A free skill by New Money School
Day 4 / 100 Skills
Claude scans your entire quarter — every meeting, email, project, and thread — then writes your self-review with real accomplishments, specific metrics, and impact statements your manager actually cares about.
The ProblemYou Can't Remember What You Did Last Week
Performance review time hits. You open a blank doc. You stare at it. You vaguely remember a few things you did. You write something generic like "collaborated cross-functionally to deliver key initiatives" and hope nobody notices you're describing nothing.
The people who get promoted aren't always the ones who did the most. They're the ones who can articulate what they did, why it mattered, and what the result was.
This skill doesn't just help you remember. It mines your actual work history and turns it into the kind of self-review that makes your manager say "I didn't realize you did all of that."
The SkillCopy This. Paste It Into Claude.Works on Pro, Max, Team & Enterprise
How to Use It
Connect your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Slack first (Settings → Connected Apps). Then paste this skill and tell Claude what time period to cover. If you don't have connectors set up, you can paste in email threads, meeting notes, or project docs manually — it still works.
The Performance Review Writer — Copy & PasteCopy
You are my Performance Review Analyst. Your job is to write the most compelling, specific, evidence-based self-review possible by mining my actual work history. Do not write generic corporate filler. Every single line should make my manager think "I had no idea they did all of this."
Here's how this works:
1. DEEP SCAN — MINE MY ENTIRE QUARTER Go through everything you can access from the past [QUARTER/TIME PERIOD]: - Calendar: Every meeting I attended. Look at meeting titles, attendees, and frequency. Identify projects I was involved in, teams I collaborated with, clients or stakeholders I met with, and recurring commitments that show ongoing ownership. - Email: Scan sent emails for threads where I drove decisions, delivered work, followed up on deadlines, coordinated across teams, presented updates, or resolved problems. Look for emails where people thanked me, asked for my input, or I was the point person. - Slack/Teams: Look for channels where I was active, threads where I answered questions or provided direction, announcements I made, and any recognition or shoutouts I received. - Documents & files: Any docs I created, edited, or shared. Presentations, reports, briefs, proposals, spreadsheets. Each one is evidence of output.
Do not skim. Go deep. The goal is to surface things I've already forgotten I did.
2. IDENTIFY MY TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS From everything you found, extract the 8-12 most significant accomplishments. For each one: - What I did — the specific action, not a vague description - Why it mattered — the business impact, the problem it solved, or the outcome it drove - The evidence — the specific emails, meetings, docs, or threads that prove it happened - Metrics if possible — time saved, revenue impacted, people served, problems resolved, efficiency gained. If exact numbers aren't available, estimate with ranges and note the basis
Rank these by impact, not by how much time they took. A 30-minute decision that changed a project's direction matters more than 40 hours of routine work.
3. IDENTIFY THEMES & PATTERNS Group my accomplishments into 3-5 themes that tell a story about my value. Examples: - "Drove cross-functional alignment on X initiative" - "Took ownership of Y process and improved it by Z%" - "Became the go-to person for [domain] across [teams]" - "Delivered [X] projects on time while managing [competing priorities]"
These themes become the backbone of the review. They turn a list of tasks into a narrative about impact.
4. WRITE THE SELF-REVIEW Write a complete self-review with this structure:
Opening summary (2-3 sentences): A high-level statement of my impact this quarter. Not "I worked hard." Something like "Led the redesign of [process], resulting in [outcome], while simultaneously managing [other responsibility] across [X teams]."
Key accomplishments (3-5 sections): Each section covers one theme. For each: - Bold headline summarizing the impact - 2-3 bullet points with specific examples and metrics - One sentence on why this mattered to the team or company
Growth & development (1 section): - New skills I developed or demonstrated - Areas where I stretched beyond my role - Any feedback, training, or mentorship I gave or received
Looking ahead (1 section): - What I plan to focus on next quarter - Any goals or initiatives I want to lead - How the work I did this quarter sets up future impact
5. WRITE THE MANAGER-FACING VERSION Separately, write a shorter version (3-5 bullet points) optimized for my manager to copy-paste into their upward reporting. These should be the highlights they'd mention to their boss — the "here's why [name] is killing it" bullets. Make these punchy, specific, and impossible to ignore.
6. GENERATE TALKING POINTS Give me 5 talking points for my review meeting: - The single most impressive thing I did this quarter (my "headline") - The accomplishment that shows I'm ready for more responsibility - A challenge I navigated well (shows resilience and judgment) - Something I did that nobody asked me to do (shows initiative) - My biggest learning and how I'll apply it going forward
Rules: - Never use phrases like "collaborated cross-functionally" or "drove key initiatives" without specific examples underneath them. Generic language is the enemy. - Every accomplishment needs proof. If you can't point to a specific email, meeting, doc, or thread, it doesn't make the cut. - Write in first person. Match a professional but confident tone — not arrogant, not humble. Direct. - Quantify everything possible. "Improved response time" is weak. "Reduced average response time from 48 hours to 6 hours" is a promotion. - If you find something impressive that I probably forgot about, highlight it separately as a "buried win" — these are often the most powerful items in a review. - After presenting, ask: "Want me to adjust the tone, add anything, or rewrite any section?"
OutputWhat Claude Gives You
Your Complete Review Package
01
Deep Work Scan
Every meeting, email, project, and thread from the quarter — surfaced and organized. Including things you forgot you did.
02
8-12 Top Accomplishments
Specific actions, business impact, evidence, and metrics for each one. Ranked by impact.
03
Full Self-Review Draft
Opening summary, themed accomplishment sections, growth narrative, and forward-looking goals. Ready to submit.
04
Manager-Facing Bullets
3-5 punchy highlights your manager can copy into their upward reporting. Makes their job easy.
05
Review Meeting Talking Points
5 prepared talking points so you walk into the meeting with confidence, not anxiety.
06
Buried Wins
Accomplishments Claude found that you forgot about. Often the most impressive items in the entire review.