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executive-briefing

The executive-briefing skill transforms research and analysis into concise, decision-focused briefings formatted for busy senior leaders. It automatically activates when users reference executive summaries, C-suite presentations, board updates, or leadership materials, then structures content using the BLUF principle (Bottom Line Up Front) with sections for key findings, implications, recommended actions, and risks. This skill prioritizes metrics, clear next steps with owners, and removes jargon to ensure executives spend minimal time extracting actionable insights.

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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk-demos /tmp/executive-briefing && cp -r /tmp/executive-briefing/research-agent/.claude/skills/executive-briefing ~/.claude/skills/executive-briefing

Then start a new Claude Code session; the skill loads automatically.

Definition

SKILL.md

# Executive Briefing Skill

## Activation Triggers
This skill activates when the conversation mentions:
- "executive summary", "executive briefing"
- "C-suite", "board presentation", "leadership team"
- "stakeholder update", "management report"
- "one-pager", "key takeaways"

## Briefing Format

When creating executive briefings, always follow this structure:

### The BLUF Principle (Bottom Line Up Front)
Start with the conclusion. Executives are busy - lead with what matters.

### One-Page Format
```
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: [Topic]
Date: [Date] | Prepared for: [Audience]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

BOTTOM LINE
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[2-3 sentences: What they need to know and what to do about it]

KEY FINDINGS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
• [Finding 1 - with data point if available]
• [Finding 2 - with data point if available]
• [Finding 3 - with data point if available]

IMPLICATIONS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
What this means for [Company/Team]:
• [Implication 1]
• [Implication 2]

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
1. [Action] - [Owner] - [Timeline]
2. [Action] - [Owner] - [Timeline]
3. [Action] - [Owner] - [Timeline]

RISKS & CONSIDERATIONS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
• [Risk/Consideration 1]
• [Risk/Consideration 2]

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Sources: [Brief citation list]
Contact: [Who to reach out to for questions]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
```

## Style Guidelines

### Do:
- Use numbers and metrics where possible
- Keep sentences short and direct
- Use bullet points liberally
- Highlight decisions that need to be made
- Include clear next steps with owners

### Don't:
- Use jargon or technical terms without explanation
- Include lengthy background (link to appendix instead)
- Bury the recommendation
- Use passive voice
- Include information that doesn't drive a decision

## Data Presentation

When including data:
- Round numbers for readability (say "$2.3M" not "$2,347,892")
- Compare to benchmarks or previous periods
- Highlight deltas and trends
- Use comparisons that resonate ("10x faster" not "900% improvement")

## Confidence Indicators

Always indicate confidence level:
- **HIGH CONFIDENCE**: Multiple reliable sources, verified data
- **MEDIUM CONFIDENCE**: Good sources but some gaps
- **LOW CONFIDENCE**: Limited data, emerging information

## Appendix Guidelines

For detailed information, create a separate appendix file with:
- Full methodology
- Complete data tables
- Source documentation
- Technical details
- Extended analysis