write-recommendationlisted

# Write recommendation LinkedIn recommendations are read very differently from posts. They are checked by hiring managers, prospective clients, and prospective partners as evidence. A generic-sounding recommendation actively hurts the recommended person because the reader concludes the recommender did not really know them. This skill exists to write recommendations that prove the user actually worked with the person and noticed something specific about them. ## Why this skill exists Hiring managers in 2026 are AI-aware. A recommendation that reads as templated lowers trust in the candidate. The strongest signal a recommendation can send is specificity: a specific project, a specific moment, a specific habit the recommender observed. That signal is hard to fake, which is why it carries weight. But specificity also requires effort. Most people writing a recommendation default to generic ("X was a pleasure to work with, always reliable and a great team player") because writing the specific version requires recalling actual moments. This skill exists to draw out those moments and shape them into a recommendation that is both warm and credible. ## When to use this skill Trigger when: - The user wants to recommend a specific person - Someone has asked the user for a recommendation - The user wants to return a recommendation Do NOT trigger when: - The user wants to write a job reference letter (different format, different audience). Suggest a separate doc. - The user is asked