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Warmth And Competence

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type:audit
Audits a draft on Susan Fiske's two-axis model of social judgment — warmth (do I like and trust this person?) and competence (do I respect this person?) — and rewrites the lines that signal the wrong thing on either axis. Implements Kramon's hardest rule: "show competence AND warmth in a single sentence." Use when a draft reads cold-but-impressive (high competence, low warmth — the "consultant trap"), warm-but-unserious (high warmth, low competence — the "intern trap"), or flat on both. Triggers on "warmth," "competence," "too cold," "too eager," "not serious enough," "I sound like a consultant," "I sound like an intern," "first impression.
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From the source SKILL.md

Source: points/core-rules.md rule 15 ("show competence AND warmth in a single sentence" — Kramon's hardest rule). Grounded in Susan Fiske's stereotype-content model from Princeton — humans evaluate every new face on two axes: warmth (intent — friend or foe?) and competence (capability — can they actually do it?).

What this skill does

Warmth And Competence is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/warmth-and-competence/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when a draft reads cold-but-impressive (high competence, low warmth — the "consultant trap"), warm-but-unserious (high warmth, low competence — the "intern trap"), or flat on both. Triggers on "warmth," "competence," "too cold," "too eager," "not serious enough," "I sound like a consultant," "I sound like an intern," "first impression.

Who uses this skill

The Warmth And Competence Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/warmth-and-competence
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/warmth-and-competence/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/warmth-and-competence/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/warmth-and-competence/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\warmth-and-competence\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 Warmth And Competence Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/warmth-and-competence/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Warmth And Competence skill do?
Audits a draft on Susan Fiske's two-axis model of social judgment — warmth (do I like and trust this person?) and competence (do I respect this person?) — and rewrites the lines that signal the wrong thing on either axis. Implements Kramon's hardest rule: "show competence AND warmth in a single sentence." Use when a draft reads cold-but-impressive (high competence, low warmth — the "consultant trap"), warm-but-unserious (high warmth, low competence — the "intern trap"), or flat on both. Triggers on "warmth," "competence," "too cold," "too eager," "not serious enough," "I sound like a consultant," "I sound like an intern," "first impression.
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 Warmth And Competence skill?
Use Warmth And Competence when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general 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 Warmth And Competence" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Warmth And Competence 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. Warmth And Competence is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

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kalyvask. (2026). Warmth And Competence [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/warmth-and-competence/
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@misc{warmth-and-competence-2026,
  author    = {kalyvask},
  title     = {Warmth And Competence [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/warmth-and-competence/}
}

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