From file to useful result
How to ask with this skill installed
Installing the skill gives your AI a method. Your request still has to provide the case-specific facts, constraints and expected output.
1Name the real task
Describe the decision or deliverable, not just the topic.
2Provide the evidence
Add source material, audience, limits and known facts.
3Define done
Set format, quality criteria and checks.
Source example
Replace the brackets with your case
When to use it
- Managing H-1B employees approaching the 6-year limit
- Tracking H-1B cap-subject petition filing windows (January-April annually)
- Managing OPT students approaching their 60/90-day unemployment limit
- Tracking green card process stages (PERM, I-140, I-485) and priority date progression
- Monitoring AP (Advance Parole) travel authorization expiration
- Running a monthly deadline review with HR and immigration counsel
Mistakes to avoid
- Waiting until 30 days before a visa expiration to begin renewal — H-1B premium processing takes 15 days but petition preparation, LCA prevailing wage determination, and internal approvals take 60-90 days; starting at 30 days is too late
- Misunderstanding the grace period — an H-1B employee who is laid off and doesn't leave or change status within 60 days is accruing unlawful presence, which triggers a 3-year bar to re-entry if they later apply for immigration benefits
- Not tracking STEM OPT students' unemployment days in real-time — the unemployment clock runs continuously and resets only when the employee changes to a different status (H-1B, etc.); a student who thinks they have "30 days left" may have already exceeded the limit without realizing it
- Filing I-485 before checking the priority date — if the priority date is not current (not yet reached the filing date for the category), the I-485 cannot be filed; this wastes the filing fee and creates processing delays