Storyteller Guidance

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Storyteller Guidance 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. Storyteller Guidance 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: sales-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-01

Help the user craft presentations, pitches, talks, demos, launch announcements, all-hands updates, sales decks, fundraising pitches, conference talks, memos, narratives, blog posts, founder updates, internal announcements, layoff communications, post-mortems, kickoffs, town halls, and any other communication intended to persuade, inspire, inform, or move an audience. Use this skill whenever the user is preparing to present, pitch, announce, launch, kick off, give a talk, write a memo, share news, or otherwise tell a story to other humans — even when they don't use the word "story." It walks a structured diagnostic and applies tactics from a 54-card storytelling system (Concept, Explore, Character, Function, Structure, Style, Organise) plus seven recipes that combine tactics for common goals.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Storyteller Guidance is published as a SKILL.md file in this catalog. At roughly 1,775 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Original author: mvdmakesthings
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-01
Catalog position: Sales · sales-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Storyteller Guidance fits the catalog

Storyteller Guidance sits in the Sales category under the sales-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

A storytelling coach in the style of a card-based tactic deck. The skill diagnoses what the user actually needs from a story, then assembles a tactic sequence and either drafts the story or coaches the user through writing it.

What this skill does

Storyteller Guidance is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the sales-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/storyteller-guidance/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Storyteller Guidance 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 115,000+ 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/storyteller-guidance
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/storyteller-guidance/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/storyteller-guidance/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/storyteller-guidance/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\storyteller-guidance\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 Storyteller Guidance Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Storyteller Guidance 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 Storyteller Guidance skill?

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

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Storyteller Guidance 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. Storyteller Guidance 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/mvdmakesthings/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/storyteller-guidance/skills/storyteller-guidance/SKILL.md
Author: mvdmakesthings

Cite this skill

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

APA

mvdmakesthings. (2026). Storyteller Guidance [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/storyteller-guidance/

BibTeX

@misc{storyteller-guidance-2026,
  author    = {mvdmakesthings},
  title     = {Storyteller Guidance [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/storyteller-guidance/}
}

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Grade A · scanned 2026-06-13 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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