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Write the purchase request that gets approved — the cost-of-not-buying framing, the ROI math at the approver's altitude, the alternatives-considered section that preempts the obvious pushback, and the right-sized ask for the approval tier. Use when asked justify this tool/hire/equipment purchase, write the budget request, my requests keep getting deferred, or make the business case for this spend. Produces the justification memo: the problem priced, the ROI shown, alternatives dispatched, and the ask sized to its approval path.

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# Purchase Justification Skill

Purchase requests die of vagueness, not price: "we need this tool, it's $8k" gives the approver nothing to weigh, so deferral — the polite no — wins by default. The justification that works is the [proposal-skeleton](../proposal-skeleton/SKILL.md) specialized for spend: the *problem priced first* (what not-buying costs, in the approver's currency — hours, risk, revenue), the ROI math honest and conservative (one inflated payback poisons the requester's every future ask), the alternatives-considered section dispatching the obvious pushbacks ("can't we use what we have?") before they're raised, and the ask *sized to its approval tier* — because a $4,800 pilot approved this week beats a $50k platform deferred to next fiscal year.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The justification memo** — one page: the priced problem, the proposal, the ROI, alternatives, the ask
- **The ROI math** — conservative, assumption-labeled, with the payback period the approver can check
- **The alternatives table** — do-nothing (priced), the cheaper option (honestly assessed), the requested option
- **The ask sizing** — the request shaped to the approval tier and the pilot-first path where it helps

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