Pragmatics Communication

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Pragmatics Communication skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Pragmatics Communication is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Security · Sub-category: security-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Pragmatics and communicative competence across languages -- speech acts (Austin/Searle), Grice's conversational maxims and implicature, politeness theory (Brown & Levinson), face-threatening acts, discourse structure, turn-taking, repair strategies, register and formality, cross-cultural communication, communicative strategies (circumlocution, approximation, appeal for assistance), and the gap between grammatical competence and communicative performance. Use when teaching communication skills, analyzing cross-cultural misunderstandings, building conversational fluency, or understanding why grammatically correct sentences can be pragmatically inappropriate.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Pragmatics Communication is published as a SKILL.md file in this catalog. At roughly 1,653 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Security · security-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Pragmatics Communication fits the catalog

Pragmatics Communication sits in the Security category under the security-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Pragmatics is the study of how context contributes to meaning -- how speakers use language to accomplish social goals beyond the literal content of their words. A learner who masters phonology, grammar, and vocabulary but lacks pragmatic competence will produce sentences that are technically correct but socially inappropriate, confusing, or even offensive. This skill covers communicative competence as a learnable meta-skill.

What this skill does

Pragmatics Communication is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/pragmatics-communication/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when teaching communication skills, analyzing cross-cultural misunderstandings, building conversational fluency, or understanding why grammatically correct sentences can be pragmatically inappropriate.

Who uses this skill

The Pragmatics Communication Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/pragmatics-communication
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/pragmatics-communication/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/pragmatics-communication/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/pragmatics-communication/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/pragmatics-communication/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\pragmatics-communication\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Pragmatics Communication Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/pragmatics-communication/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Pragmatics Communication skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Pragmatics Communication skill?

Use Pragmatics Communication when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the security misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Pragmatics Communication" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/security/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Pragmatics Communication skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Pragmatics Communication is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). Pragmatics Communication [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/pragmatics-communication/

BibTeX

@misc{pragmatics-communication-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Pragmatics Communication [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/pragmatics-communication/}
}

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