Dope — Bird Profiles skill for Claude

Reads a person's communication style as one of four bird profiles (Peacock, Dove, Eagle, Owl — based on Des Hunt's four-bird personality model) and adapts messaging, selling, and relationship approaches so they land the way that person actually receives things.

Structure

SKILL.md                     # entry point: model, reading guide, routing
references/
  profiles.md                # the four bird profiles in depth
  messaging.md               # everyday communication playbook
  selling.md                 # sales & persuasion playbook
  relationships.md           # personal/family relationships playbook

Install — Claude Code

Personal (all projects):

git clone git@github.com:soil-dev/dope-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/dope

Project-scoped (committed with a repo, shared with the team):

git submodule add git@github.com:soil-dev/dope-skill.git .claude/skills/dope
# or plain copy if you don't want submodules:
# git clone ... && cp -r dope-skill your-repo/.claude/skills/dope

Claude Code discovers skills automatically at startup; trigger naturally ("how should I pitch this to X?") or check with /skills style commands.

Install — claude.ai

Zip the contents inside a dope/ subfolder (not at zip root), then Customize → Skills → "+" → upload.

mkdir -p /tmp/pack/dope && cp -r SKILL.md references /tmp/pack/dope/ \
  && (cd /tmp/pack && zip -r dope.zip dope)

Updating

Edit → commit → push. Pull in ~/.claude/skills/dope (or git submodule update --remote for project installs). For claude.ai, re-zip and re-upload — there is no git sync on that surface.

License

Apache License 2.0 — Copyright 2026 Anton Arapov.