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Internal Comms Skill

Format-aware drafting for status reports, leadership updates, newsletters, FAQs, and incident reports.

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Best for

Team leads and program managers writing recurring updates

What you get

Route by communication type + Reuse company patterns

Main limitation

The included examples reflect Anthropic's preferred formats and must be adapted to another organization.

First risk

Confidential information in broad-audience drafts. Status and incident reports can contain customer, employee, operational, or security-sensitive details. Confirm audience and classification before drafting or distributing.

EVIDENCE FRESHNESS

Three checks, kept separate

A recent source check is not a runtime test or security audit.

Upstream sourceChecked 2026-09-23

Pinned revision · 34040c9c

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Updated 2026-09-23

Runtime & securityNot independently verified

Source review does not certify behavior or safety.

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

What it does—and when it fits

Internal Comms is Anthropic's format router for recurring company communication. It identifies whether a request is a 3P update, newsletter, FAQ, status report, leadership update, project update, or incident report, then loads the matching example guidance before drafting.

This is aimed at Team leads and program managers writing recurring updates. Compare the examples below with your task, then review the limitations, permissions, and risks before installing.

What you get
  • Route by communication typeSelect the matching format before writing.
  • Reuse company patternsGround the draft in dedicated examples for updates, newsletters, or FAQs.
  • Standardize recurring updatesKeep common internal messages consistent across authors.
What makes it different
  • A small routing layer keeps format guidance separate and reusable.
  • Covers several recurring internal communication patterns without pretending they are identical.
Community signalNo attributed third-party rating yet

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INSTALL BY AGENT

Choose your Agent

Paths come from official Agent docs or the universal installer behind skills.sh. Compatibility still follows this Skill's record.

Native

This Skill's current record explicitly names this Agent. Still inspect scripts, permissions, and external dependencies first.

Project install (recommended)
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill internal-comms --agent claude-code
Personal install
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill internal-comms --agent claude-code -g

Project install stays with this repository for team sharing. Personal install adds -g and works across repositories.

View install paths
Project path.claude/skills/internal-comms/
Personal path~/.claude/skills/internal-comms/
Official agent docs

Claude Code discovers custom Skill folders automatically at project or personal scope.

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TYPICAL WORKFLOW

A practical workflow

01

Route by communication type

Select the matching format before writing.

02

Reuse company patterns

Ground the draft in dedicated examples for updates, newsletters, or FAQs.

03

Standardize recurring updates

Keep common internal messages consistent across authors.

THE TRADEOFFS

Advantages and tradeoffs

Notable strengths

  1. A small routing layer keeps format guidance separate and reusable.
  2. Covers several recurring internal communication patterns without pretending they are identical.

Limitations

  1. The included examples reflect Anthropic's preferred formats and must be adapted to another organization.
  2. It improves structure and consistency but cannot verify confidential facts or organizational tone by itself.

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BEST FIT

Who it is for

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Team leads and program managers writing recurring updates

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Internal communications and operations teams

BEFORE YOU USE IT

Risks to review before use

High

Confidential information in broad-audience drafts

Status and incident reports can contain customer, employee, operational, or security-sensitive details. Confirm audience and classification before drafting or distributing.

SECURITY

What the permission profile means

  • Confirm the intended audience before including incident or leadership details.
  • Use placeholders for unverified metrics and names until an owner approves them.

Not a security certification. External ratings are attributed references. SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-reviewed this Skill.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Internal Comms Skill FAQ

What is the Internal Comms Skill?

Format-aware drafting for status reports, leadership updates, newsletters, FAQs, and incident reports. Internal Comms is Anthropic's format router for recurring company communication. It identifies whether a request is a 3P update, newsletter, FAQ, status report, leadership update, project update, or incident report, then loads the matching example guidance before drafting.

How do I install the Internal Comms Skill?

Open and review the listed source, choose the project or personal path for your Agent, then verify the first run in a controlled project. Open the pinned commit and read the current SKILL.md.

Is the Internal Comms Skill safe to use?

SkillSignal checked the source on 2026-09-23, but that is not a runtime test or security certification. Review the “Confidential information in broad-audience drafts” risk first and begin with the least access required.

INSIDE THE PACKAGE

Indexed files

SKILL.mdUpstream package contentSource-linked
examples/Upstream package contentSource-linked

TAGS

internal-commsstatus-updatesincident-reports

Original SkillSignal editorial profile grounded in the current SKILL.md and linked files at pinned Anthropic commit 34040c9c, checked 2026-09-23; not independently executed or security-certified.