Performance cycle
Review from Evidence
Draft a performance review from raw evidence like notes, wins, and peer feedback. Use when a manager is writing a review and has material but no draft, or a draft that lacks specifics.
For Managers, HR
InstallFree AI skills for HR
Open-source skills that give your AI assistant a proven process for reviews, promotions, feedback and hard conversations.
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Performance cycle
Review Quality Check
Audit a draft performance review for bias, vagueness, and rating mismatches, with line-level fixes. Use before a review is submitted or shared, for one review or a whole team.
For Managers, HR
InstallPerformance cycle
Calibration Prep
Prepare for a performance calibration: evidence summaries, rater-pattern checks, and discussion prompts. Use before a calibration meeting or when reviewing ratings across teams.
For HR, Managers
InstallPerformance cycle
Promotion Case
Build or evaluate a promotion case against leveling criteria. Use when a manager is writing a promo packet or a committee is deciding if someone is ready for the next level.
For Managers, HR
InstallPerformance cycle
Feedback Coach
Turn vague, harsh, or hedged feedback into specific, actionable feedback and plan how to deliver it. Use for peer, upward, or manager feedback, written or spoken.
For Managers, Employees, HR
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Difficult Conversation Prep
Prepare for a hard workplace conversation: core message, opening, likely reactions, and what not to say. Use before talks about performance, conduct, or bad news.
For Managers, HR
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PIP Builder
Decide whether a performance improvement plan is appropriate, then draft one with measurable expectations and risk checks. Use when a manager or HR is considering a PIP.
For HR, Managers
InstallHR documents
Engagement Survey
Design an employee survey or analyze its results with anonymity protection, themes, and an action plan. Use when building a pulse or engagement survey or reading results.
For HR
InstallHR documents
Policy Writer
Draft or revise an HR policy in plain language, flagging location-specific terms and handbook conflicts. Use when creating, updating, or reviewing a company policy.
For HR
InstallHow it works
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Pick a skill
Each skill covers one HR task, from drafting a review to planning a hard conversation.
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Add it to your AI tool
Run one command in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, or upload the skill's ZIP to Claude.ai or ChatGPT.
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Ask in plain language
Say what you need. The skill asks for the right inputs, follows a proven process and checks its own work.
Better with Windmill
Skip the copy-paste. Let the skills pull context from Windmill.
Every skill works on its own. Connect Windmill and they pull in reviews, feedback, 1:1 notes and goals for you. They see only what you can see and never change anything without your OK.
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI skill?
A skill is a reusable set of instructions your AI assistant follows for a specific task. When you ask for help with that task, the assistant loads the skill and works through its steps: it asks for the right inputs, follows a proven process, checks its own work and tells you when HR leadership or employment counsel should be involved.
Which AI tools can I use these skills with?
Any tool that supports the open Agent Skills format, including Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor. In coding agents, install a skill with one npx command. In Claude.ai and ChatGPT, download the skill's ZIP and upload it in your skills settings, where your plan supports skills, or paste the SKILL.md and ask your assistant to create a skill from it.
Do I need Windmill to use these skills?
No. Every skill works on its own with whatever you paste or upload, like notes, review drafts, survey exports or your handbook. If your company uses Windmill, connect the Windmill MCP server and the skills pull context straight from Windmill instead: review questions and drafts, the work Windmill has gathered from your connected tools, feedback, 1:1 notes, goals and pulse results.
Are the skills free?
Yes. The skills are free and open source under the MIT license. You can read every instruction on GitHub before you install anything, and adapt the skills to your company's process.
What happens to employee data when I use a skill?
A skill is only instructions. It doesn't send data anywhere on its own. The information you share goes to the AI tool you're using, so use a tool your company has approved and share only what the task needs. With Windmill connected, the skill sees only what your Windmill account can see, and it never changes anything in Windmill without showing you the exact change and getting your go-ahead.
Do the skills give legal advice?
No. When a situation has legal exposure, like a planned termination, a leave or accommodation request, or a complaint, the skills say so and tell you to bring in HR leadership or employment counsel. They frame legal points as questions for counsel and never tell you an action is legally safe.
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