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brief — One-Page Strategy Brief

Turns a vague strategic question into a one-page brief with options, assumptions, and success/kill criteria.

Docs & OfficeIntermediate★ 24,151⑂ 3,405AI score 7/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

Run /cs:brief <topic> and the skill takes either a raw topic or an office-hours intake and produces a one-page strategy brief, saved to ~/.claude/briefs/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md.

Every brief includes:

  • Context — where the company stands on this topic (pulled from company-context.md)
  • Question — the single sentence the boardroom must answer
  • Options — at least two, with "do nothing" always on the table
  • Assumptions / Constraints — time, money, people, one-way vs two-way door
  • Affected Roles — checklist of cs-* advisors to route into the panel
  • Success Criteria / Kill Criteria — metrics and thresholds set before the decision

It is step 1 of the pipeline office-hours → brief → boardroom → decide → execute → post-mortem, and the file it writes is the handoff artifact for the next command.

Who it's for

  • Founders and executives who make hard-to-reverse calls regularly
  • Teams that jump into implementation debates before agreeing on the question
  • PMs and strategy leads who want a consistent decision-log format

Examples

  1. Pricing change — /cs:brief raise Enterprise pricing 20% produces three options, churn assumptions, and a 90-day kill threshold
  2. Market entry — narrows "should we enter Japan?" to one question with direct/partner/defer options plus budget and headcount constraints
  3. Org change — drafts a brief for standing up a Platform team, then hands it to /cs:boardroom for CTO, CFO, and CHRO perspectives

· · · Install guide · · ·

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the .gemini/skills/brief folder from the GitHub repo alirezarezvani/claude-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/brief/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-skills/.gemini/skills/brief ~/.claude/skills/brief

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r claude-skills/.gemini/skills/brief ~/.claude/skills/brief
  5. (Recommended) Copy the companion skills context-engine and board-meeting, plus the other cs-* commands.
  6. Create ~/.claude/company-context.md describing your business model, team size, and key metrics.
  7. Prepare the output folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/briefs
  8. Restart Claude Code and test with /cs:brief pricing change.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT