# director-readiness-advisor

An interactive coaching skill for the move from product manager to director: preparing, interviewing, the first months in the role, and recalibrating when things stall.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 7673
- Author: deanpeters
- License: CC-BY-SA-4.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/director-readiness-advisor/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/director-readiness-advisor

## What it does

This skill runs a conversation instead of handing you a checklist. It first asks which stage you are at: getting ready for the jump, sitting in interviews, freshly appointed, or already in the job with something off. Then it asks up to three follow-up questions and returns 3–5 numbered recommendations matched to your answers.

You pick how the session runs: one question at a time, a context dump up front, or a best-guess pass for the most common case — a director a few months in. Underneath sits the Altitude & Horizon model: the shift in scope and time horizon, the waiter-versus-restaurant-owner distinction, four transition zones, and named failure modes such as Hero Syndrome and Allergic to Process. The full model lives in the companion skill at `skills/altitude-horizon-framework/SKILL.md`, and the dialogue protocol comes from `workshop-facilitation`.

Expect roughly 10–15 minutes. The session goes better when you state your stage and the friction you feel right away; start it with no arguments and it will ask about the stage itself.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill director-readiness-advisor -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/director-readiness-advisor/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/director-readiness-advisor/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill director-readiness-advisor -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/director-readiness-advisor/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill director-readiness-advisor -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/director-readiness-advisor/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills director-readiness-advisor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/director-readiness-advisor/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill director-readiness-advisor -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --path skills/director-readiness-advisor
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/director-readiness-advisor/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill director-readiness-advisor -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/director-readiness-advisor/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- work out what is missing before going for a director role
- get ready for director-level interviews
- stop grabbing tactical work in the first months
- figure out why executive relationships are not landing
- pick what to develop over the next few months

## Example prompts
- I'm a senior PM interviewing for director roles next quarter — tell me what to work on.
- I just got promoted to director and I still do PM work.
- I've been a director for a while and things with leadership aren't clicking — help me diagnose it.

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