In 2018, managers open-sourced how to work with them as READMEs. In 2026, I open-sourced mine as a Claude skill — so both humans and AI can learn how I operate. — Vittorio Banfi, Founder @ Cyberwave
This is a SKILL.md for Claude that describes how to work with Vittorio Banfi. As far as I know, it's the first personal "how to work with me" published as a Claude skill. The whole ecosystem of Claude skills is tools, coding patterns, and workflows — nobody has done this for a person yet.
- Who Vittorio is — background, interests, what he's excited about
- Communication style (concise + empathetic)
- Document preferences (bullet points, flows, no AI-slop)
- Async-first philosophy (Slack + deep work)
- Meeting types and how to run them well
- How Vittorio thinks about focus and priorities
- How feedback works — giving and asking for it
- How to reach out for free advice & mentoring
git clone https://github.com/erlapso/vittorio-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/vittorio-skillThen invoke with /vittorio-skill, or it loads automatically when Vittorio is the context.
/plugin marketplace add erlapso/vittorio-skill
/plugin install vittorio-skill@erlapso/vittorio-skill
Upload the folder as a skill following the Skills API Quickstart.
Working norms shouldn't be a mystery. Sharing how I think and operate makes collaboration faster, reduces friction, and sets clearer expectations — for teammates, collaborators, and AI tools alike.
If you work with me, read this. If you build with Claude, load this.
The "how to work with me" README tradition started in Silicon Valley around 2015–2018 and spread quickly through engineering leadership. Key pieces worth reading:
- How to Rands — Michael Lopp (Apple, Slack, Pinterest) — the document that started the movement
- Why and How to share your Manager README — Katie Womersley (Buffer) — the post that sparked the GitHub open-source wave
- Setting Expectations as a Manager — Lara Hogan (Etsy, Kickstarter) — a more structured take on the same idea
- 12 Manager READMEs from Silicon Valley's Top Tech Companies — Brennan McEachran on HackerNoon — the 2018 roundup that went viral
- manager-READMEs index — a curated list of public manager READMEs from across the industry
This skill takes the same idea one step further: instead of a static markdown document, it's a loadable Claude skill — so AI tools can understand how I work, not just humans.
Fork this repo and replace the content with your own. The format is simple: a folder with a SKILL.md file. See Anthropic's skill docs to get started.
If you publish one, I'd love to see it.
Apache 2.0 — fork it, adapt it, make your own.