable prompts
- Designed as quick-reference input when generating or refining agent skills
- MECE and SCQ patterns for specs and decision memos
- Multiple domain tables including business writing, persuasion, and storytelling
- Amazon 6-page memo and Schwartz 5 levels of awareness referenced
Adoption & trust: 672 installs on skills.sh; 1.4k GitHub stars; 2/3 security scanners passed (skills.sh audits).
What problem does it solve?
Your agent writes generic skills and marketing copy because it lacks a compact library of proven expert methodologies to cite.
Who is it for?
Indie makers authoring Prism-style skills, Amazon-style memos, or campaign copy who want MECE and narrative scaffolds in one prompt surface.
Skip if: Builders who only need code generation with no persuasion, documentation, or skill-authoring requirements.
When should I use this skill?
User is authoring or refining skills, memos, marketing copy, or stories and needs expert methodology references from the masters database.
What do I get? / Deliverables
Drafts and skill outlines follow named frameworks with clearer structure, then you proceed to implementation or publishing workflows.
- Framework-selected outline or copy structure
- Skill or document draft aligned to named expert methodology
Recommended Skills
Journey fit
Useful at every journey phase - explore requirements and options before committing to a direction.
Where it fits
Frame a one-page opportunity memo with Situation-Complication-Question before you prototype.
Outline a new SKILL.md using Pyramid Principle lead-with-conclusion sections.
Draft launch email hooks aligned to reader awareness level per Schwartz.
Structure a case study with Duarte sparkline contrast between status quo and vision.
Clarify positioning narrative using Ogilvy-style big-idea research-first framing.
How it compares
Use as an in-context methodology encyclopedia, not as an automated linter or deployment skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is skill-from-masters for?
Solo builders and skill authors who want expert-backed writing and storytelling patterns inside agent sessions.
When should I use skill-from-masters?
During validate scoping memos, build-phase skill SKILL.md drafts, launch distribution copy, or grow lifecycle emails whenever structure matters more than raw speed.
Is skill-from-masters safe to install?
It is reference content without shell or network requirements in the excerpt; review the Security Audits panel on this Prism page for the full package.
SKILL.md
READMESKILL.md - Skill From Masters
# Methodology Database A curated collection of proven methodologies from domain experts. Organized by domain for quick reference. --- ## Writing & Communication ### Business Writing | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Barbara Minto | Pyramid Principle | Lead with conclusion, MECE structure, SCQ (Situation-Complication-Question) | Book: The Pyramid Principle | | William Zinsser | Simplicity First | Cut clutter, use active voice, be human | Book: On Writing Well | | Amazon | 6-Page Memo | Narrative structure, no PowerPoint, silent reading | Internal practice, Bezos letters | ### Persuasion & Copywriting | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Eugene Schwartz | 5 Levels of Awareness | Match copy to reader's awareness stage | Book: Breakthrough Advertising | | David Ogilvy | Big Idea | Headlines carry 80% of value, research first | Book: Ogilvy on Advertising | | Gary Halbert | AIDA + Proof | Attention, Interest, Desire, Action + stack proof | The Gary Halbert Letter | ### Storytelling | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Nancy Duarte | Sparkline | Alternate between what-is and what-could-be | Book: Resonate | | Pixar | Story Spine | Once upon a time... Every day... Until one day... | Pixar internal, Kenn Adams | | Joseph Campbell | Hero's Journey | Universal story structure across cultures | Book: Hero with a Thousand Faces | --- ## Product & Design ### Product Management | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Marty Cagan | Empowered Teams | Problem space vs solution space, continuous discovery | Books: Inspired, Empowered | | Teresa Torres | Continuous Discovery | Weekly customer touchpoints, opportunity solution trees | Book: Continuous Discovery Habits | | Gibson Biddle | DHM Model | Delight customers, Hard to copy, Margin enhancing | Talks, essays | | Shreyas Doshi | LNO Framework | Leverage, Neutral, Overhead task classification | Twitter threads, talks | ### User Research | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Rob Fitzpatrick | The Mom Test | Don't ask opinions, ask about past behavior | Book: The Mom Test | | Steve Portigal | Interviewing Users | Rapport, open questions, comfortable silence | Book: Interviewing Users | | Indi Young | Mental Models | Extract user thought patterns from behavior | Book: Mental Models | | Clayton Christensen | Jobs to be Done | What job is the user hiring the product for? | Book: Competing Against Luck | ### Design | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Don Norman | Human-Centered Design | Affordances, signifiers, feedback, constraints | Book: The Design of Everyday Things | | Dieter Rams | 10 Principles | Good design is innovative, useful, honest, unobtrusive... | Vitsoe documentation | | Edward Tufte | Data-Ink Ratio | Maximize data, minimize non-data ink | Book: Visual Display of Quantitative Info | | Jake Knapp | Design Sprint | 5-day process from problem to tested prototype | Book: Sprint | --- ## Sales & Marketing ### Sales | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Neil Rackham | SPIN Selling | Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-payoff questions | Book: SPIN Selling | | Matthew Dixon | Challenger Sale | Teach, Tailor, Take Control - don't just build relationships | Book: The Challenger Sale | | Jeb Blount | Fanatical Prospecting | Consistent daily prospecting activity | Book: Fanatical Prospecting | | MEDDIC | Enterprise Qualification | Metrics, Economic Buyer, Decision Criteria, Decision Process, Identify Pain, Champion | PTC/Parametric origin | ### Marketing | Expert | Framework | Core Idea | Source | |--------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Seth Godin | Permission Marketing | Earn attention, don't interrupt | B