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Structure an internal proposal that gets a decision — the problem-cost-options-recommendation-ask spine, the objection pre-handling that shortens the meeting, and the reversibility framing that makes yes easier. Use when asked write a proposal for the new tool or process or hire, how do I pitch this internally, structure my case for the change, or my proposals keep dying in review. Produces the proposal skeleton filled from the actual case, the objections table, the decision-sized ask, and the one-page discipline.

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# Proposal Skeleton Skill

Internal proposals die of three causes: the problem arrived unpriced (so the status quo stayed free), the options section was a strawman parade (so the reader felt managed), or the ask was unsized (so "interesting" substituted for a decision). The working spine is old and undefeated: the problem *with its cost* → real options fairly stated → the recommendation with reasons → risks conceded with mitigations → a decision-sized ask with a reversibility line. One page, because proposals are read in the gap between meetings.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The filled skeleton** — problem-with-cost, options, recommendation, risks, ask — from the actual case
- **The objections table** — the three likely objections, pre-answered in the reader's dialect
- **The ask, decision-sized** — what exactly, costing what, decided by whom, reversible how
- **The one-page version** — with the appendix rule for everything that overflows

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