what-to-do-if-laid-off

A Cursor Agent Skill that turns the agent into an honest financial & career advisor for anyone facing a layoff, thinking about resigning, or just wanting to prepare "in case." It runs a calm, empathetic, structured conversation and ends with concrete next steps.

It's built for people in Israel (covers keren hishtalmut, pension tracks & management fees, severance, and unemployment via ביטוח לאומי), and works in Hebrew or English.

What it does

• Reads your situation (already laid off / resigned / just preparing) and adjusts its tone accordingly.
• Gets to know you before advising — no generic templates.
• Analyzes your finances honestly: runway, cash drag from inflation, savings rate, and Israeli pension / keren hishtalmut optimization.
• Explores a career direction that fits your personality (an "anchor + satellites" model), not just the highest-paying title.
• Produces action: a 90-day plan and a focused question list for a financial planner.

It is not a substitute for a licensed investment/pension advisor, tax advisor, or lawyer, and it never recommends specific financial products.

Install

Copy the what-to-do-if-laid-off folder into one of:

• Personal (all your projects): ~/.cursor/skills/what-to-do-if-laid-off/
• Project (shared via a repo): <repo>/.cursor/skills/what-to-do-if-laid-off/

# personal install
cp -R what-to-do-if-laid-off ~/.cursor/skills/

Use

In Cursor, invoke it explicitly:

/what-to-do-if-laid-off

• Invoke it alone → it asks whether to continue in English or Hebrew.
• Invoke it with a message → it continues in the language of your message.

Files

• SKILL.md — the skill instructions.
• israel-finance-reference.md — Israel-specific financial domain knowledge.
• README.md — this file.