# Salary Negotiation > Plan a compensation negotiation grounded in numbers and leverage, not nerves. Use when asked to negotiate salary, evaluate or counter a job offer, prepare for a comp conversation, or compare offers. Produces a negotiation plan — total-comp comparison across offers, your target/walk-away and BATNA, the value-based justification, the counter scripts, and what to negotiate beyond base. - **Type:** Skill - **Install:** `agentstack add skill-mohitagw15856-pm-claude-skills-salary-negotiation` - **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior - **Seller:** [mohitagw15856](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mohitagw15856) - **Installs:** 0 - **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml) - **Latest version:** 0.1.0 - **License:** MIT - **Upstream author:** [mohitagw15856](https://github.com/mohitagw15856) - **Source:** https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/pm-career/skills/salary-negotiation - **Website:** https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/ ## Install ```sh agentstack add skill-mohitagw15856-pm-claude-skills-salary-negotiation ``` Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. ## About # Salary Negotiation Skill Most people leave money on the table because they negotiate from anxiety instead of preparation. This skill replaces nerves with a plan: compare offers on **total comp** (not just base), set a target and a walk-away anchored to your BATNA, justify the ask with your value, and script the counter — including the levers beyond base salary that are often easier wins. ## Required Inputs Ask for these only if they aren't already provided: - **The offer(s)** — base, bonus, equity, sign-on, and any other components (and competing offers, if any). - **Your situation** — current comp, your BATNA (best alternative — a competing offer, staying put), and how badly each side needs the other. - **Market data** — comparable ranges for the role/level/location (levels.fyi, Glassdoor, peers), if you have it. - **What matters to you** — cash now vs. equity upside, flexibility, title, start date. ## Output Format ### Negotiation Plan: [role] at [company] **1. Total-comp comparison** — never compare base-to-base. Lay out total annual comp across the offer(s) and your current/alternative (use the helper script). Equity and bonus often flip the ranking. **2. Your numbers** — **target** (ambitious but justifiable), **walk-away** (below which you decline), and **anchor** (open slightly above target). All three anchored to market + your BATNA. **3. Leverage read** — how much you have (competing offer? scarce skills? they've invested in the process?) and how to use it without bluffing. **4. The justification** — the value-based case for the ask: your evidence (impact, comparable comp, the competing offer), framed collaboratively ("I'm excited; to make this work…"). **5. Counter scripts** — exact wording for: countering the base, responding to "that's our max", and the **non-base levers** (sign-on, equity, title/level, start date, remote, review timing) that often move when base can't. **6. The walk-away plan** — what you do if they won't meet the walk-away (and why having decided this in advance is your real power). ## Programmatic Helper `scripts/comp_compare.py` (stdlib only) computes total annual comp across offers so you compare apples to apples (equity amortised, sign-on annualised): ```bash # offers.json: [{"name":"Offer A","base":160000,"bonus":24000,"equity_total":200000,"equity_years":4,"signing":20000}, ...] python3 scripts/comp_compare.py offers.json python3 scripts/comp_compare.py offers.json --signing-years 1 --json ``` ## Quality Checks - [ ] Offers are compared on **total comp**, not base alone (equity + bonus + sign-on included) - [ ] A target, a walk-away, and an anchor are all set — and tied to market + BATNA - [ ] The justification is value-based and evidenced, not "I need more" - [ ] Non-base levers are included (sign-on, equity, title, start date, remote) - [ ] The walk-away decision is made *before* the conversation ## Anti-Patterns - [ ] Do not compare base to base — total comp is the real number, and equity/bonus often change which offer wins - [ ] Do not negotiate without a walk-away decided in advance — it's the source of your leverage - [ ] Do not bluff a competing offer you don't have — if it's called, you lose all credibility - [ ] Do not anchor low or accept the first number — the first offer almost always has room - [ ] Do not fixate only on base — sign-on, equity, level, and start date often move when base is capped ## Based On Principled-negotiation practice (*Getting to Yes* — Fisher & Ury: BATNA, interests over positions) applied to compensation. ## Source & license This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code. - **Author:** [mohitagw15856](https://github.com/mohitagw15856) - **Source:** [mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills](https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) - **License:** MIT - **Homepage:** https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/ Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above. ## Pricing - **Free** — Free ## Security capabilities Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access: - **Network access:** no - **Filesystem access:** no - **Shell / process execution:** no - **Environment & secrets:** no - **Dynamic code execution:** no *"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.* ## Versions - **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source. ## Links - Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-mohitagw15856-pm-claude-skills-salary-negotiation - Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mohitagw15856 - Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse --- Listed on AgentStack — the marketplace for AI agent skills and MCP servers. 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