# award-application

Writes award submissions, grant proposals, and competition entries. It maps achievements to criteria with quantified evidence.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 954 installs · ★ 1075
- Author: jezweb
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/writing/skills/award-application/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/award-application

## What it does

The skill guides the creation of applications for grants, competitions, and business awards such as Telstra or chamber of commerce prizes. It gathers all facts first. You provide the exact criteria, word counts, scoring rubrics, and project facts. If given an award URL, it reviews criteria guidelines and past winner profiles.

Before drafting text, the skill builds a matrix pairing each criterion with metrics and examples. Every section stays self-contained. Responses follow the STAR structure: situation, task, action, and result. If you lack metrics for a criterion, the skill flags the gap upfront instead of letting you submit filler.

Each response opens with the impact. Answers follow the exact sequence of the application form so judges score without searching. The skill also enforces limits strictly: for a 500-word ceiling, it aims for 480 to 500 words because exceeding counts risks disqualification.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/award-application/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/award-application/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/award-application/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/award-application/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jezweb/claude-skills award-application
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/award-application/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills --path plugins/writing/skills/award-application
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/award-application/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/writing/skills/award-application/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft submissions for business awards and grants
- map company achievements to specific judging criteria
- restructure narrative claims into evidence-backed STAR responses
- trim application text to meet strict word limits

## Example prompts
- Write our Telstra business award submission using this criteria list and annual metrics
- Draft a grant proposal response in the STAR format highlighting our revenue growth
- Review our competition entry draft against the judging rubric and keep it under 500 words

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: award-application
description: "Write compelling award submissions, grant applications, and competition entries. Maps achievements to selection criteria using evidence-based narratives. Use whenever the user is applying for a business award (Telstra, chamber of commerce, industry awards), a grant, a competition, or any submission demonstrating merit against defined criteria."
---

# Award Application Writer

Produces award submissions and grant applications that address every criterion with quantified evidence. The goal is a document where every paragraph earns points on the scorecard.

## Process

### Step 1: Gather the brief

Ask the user for:

- Award/grant name and organiser
- Selection criteria (the exact list, verbatim if possible)
- Word limits (per criterion and/or total)
- Judging rubric or weighting (if publicly available)
- Category entered (if multiple categories exist)
- Whether this is a first submission or a resubmission
- Any specific achievements, metrics, or stories they want included

If the user has a URL for the award, fetch the criteria page. Many awards publish judging guides or past winner profiles — these are gold for understanding what evaluators value.

### Step 2: Map achievements to criteria

Create a working table before writing anything:

| Criterion | Key achievement | Evidence/metric | Story or example |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
| Innovation | AI workflow automation | Report time: 3 days to 4 hours | Staff training program, 12 people |
| Growth | Revenue increase | 40% YoY, $X to $Y | New service line launched Q2 |
| Community | Pro bono program | 200 hours, 15 local orgs | Bushfire recovery site builds |

Every criterion must have at least one entry. A blank row means a missing section in the submission — and missing sections lose marks or trigger automatic rejection.

If the user cannot provide evidence for a criterion, flag it explicitly. Better to know the gap now than to submit vague filler.

### Step 3: Write the submission

Address criteria in the exact order they appear on the application form. Judges often score sequentially — don't make them hunt for your answer to criterion 3 buried in the criterion 1 section.

For each criterion, use the STAR structure:

- **Situation**: Brief context (1-2 sentences). What was the starting point or challenge?
- **Task**: What needed to happen? What was the objective?
- **Action**: What specifically did you/the business do? Be concrete.
- **Result**: What changed? Quantify the outcome.

Keep each criterion response self-contained. A judge reading only that section should understand the achievement without needing context from other sections.
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