Tactical Empathy Negotiation

Use $ARGUMENTS as initial context.

When to use this skill

• Salary, vendor, procurement, partnership, or renewal negotiation.
• Conversations with conflict risk or stalled progress.
• Scenarios requiring structured concessions and fallback strategy.
• Any negotiation where emotional dynamics influence outcome.

When not to use this skill

• Do not use it for ordinary feedback, relationship repair, or conflict conversations with no terms to exchange.
• Do not use it to justify coercion, deception, retaliation, or an agreement below the user's stated walk-away boundary.

Required inputs

• Target outcome, minimum acceptable, and walk-away position.
• Counterparty map (decision makers, incentives, constraints).
• Timeline, pressure points, and fallback options.
• Terms that can be traded and the evidence supporting each leverage assumption.