Pre Session Portrait

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Pre Session Portrait 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. Pre Session Portrait is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Product · Sub-category: discovery · Last updated: 2026-07-25

Build a compressed, visualizable "portrait" of a consulting/coaching client before a session, so the paid hour is spent solving, not scoping. Runs a 7-lens JTBD-inspired interview (where / how / what / problem / ideal / tension / jobs-to-be-done) that takes rich open answers in and compresses them to an 11-field YAML portrait out. Delivers three ways: raw paste-into-a-clean-chat prompt, a secret GitHub gist link, or a Codex CLI one-liner. Use when preparing for an upcoming client call, when the user says "prep an intake", "portrait interview", "questions before our session", "send a client a pre-session questionnaire", or wants a reusable client-intake instrument.

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From the source SKILL.md

Turn "help me with X" into a decision-grade brief before the session starts. The instrument asks the client open, voice-note-friendly questions across seven fixed lenses; the consultant (or an LLM) compresses each answer to one line, yielding a portrait that is iterable, compressible, and easy to visualize.

What this skill does

Pre Session Portrait is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the discovery sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/pre-session-portrait/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when preparing for an upcoming client call, when the user says "prep an intake", "portrait interview", "questions before our session", "send a client a pre-session questionnaire", or wants a reusable client-intake instrument.

Who uses this skill

The Pre Session Portrait Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 159,000+ 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/pre-session-portrait
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/pre-session-portrait/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/pre-session-portrait/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/pre-session-portrait/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\pre-session-portrait\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 Pre Session Portrait Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Pre Session Portrait 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 Pre Session Portrait skill?

Use Pre Session Portrait when your Claude Code task falls under the Product category — specifically in the discovery 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 Pre Session Portrait" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/product/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Pre Session Portrait 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. Pre Session Portrait is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/blob/HEAD/pre-session-portrait/SKILL.md
Author: glebis

Cite this skill

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

APA

glebis. (2026). Pre Session Portrait [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/pre-session-portrait/

BibTeX

@misc{pre-session-portrait-2026,
  author    = {glebis},
  title     = {Pre Session Portrait [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/pre-session-portrait/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-07-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

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