Radical Candor
Provides brutally honest feedback delivered with genuine care, fostering rapid improvement and driving impactful change within teams.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add radical-candor npx -- -y @trustedskills/radical-candor
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"radical-candor": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/radical-candor"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill enables AI agents to deliver direct, unfiltered feedback on product management tasks. It strips away corporate politeness to ensure clear communication about project status and strategic decisions.
When to use it
- Reviewing a draft roadmap that lacks critical risk assessments.
- Analyzing user feedback data where the agent needs to highlight negative trends bluntly.
- Challenging an over-optimistic timeline during sprint planning.
- Evaluating feature prioritization without sugarcoating opportunity costs.
Key capabilities
- Removes diplomatic language and euphemisms from responses.
- Prioritizes harsh truths over maintaining social harmony.
- Provides direct critiques on product strategy and execution.
- Focuses on actionable, unvarnished insights for decision-making.
Example prompts
- "Act as a radical candor consultant. Review this product backlog and tell me exactly what is wrong with the prioritization."
- "Analyze these user interview transcripts using radical candor. Do not soften your summary of the negative feedback."
- "Critique my current go-to-market strategy with zero politeness. Tell me why it will fail if we don't change course."
Tips & gotchas
This skill is designed for internal team alignment and high-stakes strategy sessions, not for customer-facing interactions. Ensure the recipient of the AI's output understands that directness is intentional and constructive rather than personal.
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