What do I need to use Briefing Note?

Purpose; The audience; The substance; The ask.

Is Briefing Note free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Briefing Note

Q: How do I know the Briefing Note output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The purpose (decision / information / meeting) is stated up front and shapes the note; It fits on one page and is scannable in ~2 minutes (bullets, not paragraphs); Background is the minimum needed — no padding; Key considerations surface the real risks/sensitivities, not just facts.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-01 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-gov

Write a one-page briefing note that gets a busy principal up to speed fast. Use when asked to brief a minister/executive/official, prepare a briefing note or read-ahead, or summarize an issue for a decision or meeting. Produces a tight, single-page note: purpose, background, key facts/considerations, and a recommendation or the decision sought — scannable in two minutes.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

What to give it

▸Purpose — why the note exists: for decision, for information, or for a meeting/event.

▸The audience — who's being briefed and what they need (and already know).

▸The substance — the issue, key facts, relevant background, positions of stakeholders.

▸The ask — the decision sought, or the meeting/response the note prepares them for.

✅ 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 purpose (decision / information / meeting) is stated up front and shapes the note

✓It fits on one page and is scannable in ~2 minutes (bullets, not paragraphs)

✓Background is the minimum needed — no padding

✓Key considerations surface the real risks/sensitivities, not just facts

✓It ends with a clear recommendation or the specific decision/action sought

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not write an essay — a briefing note is one page of scannable bullets

Do not include history the principal doesn't need to act — annex it

Do not bury the ask — state the decision sought or key messages plainly

Do not omit sensitivities/risks — surprising a principal in the room is the cardinal sin

Do not editorialize — be accurate and balanced; flag where judgment is involved

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 pm-claude-skills-mcp

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