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mohitagw15856 f3b9d008fe feat: 100 skills milestone — 7 new skills + quality improvements across all 93
New skills added:
- teaching-lesson-plan: structured lesson plans for any subject/audience/setting
- seo-content-brief: complete SEO briefs with intent, competitor gaps, and outline
- media-pitch: story-first journalist pitches with angle development framework
- change-management-plan: stakeholder analysis, comms strategy, adoption metrics
- workshop-facilitation-guide: activity instructions, decision protocols, facilitator moves
- sales-forecasting-model: pipeline model, scenario analysis, assumption log
- tax-planning-checklist: year-end tax planning across income, pension, CGT, reliefs

Quality improvements across all 93 existing skills:
- Standardised description format: "Verb the thing. Use when X. Produces Y."
- Added Required Inputs section to all skills missing it (prompts for missing info)
- Added Quality Checks section to all skills missing it (specific, not generic)
- Fixed broken multiline YAML descriptions
- Removed non-standard frontmatter keys (tool_integration, metadata blocks)

README updated to v6.0.0 with 100-skill count, new skill tables, and article series

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-20 20:52:31 +01:00

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---
name: proposal-writer
description: "Write a structured sales proposal or commercial proposal for any deal. Use when asked to write a proposal, sales proposal, commercial proposal, statement of work, or quote document. Produces a complete proposal with problem statement, solution, investment, and next steps."
---
# Proposal Writer Skill
Writes commercial proposals that win business — structured around the prospect problem, not the product.
## Required Inputs
- **Prospect company and contact**
- **Their problem or goal** (from discovery — be specific)
- **Your proposed solution**
- **Commercial terms** (pricing, payment terms, contract length)
- **Timeline**
- **Key stakeholders** who will read this
- **Tone** (formal / conversational / technical)
## Output Structure
---
# Proposal: [Brief description of what you are solving]
**Prepared for:** [Contact, Title] | [Company]
**Prepared by:** [Name] | [Your Company]
**Date:** [Date] | **Valid until:** [Date]
---
### Understanding Your Situation
[2-3 paragraphs. Demonstrate you listened. Describe their situation, problem, and impact of not solving it in their words. This section should make them think "yes, exactly." Generic boilerplate here = proposal goes in the bin.]
**The key challenge:** [One sentence — the core problem]
**The impact:** [What this costs them]
**What you have tried:** [Acknowledge prior attempts]
---
### Our Proposed Approach
**What we will do** (3-5 deliverables or phases)
**Phase 1: [Name]** (Timeline: [Weeks 1-2])
[What happens, what is delivered, what customer input is needed]
**Phase 2: [Name]** (Timeline: [Weeks 3-6])
**What you will get** (outcomes, not features)
- [Outcome 1]
- [Outcome 2]
**What success looks like**
[How both parties know this worked]
---
### Why [Your Company]
[3-4 sentences. Specific to their situation. Reference similar customers. Generic "why us" sections are skipped.]
---
### Investment
| Item | Description | Investment |
|---|---|---|
| [Component 1] | [Description] | £[amount] |
| **Total** | | **£[total]** |
**Payment terms:** [Terms]
**Included:** [What is in]
**Not included:** [What is out — prevents scope disputes]
---
### Timeline
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Contract signed | [Date] |
| Kickoff | [Date] |
| Delivery | [Date] |
---
### Next Steps
1. [Sign / reply / schedule] by [date]
2. We will send contract and confirm kickoff
3. [Any immediate action]
## Quality Checks
- [ ] "Understanding Your Situation" reflects what was learned in discovery (not generic)
- [ ] Outcomes are listed (not just deliverables or features)
- [ ] "Not included" section is explicit to prevent scope disputes later
- [ ] Next steps include a specific date and named action
- [ ] "Valid until" date is included to create urgency
## Example Trigger Phrases
- "Write a proposal for [prospect] to [solve their problem]"
- "Draft a statement of work for [project]"
- "Turn my discovery notes into a proposal"