# Proposal Writer — brief → proposal with scope, price, timeline

> Turns a short client brief into a complete proposal covering executive summary, pain points, solution, scope, timeline, pricing, ROI, and next steps, with persuasive structure and placeholders for operator-provided details.

- Skill: `drnabeelkhan/proposal-writer-brief-proposal-with-scope-price-timeline` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add drnabeelkhan/proposal-writer-brief-proposal-with-scope-price-timeline`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/drnabeelkhan/proposal-writer-brief-proposal-with-scope-price-timeline/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Tags: Brief, Persuasion, Pricing, Proposal, Roi, Scope, Timeline
- Author: DrNabeelKhan (https://skillmd.com/u/drnabeelkhan)
- Updated: 2026-08-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/drnabeelkhan/proposal-writer-brief-proposal-with-scope-price-timeline

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# Proposal Writer

> **Does:** turns a short brief into a clean proposal with scope, price, and timeline.
> **Solves:** rewriting the same proposal structure for every prospect.
> **Triggers on:** *"write a proposal for [client]"*

## How Maxim does this (standalone, persuasion-structured)

Lifts the CEO-automation "Proposal first draft" into a one-shot skill. From a short brief it produces: **executive summary → understanding of their pain → proposed solution → scope → timeline → pricing → ROI → next step**. Pricing is **anchored** (good/better/best where it fits), and the prose matches your saved voice if one is set.

## Behavioral overlay

- **Frameworks (cited per ADR-007):** **Minto Pyramid** (lead with the answer) · **AIDA** · **Anchoring** (price framing) · **Cialdini** (social proof + scarcity on terms) · **Loss Aversion** (cost of inaction in the ROI section).
- **No-fabrication:** numbers/case-studies are placeholders the operator fills — never invented client results.
- **Confidence tag (ADR-010).**

## Output

A complete proposal (summary · pain · solution · scope · timeline · pricing · ROI · next step), ready to edit and send.