How to build a Performance Improvement Plan Agent with Claude
A PIP is either someone's last real shot or the paper trail for their exit. Most managers write it the night before, in a blank doc, from memory. I built the agent that won't let that happen.
Last time you built the offboarding coordinator.
This one is harder, and it matters more.
Here’s the problem.
A PIP has two jobs.
Help someone recover.
Hold up in court if they don’t.
Get the first one wrong and you lose a person you could have kept.
Get the second one wrong and you lose the case.
And most managers write it the night before, in a blank doc, from memory. Nothing makes the goals measurable. Nothing forces the check-ins. Nothing catches a retaliation tripwire before the plan goes out.
So I built a coordinator that runs every plan from intake to outcome and blocks you from skipping the parts that matter.
Here’s how I built it, the exact prompt I used, and what to watch for before you run it yourself.
Let’s dive in.