# brief

Turns a strategic question or meeting notes into a one-page brief with options, assumptions and success criteria. Meant to run before deliberation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 386 installs · ★ 28733
- Author: Alireza Rezvani
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/c-level-agents/skills/brief/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/brief

## What it does

The skill frames a raw question as a document the boardroom can argue over. Input is either a topic string or the output of `/c-level-agents:office-hours`. The result lands in `~/.claude/briefs/` as `YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md`, using a fixed layout: context from `~/.claude/company-context.md`, the question in one sentence, at least two options, assumptions, limits on time and budget, affected roles, success criteria.

Two options is the floor, and doing nothing counts as one of them. Assumptions and constraints get spelled out. Success and kill criteria are written before the choice is made. Ticked roles decide the panel for `/c-level-agents:boardroom`.

Loading `company-context.md` goes through `context-engine`, so the file has to exist at that path — otherwise the context section stays empty. Feed it a bare topic and the agent asks for whatever is missing. The next command in the pipeline reads the saved file, not the session's memory.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install c-level-agents@claude-code-skills
```
This installs the whole c-level-agents plugin with all its skills

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill brief -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills brief
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills --path c-level-agents/skills/brief
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/c-level-agents/skills/brief/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- lock the question before arguing about implementation
- lay out options and a counterfactual for a pricing change
- state assumptions and constraints explicitly
- set success metrics up front
- hand the decision to the next pipeline step as a file

## Example prompts
- Write a brief on the pricing change: `/c-level-agents:brief` pricing model change
- Turn my office-hours notes into a brief with `/c-level-agents:brief` and paste the `/c-level-agents:office-hours` output
- Frame the market-entry decision: `/c-level-agents:brief` entering a new market

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: "brief"
description: "/c-level-agents:brief [topic] — Generate a one-page strategy brief from an office-hours intake. First step in the strategic sprint pipeline. Use when a strategic question needs to be framed before boardroom deliberation — e.g. locking options, assumptions, and success criteria for a pricing change or a market-entry decision."
---

# /c-level-agents:brief — One-Page Strategy Brief

**Command:** `/c-level-agents:brief <topic>` or `/c-level-agents:brief <office-hours-output>`

Turns intake (raw question or office-hours output) into a one-page strategy brief that the boardroom can deliberate on. This is **Step 1** of the strategic sprint pipeline.

## Pipeline Position

```
/c-level-agents:office-hours  →  /c-level-agents:brief  →  /c-level-agents:boardroom  →  /c-level-agents:decide  →  /c-level-agents:execute  →  /c-level-agents:post-mortem
                       ↑ you are here
```

## Inputs

- A topic string, **or**
- An office-hours brief (preferred — more rigor)
- `~/.claude/company-context.md` (loaded automatically)

## Output

A single Markdown file under `~/.claude/briefs/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md` with this structure:

```markdown
# Strategy Brief: <topic>
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Author:** cs-chief-of-staff
**Status:** DRAFT | UNDER REVIEW | APPROVED | RETIRED

## Context
[1-2 paragraphs: where the company sits today on this topic — pulled from company-context.md]

## Question
[The one sentence question the boardroom must answer]

## Options
1. **Option A:** <name> — <one-sentence summary>
2. **Option B:** <name> — <one-sentence summary>
3. **Option C:** <name> — <one-sentence summary>

(Minimum 2 options. "Do nothing" is always an option.)

## Assumptions
- <assumption 1 — explicit>
- <assumption 2>
- <assumption 3>

## Constraints
- Time: <by when must this decide>
- Money: <budget envelope>
- People: <who can / can't be reallocated>
- Reversibility: <one-way door | two-way door>

## Affected Roles
[Which cs-* advisors should weigh in. Used to route to /c-level-agents:boardroom panel composition.]

- [ ] cs-ceo-advisor
- [ ] cs-cfo-advisor
- [ ] cs-cto-advisor
- [ ] cs-cmo-advisor
- [ ] cs-cro-advisor
- [ ] cs-cpo-advisor
- [ ] cs-coo-advisor
- [ ] cs-chro-advisor
- [ ] cs-ciso-advisor
- [ ] cs-general-counsel-advisor
- [ ] cs-cdo-advisor
- [ ] cs-caio-advisor
- [ ] cs-cco-advisor
- [ ] cs-vpe-advisor
- [ ] cs-chief-of-staff

## Success Criteria
[Measurable outcomes that define success — set BEFORE the decision]
- <metric 1, threshold, timeframe>
- <metric 2, threshold, timeframe>

## Kill Criteria
[What signal would tell you in 90 days that this was the wrong call]
- <metric, threshold, action if missed>
```

## Workflow

1. Load company-context.md via context-engine
2. If input is office-hours output, parse the 6 answers
3. If input is a raw topic, prompt the founder for the missing pieces
4. Draft 2-3 options (never just one — every brief needs a counterfactual)
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