Find and explain company policies in plain language. Trigger with "what's our PTO policy", "can I work remotely from another country", "how do expenses work", or any plain-language question about benefits, travel, leave, or handbook rules.
Write and maintain technical documentation. Trigger with "write docs for", "document this", "create a README", "write a runbook", "onboarding guide", or when the user needs help with any form of technical writing — API docs, architecture docs, or operational runbooks.
Rapidly triage an incoming NDA and classify it as GREEN (standard approval), YELLOW (counsel review), or RED (full legal review). Use when a new NDA arrives from sales or business development, when screening for embedded non-solicits, non-competes, or missing carveouts, or when deciding whether an NDA can be signed under standard delegation.
Prepare for a customer or prospect call using Common Room signals. Triggers on 'prep me for my call with [company]', 'prepare for a meeting with [company]', 'what should I know before talking to [company]', or any call preparation request.
Design and draft multi-email sequences with full copy, timing, branching logic, exit conditions, and performance benchmarks. Use when building onboarding, lead nurture, re-engagement, win-back, or product launch flows, when you need a complete drip campaign with A/B test suggestions, or when mapping a sequence end-to-end with a flow diagram.
Prepare and route a document for e-signature — run a pre-signature checklist, configure signing order, and send for execution. Use when a contract is finalized and ready to sign, when verifying entity names, exhibits, and signature blocks before sending, or when setting up an envelope with sequential or parallel signers.
Create publication-quality visualizations with Python. Use when turning query results or a DataFrame into a chart, selecting the right chart type for a trend or comparison, generating a plot for a report or presentation, or needing an interactive chart with hover and zoom.
Guide users through creating a new plugin from scratch in a cowork session. Use when users want to create a plugin, build a plugin, make a new plugin, develop a plugin, scaffold a plugin, start a plugin from scratch, or design a plugin. This skill requires Cowork mode with access to the outputs directory for delivering the final .plugin file.
Create effective data visualizations with Python (matplotlib, seaborn, plotly). Use when building charts, choosing the right chart type for a dataset, creating publication-quality figures, or applying design principles like accessibility and color theory.
Analyze compensation — benchmarking, band placement, and equity modeling. Trigger with "what should we pay a [role]", "is this offer competitive", "model this equity grant", or when uploading comp data to find outliers and retention risks.
Create or evaluate an architecture decision record (ADR). Use when choosing between technologies (e.g., Kafka vs SQS), documenting a design decision with trade-offs and consequences, reviewing a system design proposal, or designing a new component from requirements and constraints.
Generate a response to a common legal inquiry using configured templates, with built-in escalation checks for situations that shouldn't use a templated reply. Use when responding to data subject requests, litigation hold notices, vendor legal questions, NDA requests from business teams, or subpoenas.
Research a prospect then draft personalized outreach. Uses web research by default, supercharged with enrichment and CRM. Trigger with "draft outreach to [person/company]", "write cold email to [prospect]", "reach out to [name]".
Draft blog posts, social media, email newsletters, landing pages, press releases, and case studies with channel-specific formatting and SEO recommendations. Use when writing any marketing content, when you need headline or subject line options, or when adapting a message for a specific platform, audience, and brand voice.
Synthesize user research from interviews, surveys, and feedback into structured insights. Use when you have a pile of interview notes, survey responses, or support tickets to make sense of, need to extract themes and rank findings by frequency and impact, or want to turn raw feedback into roadmap recommendations.
Run a comprehensive SEO audit — keyword research, on-page analysis, content gaps, technical checks, and competitor comparison. Use when assessing a site's SEO health, when finding keyword opportunities and content gaps competitors own, or when you need a prioritized action plan split into quick wins and strategic investments.
Prepare journal entries with proper debits, credits, and supporting detail. Use when booking month-end accruals (AP, payroll, prepaid), recording depreciation or amortization, posting revenue recognition or deferred revenue adjustments, or documenting an entry for audit review.
Research your competitors and build an interactive battlecard. Outputs an HTML artifact with clickable competitor cards and a comparison matrix. Trigger with "competitive intel", "research competitors", "how do we compare to [competitor]", "battlecard for [competitor]", or "what's new with [competitor]".
Track and manage recruiting pipeline stages. Trigger with "recruiting update", "candidate pipeline", "how many candidates", "hiring status", or when the user discusses sourcing, screening, interviewing, or extending offers.
Headcount planning, org design, and team structure optimization. Trigger with "org planning", "headcount plan", "team structure", "reorg", "who should we hire next", or when the user is thinking about team size, reporting structure, or organizational design.