Present a design to a client so they can make a decision rather than react to a picture — the brief restated, the moves explained against it, the options with their trade-offs, and a specific decision requested. Use when asked to present a design to a client, prepare a design review meeting, present concept options, or when a client keeps changing their mind after sign-off. Produces the presentation structure, the brief-to-design traceability, the options with honest trade-offs, the cost and programme position, and the decision record that makes sign-off stick.
“Help me structure a design presentation for the client”“The client keeps changing their mind after sign-off — what am I doing wrong?”“How do I present three concept options?”“Prepare a design review meeting agenda”“How do I tell a client their request is not possible?”
What to give it
▸The stage and the brief — where the project is, and the agreed brief the design answers
▸The design — the scheme and the major moves, with the reasoning behind each
▸The options — what genuine alternatives exist, and their cost and programme consequences
▸The commercial position — current cost estimate against budget, and the programme status
▸The audience — who is in the room, who actually decides, and what each of them cares about
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓The agreed brief is restated before any design is shown
✓Every major move is traced to something in the brief
✓Every option states what it gives up, not only what it gains
✓Cost and programme are presented in the meeting, not sent afterwards
✓Specific decisions are requested, with what they block
✓A decision record is issued the same day
✓Non-negotiable constraints are stated clearly rather than softened
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Leading with renderings.** Produces reactions to materials instead of decisions about arrangement.
**Options without downsides.** The client picks on preference and reopens it when the cost lands.
**Holding cost back.** The single fastest way to lose a client's trust in the whole team.
**Accepting 'looks great' as approval.** It is not a decision and will not survive contact with the next meeting.
**No written record.** Guarantees the decision is relitigated.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y -p pm-claude-skills pm-claude-skills-mcp