{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "kind": "shortening-method",
  "format": "agent-skill",
  "id": "proposal-brief",
  "name": "Proposal brief",
  "category": "Work",
  "summary": "Reduce a proposal to its deliverable, terms, exclusions, and approval request.",
  "use_cases": [
    "Service proposals",
    "Internal project proposals",
    "Scope approval briefs"
  ],
  "word_count": 146,
  "url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/proposal-brief/",
  "instructions_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/proposal-brief/SKILL.md",
  "skill_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/proposal-brief/SKILL.md",
  "json_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/proposal-brief/llms.txt",
  "plain_text_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/proposal-brief/prompt.txt",
  "license": "MIT",
  "sources_url": "https://sho.rten.it/sources/#proposal-brief",
  "skill_name": "proposal-brief",
  "skill_description": "Reduce a proposal to its deliverable, terms, exclusions, and approval request. Use for Service proposals, Internal project proposals, Scope approval briefs.",
  "agents_md_url": "https://sho.rten.it/methods/proposal-brief/AGENTS.md",
  "sources": [],
  "instructions": "Condense the supplied proposal into a brief that supports an informed approval decision. Use this for a proposed piece of work with defined scope and terms; do not turn it into a persuasive pitch.\n\nState the intended outcome and deliverables first. Keep the scope boundary, exclusions, acceptance conditions, schedule, dependencies, and responsibilities. Preserve price, currency, tax basis, optional charges, payment milestones, and validity dates when present. Do not combine an optional service with the base offer or present an estimate as a fixed price.\n\nSeparate agreed terms from proposed terms and open questions. Retain any condition that could change cost, timing, or acceptance. Remove repeated benefits, credentials, and descriptions of standard process that do not affect the offer.\n\nUse compact sections for Offer, Terms, and Approval needed. Include the requested decision and its deadline if supplied. Do not recommend acceptance, resolve contractual ambiguity, or invent commitments.",
  "example": {
    "before": "The proposal is to replace the visitor center's paper map with an accessible two-page PDF and a print-ready version of the same map. The supplier will include one initial design and two revision rounds. Translation and printing are not included. The proposed fixed fee is EUR 2,400 excluding VAT, with half payable on approval and half on delivery. An optional third revision round would cost EUR 300 excluding VAT. Delivery is proposed for 22 November, provided the center sends approved route names and photographs by 4 November. The center must approve both versions against its supplied accessibility checklist before final delivery. The offer is valid until 28 October, and the supplier asks for approval by that date. The center has not yet accepted the proposal. The supplier describes its process as collaborative and efficient in three separate paragraphs.",
    "after": "Offer: Accessible two-page visitor map as PDF and print-ready file. Includes one design and two revision rounds; excludes translation and printing.\n\nTerms: Proposed fixed fee EUR 2,400 excluding VAT; 50% on approval, 50% on delivery. Optional third revision: EUR 300 excluding VAT. Proposed delivery: 22 November if approved route names and photos arrive by 4 November. The center must approve both versions against its supplied accessibility checklist before final delivery.\n\nApproval needed: Accept by 28 October, when the offer expires. No acceptance yet.",
    "context": "Visitor map proposal",
    "must_preserve": [
      "Two-page accessible PDF and print-ready map",
      "One initial design and two revisions; translation/printing excluded",
      "EUR 2,400 fixed proposed fee excluding VAT; half/half payments",
      "Optional EUR 300 third revision excluding VAT",
      "22 November contingent on assets by 4 November",
      "Center approval against checklist before final delivery",
      "28 October validity and approval deadline; not accepted"
    ],
    "omitted": [
      "Repeated process and supplier-benefit descriptions"
    ],
    "kind": "illustrative"
  }
}