# eol-message

> Claude/Codex skill by [@deanpeters](https://omgskills.com/library/deanpeters/index.md) · 7.5k stars · Updated 2026-10-16

Write a right-sized EOL announcement — brief notice through full phased comms — with rationale, customer impact, and next steps. Use when retiring a product, feature, or plan.

Tags: ai-agents, ai-product-management, claude-skills, pm-frameworks, product-management

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills && ln -s /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills/skills/eol-message ~/.claude/skills/eol-message
```

## From README

EOL Message Purpose Craft a clear, empathetic End-of-Life (EOL) message that communicates discontinuation, explains the rationale, addresses customer impact, provides transition support, and positions what comes next. Use this to maintain customer trust during a difficult transition and reduce the churn that comes from customers feeling abandoned. This is not a generic sunset announcement — it's a customer-centric communication that acknowledges loss while framing the change as progress. And it is sized to the change: a deprecated toggle gets a paragraph, a flagship retirement gets phased communications across months. Input Works best with: What's being retired (product, feature, or plan) and roughly when. Also useful: The rationale, affected customer segments, migration or replacement path, support commitments, and any contract or regulatory language that constrains what you can say.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/deanpeters/product-manager-skills/eol-message/
- GitHub: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills
- Author: [@deanpeters](https://omgskills.com/library/deanpeters/index.md)

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