incoming-request-advisor

incoming-request-advisor is an open-source integrations skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by deanpeters. Its author describes it as: “Decode an incoming message into a structured breakdown separating the literal ask from the job-to-be-done. Use when a loaded Slack ping, email, mandate, or escalation needs a reply.”. The project has 6.5k stars on GitHub and ships custom license terms, so review them before reuse. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills`.

What incoming-request-advisor does

Decode an incoming message — a Slack ping, email, mandate, escalation, or FYI — into a structured breakdown before you respond. This skill acts as a chief-of-staff-grade analyst sitting in a product leader's chair: it separates the **literal ask** from the **job-to-be-done** underneath it, reads sender power and stake, and opens the conversation toward a reply or next artifact.

Installation

Add incoming-request-advisor to your agent with:

/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

What's inside

The SKILL.md for incoming-request-advisor is organised into these sections:

• Purpose
• Input
• Key Concepts
• The Ask vs. the Job-to-Be-Done
• The Sender Read: Power, Stake, Subtext
• Success Criteria vs. Must-Haves (the distinction PMs blur)
• Infer, Do Not Invent
• Scale Depth to the Message
• The Sticky-Note Rule
• Facilitation Source of Truth
• Application
• Step 1 — Extract the message

When to use it

Reach for incoming-request-advisor when you want integrations help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Ships in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, an established project with 6,527 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

Things to check

• No license declared — confirm terms with the author before reuse

Topics

Frequently asked questions

What does incoming-request-advisor do?

Decode an incoming message into a structured breakdown separating the literal ask from the job-to-be-done. Use when a loaded Slack ping, email, mandate, or escalation needs a reply.

How do I install incoming-request-advisor?

Run /plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills before installing.

Is incoming-request-advisor free to use?

incoming-request-advisor is publicly available on GitHub, but deanpeters has not declared a standard open-source license (Other). Confirm the terms with the author before reusing it.

Where does incoming-request-advisor come from?

incoming-request-advisor ships inside deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,527 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.