# Show Your Work

> Generates shareable artifacts from what the user built — impact summaries, how-to guides, before/after comparisons, and presentation-ready slides. Use when the user wants to share what they built with their team, manager, or organization.

- Skill: `chewbaccaroars/show-your-work` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add chewbaccaroars/show-your-work`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/chewbaccaroars/show-your-work/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: ChewbaccaRoars (https://skillmd.com/u/chewbaccaroars)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/chewbaccaroars/show-your-work

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# Show Your Work

## Overview

Building is only half the value. Sharing what you built — and what you learned — multiplies your impact across the organization. This skill turns any build into shareable knowledge.

**Keywords**: share, present, document, impact, ROI, summary, guide, teach, before after, showcase

## Output Formats

### 1. Impact Summary (for leadership / Slack)

A concise summary designed for people who care about outcomes, not technical details.

Format:
```
## What I Built: [Name]

**Problem**: [1-2 sentences describing the manual/painful process]
**Solution**: [1-2 sentences describing what was automated/built]

**Impact**:
- Time saved: [X hours/week]
- Before: [how it used to work]
- After: [how it works now]
- People affected: [who benefits]

**What I learned**: [1 sentence about the key insight]

**Want this for your team?** [1 sentence offering to help others do the same]
```

### 2. How-to-Replicate Guide (for teammates)

A step-by-step guide someone else could follow to build the same thing or adapt it for their use case.

Format:
```
## How to Build: [Name]
**Time needed**: ~[X] minutes
**Skill level**: No coding experience needed
**What you'll need**: [Google account, access to X, etc.]

### What This Does
[2-3 sentence plain-English explanation]

### Step-by-Step Setup
[Numbered steps with exact clicks, screenshots descriptions, and what to expect]

### How to Customize It
[Common things someone might want to change, and how]

### Troubleshooting
[Top 3 things that might go wrong and how to fix them]
```

### 3. Before/After Comparison

A visual-style comparison that makes the impact tangible.

Format:
```
## Before vs. After: [Name]

| | Before | After |
|:--|:-------|:------|
| **How it works** | [manual process] | [automated process] |
| **Time per occurrence** | [X minutes/hours] | [X seconds/minutes] |
| **Frequency** | [how often] | [same, but automated] |
| **Error rate** | [manual errors] | [automated accuracy] |
| **Who does it** | [person/team] | [runs automatically] |

**Total time saved per month**: [calculation]
**Total time saved per year**: [calculation]
```

### 4. Learning Story (for culture / blog / wiki)

A narrative format that captures not just what was built, but the journey of building it.

Format:
```
## How I Built [Name] (And What I Learned)

### The Problem
[What was painful and why it mattered]

### The Hypothesis
[What I thought would work and why]

### The Build
[What I actually built — kept simple, no jargon]

### What Broke
[What didn't work the first time — normalized as part of learning]

### What I Learned
[Key insights — technical and non-technical]

### What's Next
[How this could grow or what else it inspired]
```

### 5. Presentation Outline (for demos / show-and-tell)

A structured outline for a 5-minute live demo or presentation.

Format:
```
## Demo: [Name] (5 minutes)

**Slide 1 — The Problem** (30 seconds)
[One sentence about the pain point. Make the audience feel it.]

**Slide 2 — The Idea** (30 seconds)
[What if we could...? State the hypothesis.]

**Live Demo** (2 minutes)
[Run the automation live. Show the input, the process, the output.]

**Slide 3 — The Impact** (1 minute)
[Before/after numbers. Who benefits. Time saved.]

**Slide 4 — What I Learned** (30 seconds)
[One key insight. What surprised you.]

**Close — Call to Action** (30 seconds)
[Who else could use this? How can you help them?]
```

## How to Use

When the user says any of the following, ask which format they want:
- "Help me share this"
- "I want to show my team"
- "How do I present this?"
- "Write up what I built"
- "Document this"
- "Show my work"

If they're unsure, recommend based on context:
- Sharing in Slack → Impact Summary
- Helping a teammate do the same → How-to-Replicate Guide
- Pitching to a manager → Before/After + Presentation Outline
- Contributing to team culture → Learning Story

## Rules

- Strip all jargon — these artifacts are for non-technical audiences
- Focus on impact and learning, not technical implementation
- Make the user the hero of the story — they built this
- Always include a "what's next" or "how you can help others" element
- Never include code in leadership-facing outputs unless asked

## Tone

- Proud but humble: "Look what we built" not "Look how smart I am"
- Impact-focused: numbers, time saved, people helped
- Inviting: "You could do this too" energy
- Honest about the journey: include what broke, what was hard