The free Claude skill that plans how to ask for more money. Paste a pay rise, a job offer, a client or a brand deal and get a power map, ranked moves and the message to send.
Charlie Hills Added 1 September 2026 · Free
What’s inside
1Plan your pay rise first
2What comes back
3Install it
4The ten minutes that actually matters
5Fox or lion
6The mistake it exists to stop
7Read the thread before you answer it
Plan your pay rise first
Here's my situation: [your job, what you're paid now, what you want, and exactly what they've said].
Who actually decides this?
What do they really want?
And when is it time to walk away?
Use only the facts I've given you. Don't invent anything. Then tell me where my power is, and write the message I should send.
What you should get back
One line on what is really going on, then a table with five rows for you and for them: wants, fears losing, real alternative, clock pressure, who they answer to. Then fox or lion, two or three moves ranked with what each costs you, a short message that ends on a question, and the one move to avoid. The check: the table appears on the first screen. General advice in paragraphs means the skill did not load.
What it looks like on an example offer
A made-up example, so you can see the shape. The situation: final round for a marketing manager role. The range is £45,000 to £55,000. You ask for £55,000. The CEO says he does not think you are worth that and offers £47,000. No other offer. Reply due Friday.
The top move: keep £55k as the headline, and put one option beside it he can say yes to.
Thanks for the offer, I'm keen to make this work.
On the number: I've been building AI workflows for my team every week. The latest [one real result, with its number]. That's what I'd bring from day one.
I still see this role at £55k. If that's a stretch to start, I'd take £50k with a written review at six months to £55k, against two or three outcomes we agree now.
Which works better for you?
The move to avoid: accepting £47k because you have no other offer, or hinting at an offer you do not have. Every future raise starts from your first salary, and a bluff that gets called ends the conversation.
Then rehearse it
Before the real conversation, paste this in the same chat:
Play the person I'm negotiating with. Push back the way they really would. After five exchanges, stop and tell me where I gave ground and what I should say instead.
Asking for a raise in a job you already have
Same skill, same order. Three things it will push you on:
Ask before the budget is set. If reviews are in March, the money is often decided months earlier. Ask for the conversation now.
Make the case about the job, not the years. "I took on a second role and grew it 40%" is a sentence your manager can repeat to whoever signs off. "I've been here two years" is not.
Name a number and a fallback. One number with nothing beside it gets a no. A choice of two gets a decision.
That’s the first part. The rest of this guide is free too.
Charlie Hills
Charlie Hills Added 1 September 2026 · Free