Renewal Playbook

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

Category: Sales · Sub-category: customer-success · Last updated: 2026-05-30

Build a structured renewal playbook for a customer account. Use when asked to plan a renewal, structure a renewal negotiation, prepare for an expansion conversation, or build a renewal strategy for at-risk or healthy accounts. Produces a renewal brief with health assessment, negotiation strategy, objection responses, expansion levers, and a timeline.

From the source SKILL.md

This skill produces a complete renewal playbook for a specific customer account, covering health assessment, commercial strategy, negotiation preparation, expansion opportunity mapping, and a step-by-step timeline. Output is ready for the CSM or account team to execute 90–180 days before renewal.

What this skill does

Renewal Playbook is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the customer-success sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/renewal-playbook/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when asked to plan a renewal, structure a renewal negotiation, prepare for an expansion conversation, or build a renewal strategy for at-risk or healthy accounts. Produces a renewal brief with health assessment, negotiation strategy, objection responses, expansion levers, and a timeline.

Who uses this skill

The Renewal Playbook Claude Code skill is built for sales development reps, account executives, revenue operations teams, and customer success managers. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 77,000+ 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/renewal-playbook
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/renewal-playbook/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/renewal-playbook/SKILL.md

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Renewal Playbook Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Renewal Playbook 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 Renewal Playbook skill?

Use Renewal Playbook when your Claude Code task falls under the Sales category — specifically in the customer success 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 Renewal Playbook" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/sales/.

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

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/blob/44f69a541fc71f603586daad003d2e70a594b8a6/skills/renewal-playbook/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: mohitagw15856
Website: https://medium.com/product-powerhouse/claude-skills-the-ai-feature-thats-quietly-changing-how-product-managers-work-aad5d8d0640a

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APA

mohitagw15856. (2026). Renewal Playbook [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/renewal-playbook/

BibTeX

@misc{renewal-playbook-2026,
  author    = {mohitagw15856},
  title     = {Renewal Playbook [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/renewal-playbook/}
}

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