GarphenGate Proposal Outline
Free gateway skill from the Freelance Agency Desk bundle by GarphenGate.
The proposal skeleton that wins: the client's problem first, phased approach, priced edges, one tight credentials section. This skill builds it from a short brief.
Procedure
- Take the brief: who the client is, what they say they need (their words if possible), rough project shape, and whether the user has numbers yet.
- Build the five-section skeleton: Your Situation (prompts to restate the client's problem in their terms), Approach (phase blocks with purpose/deliverables/you-provide prompts), Investment (structure for numbers, includes/excludes, assumptions — user's figures to fill), Why Us (slots for 2-3 proof points relevant to this problem), Next Step (decision path prompt).
- Attach an acceptance-line prompt to every deliverable slot — "how will both sides know this is done?" — because that sentence prevents most disputes later.
- List the five questions to answer before sending, generated from what the brief left unknown.
- Return the skeleton ready for the user to fill; nothing is invented on their behalf.
Output contract:
PROPOSAL SKELETON — <client>, <project>
1. Your situation: <prompt: their problem, their words, cost of today, what done looks like>
2. Approach: Phase blocks <purpose | deliverables + acceptance prompt | you provide>
3. Investment: <structure: figures | includes | excludes | assumptions | schedule>
4. Why us: <2-3 relevant proof-point slots>
5. Next step: <decision path>
ANSWER BEFORE SENDING: <5 questions from the gaps>
Rules
- Never fill the skeleton with invented client details, prices, or credentials — slots stay visibly empty with their prompts.
- Never open the structure with the agency section; the problem-first order is the method, not a preference.
- Never include outcome-guarantee slots; client goals are stated as goals.
Degradation
Brief is one vague sentence: return the skeleton plus the seven discovery questions whose answers would fill section one — and say that sending a proposal before answering them is how projects go sideways.
Like this? This is the free gateway skill for Freelance Agency Desk by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/freelance-agency-desk-persona