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The hardest parts of HR, handled.
Handle underperformance start to finish: the first hard conversation, the coaching trail, the PIP, and the exit.
- Updated 16 days ago
- Works in claude.ai as-is
- Used on live employee relations cases with Sony Interactive Entertainment's ER team, May to September 2026
I've sat in the room for the conversations most managers dread, and I built these agents so nobody has to walk in unprepared.
I've spent 19 years in HR at Target, Cisco, and DataRobot. Performance problems, investigations, terminations, layoffs. I've been in the room for all of it, and I've watched good managers and good companies get it wrong because nobody told them what to say or what to do next.
What I learned is that the hard moments follow patterns. The manager waits too long. The feedback is vague. Nothing gets documented. The PIP comes as a surprise. The investigation skips a step that matters later. Those patterns can be taught, and they can be built into tools.
So I built them. Sara Rodgers Consulting runs on a set of AI agents organized into Plays: Performance, Coaching, Investigation, Restructuring, and Hiring. Each agent handles one hard moment and refuses to cut the corners that get businesses in trouble. I still consult alongside them.
I sell them because most businesses will never have someone like me down the hall. These agents put that experience in the room anyway.
Seven skills. Each one is a job we used to do by hand.
- 01
Formal PIP Builder
Use when the decision to put someone on a formal PIP is made. Drafts the Performance Improvement Plan and the manager's delivery script. Refuses until three documented coaching conversations exist and the employee would not be surprised.
Works in claude.ai - 02
Low Performance Conversation
Use when a manager needs to address an underperforming employee: missed deadlines, checked out, not meeting expectations. Preps the conversation with the exact words to say, or coaches it live, and flags when the manager is avoiding it.
Works in claude.ai - 03
Manager Avoidance Check-In
Use when a manager has noticed a performance or behavior problem but has not talked to the employee yet ("I keep meaning to," "maybe I should wait"). Names the avoidance and gets the first direct conversation scheduled.
Works in claude.ai - 04
Performance Case Companion
Use when an HR or ER consultant is running a performance case. Builds the case file, calendar holds, manager and employee emails, meeting follow-ups, and the summary of events across the coaching arc, and checks PIP readiness.
Works in claude.ai - 05
Real-Time Reaction Handler
Use when a manager is in a hard conversation right now, or just stepped out, and the employee cried, got angry, shut down, argued, or raised a protected-class concern. Gives the exact next sentence to say and the trap to avoid.
Works in claude.ai - 06
Skill Gap vs. Will Fit
Use when: Use to diagnose a performance problem before acting: can't (skill), won't (will), or wrong seat (fit). Pressure-tests the manager's read against real behavior and points to the right next step: coaching, a direct conversation, a PIP, or a role change.
Works in claude.ai - 07
Termination Conversation
Use when a termination decision is already made and the manager needs to deliver it. Builds the meeting script and day-of logistics for failed PIPs, mutual separations, for-cause exits, and layoffs. Refuses if the decision is not final or HR is not involved.
Works in claude.ai
- The Coaching Play
Help managers say the hard thing well: feedback, expectations, one-on-ones, growth talks, delegation, and team conflict.
- The Investigation Play
Run a workplace investigation the right way, from the first complaint to findings and close-out.
- The Restructuring Play
Plan and run a reduction in force with care: the business case, selection, compliance, notification day, and aftermath.
- 1.0.0 Oct 1, 2026
First release. Seven skills covering the full underperformance arc: diagnosing the problem, the first hard conversation, the documented coaching trail, the formal PIP, live reactions in the room, and the termination meeting.
- How do we install it?
- One link. It opens in Claude, you sign in, and the skills are there. If you are on Claude Team or Enterprise, your Claude admin adds it once for everyone. Using a different AI app? The connect page after checkout covers Cursor and other apps that support connectors.
- What happens if we cancel?
- You keep access to the end of the period, then updates and access stop. Anything you copied out stays under the license.
- Refunds?
- Cancel anytime. If a Play isn't a fit in your first 14 days, email me for a full refund.