# Teqtalk Guest Brief > TeqTalk pre-production skill. Use this when a guest name and company have been confirmed for an upcoming TeqTalk episode. Produces a complete guest intelligence brief: background, current role and company context, known public POV on AI/Data/Salesforce/transformation, likely talking points they will default to, and the 3 blind spots or provocations Jas should push on. Also produces a one-paragraph guest introduction for use in the episode. Runs a 4-iteration refinement loop. Always use this skill before any TeqTalk pre-production work — do not attempt guest research from memory alone. - Skill: `teqfocusadmin/teqtalk-guest-brief` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add teqfocusadmin/teqtalk-guest-brief` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/teqfocusadmin/teqtalk-guest-brief/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Research & Search - Author: TeqfocusAdmin (https://skillmd.com/u/teqfocusadmin) - Updated: 2026-09-22 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/teqfocusadmin/teqtalk-guest-brief --- # Skill: teqtalk-guest-brief ## Stage 1 — Pre-Production | Guest Intelligence Read: `framework/BRAND_VOICE.md` · `framework/AUDIENCE_INTEL.md` --- ## What This Skill Produces A complete guest intelligence brief that Jas reads the morning of the interview. It prepares her to have the most substantive, challenging, and rewarding conversation possible — and to find the moments that nobody else will find because nobody else did the research. --- ## Input Required ``` GUEST NAME: [Full name] GUEST TITLE: [Current role] GUEST COMPANY: [Organisation] EPISODE THEME (if known): [Topic area or focus] ANY PRIOR CONTEXT: [Previous conversations, referrals, known positions] ``` --- ## The 4-Iteration Loop ### Pass 1 — Research Draft Build the brief from public sources: LinkedIn, company website, recent talks/interviews/panels, published articles, press coverage, X/Twitter, conference appearances. Do not fabricate — flag anything unverified with `[VERIFY]`. ### Pass 2 — Benchmark Critique Score the brief against this question: "Would Dwarkesh Patel or Lex Fridman find a question here that nobody else would ask?" Identify the 2 safest/most predictable angles and replace them with harder, more specific provocations. ### Pass 3 — CXO Audience Filter Review every section: "Is this insight useful to a CDO or CIO preparing to watch the episode?" Cut anything that is generic industry background a senior executive already knows. Sharpen the blind spots section. ### Pass 4 — Final Polish Ensure the guest intro paragraph is written in TeqTalk voice (practitioner-level, not press release). Confirm all [VERIFY] flags are present. Format for quick reading — Jas is reading this 30 minutes before recording. --- ## Output Structure ``` ══════════════════════════════════════ TEQTALK GUEST BRIEF Guest: [Name] | [Title] | [Company] Episode Theme: [Topic] Prepared: [Date] ══════════════════════════════════════ 1. WHO THEY ARE (2–3 sentences) [Current role, company context, career arc — practitioner credibility only] 2. THEIR PUBLIC POV (bullet format) [What they are known for saying publicly. Sources cited.] • [POV 1 — with source] • [POV 2 — with source] • [POV 3 — with source] 3. THEIR LIKELY DEFAULT ANSWERS [The safe, rehearsed answers they will give if not pushed] • Q: "What's your AI strategy?" → They will say: [default answer] • Q: "What's the biggest challenge?" → They will say: [default answer] • Q: "What advice would you give?" → They will say: [default answer] 4. THE 3 BLIND SPOTS / PROVOCATIONS [The counterintuitive angles. Where their position might be incomplete or overstated.] • Provocation 1: [Specific challenge with setup question] • Provocation 2: [Specific challenge with setup question] • Provocation 3: [Specific challenge with setup question] 5. THE WOW MOMENT TO HUNT FOR [Based on their background and public positions, what is the single story or insight they haven't told publicly that could be the episode's defining moment?] 6. RELEVANT CONTEXT FOR JAS [Company news, recent announcements, industry events, anything that makes this conversation timely and specific right now] 7. GUEST INTRO (ready to read on-air, 3–4 sentences) [Practitioner voice — no press release language. Names the specific thing they've built or decided that makes them worth listening to.] ══════════════════════════════════════ ``` --- ## Quality Test Before delivering: "If a competitor podcast host had this brief, could they run a generic interview? If yes — the provocations section is not sharp enough. Rewrite." The brief passes when the provocations section contains questions that would make a PR team nervous.