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Internal comms skill

Internal comms is part of Anthropic's skills repository. Its job is to write status reports, leadership updates, newsletters and incident reports in house formats. It loads on its own when a request matches its description, and you can also call it by name.

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When the agent reaches for it

The agent keeps every installed skill's description in view and loads the full instructions when a request matches. This is the description it reads:

A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of internal communications (status reports, leadership updates, 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, incident reports, project updates, etc.).

What the instructions cover

The sections of its SKILL.md, in order.

  • When to use this skill
  • How to use this skill
  • Keywords

What ships with it

Besides SKILL.md, the folder carries these. The agent opens them only when a step in the instructions calls for one.

  • examples/ 4 files · 9 KB

Install the internal comms skill

In Claude Code, run this in a session. It comes from the publisher's own instructions.

Claude Code 
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
/plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills

License: Apache-2.0.

Questions people ask

How do I install the internal comms skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills, then /plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills.

When does the agent use the internal comms skill?

When a request matches its description. The agent keeps only the name and description of each installed skill in view, and reads the full instructions when a task fits. You can also ask for it by name.

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