# Freelance Agency Desk

> Generate the problem-first proposal skeleton for any project from a short brief; use before writing any proposal from scratch.

- Skill: `garphengate/freelance-agency-desk` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/freelance-agency-desk`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/freelance-agency-desk/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/freelance-agency-desk

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# 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

1. **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.
2. **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).
3. **Attach an acceptance-line prompt to every deliverable slot** — "how will both sides know this is done?" — because that sentence prevents most disputes later.
4. **List the five questions to answer before sending,** generated from what the brief left unknown.
5. **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.

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*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*