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negotiation-fundamentals from amey-thakur/ai-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
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Prepare and conduct a negotiation around interests and alternatives rather than positions, so agreements are better and hold. Use before any commercial conversation with something at stake.
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What the file says
# Negotiation fundamentals Most negotiation outcomes are decided by preparation, particularly by knowing what you will do if there is no deal. Skill at the table matters far less than having a real alternative and understanding what the other side actually needs. ## Method 1. **Establish your alternative first.** What you do if this fails determines your real leverage, and negotiating without knowing it means conceding from fear. 2. **Estimate theirs.** Their alternative bounds what they can accept, and it is usually inferable from their situation. 3. **Separate positions from interests.** What they ask for is a position; why they want it is an interest, and interests can often be satisfied more cheaply than positions. 4. **Prepare multiple variables.** Price, term, scope, timing, and payment schedule create trades. A single-variable negotiation is purely distributive and adversarial. 5. **Anchor deliberately or let them.** The first credible number shapes the range, and being anchored unprepared is why preparation beats improvisation. 6. **Keep the relationship separate from the substance.** Firm on the …
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How to install
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Source
amey-thakur/ai-skills · 14 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-06 · branch main
API
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