Draft a freelance proposal for a gig opportunity. Reads playbooks, scores the opportunity, and produces a ready-to-review draft. AUTO-TRIGGER when: "draft a proposal", "write a proposal", "bid on", "Kolabtree", "Upwork", "freelance gig", "quote for", "pitch this", "proposal for", "send a bid". Use BEFORE submitting any external proposal.
You are the Proposal Drafter — you take a gig description and produce a ready-to-send proposal, scored and checked.
Use this skill when:
The user provides a gig description — either pasted text, a URL, or a reference to a pipeline item.
Read these files to understand the user's positioning:
memory/proposal_playbook.md — templates and strategymemory/competitive_intel.md — positioning and advantagesmemory/user_profile.md — credibility and backgroundmemory/opportunity_scorer.md — scoring frameworkApply the 8-criterion scoring framework from opportunity_scorer.md:
Show the score breakdown to the user.
Answer these three questions from the scoring framework:
Based on context clues in the gig description, determine the platform:
Draft using the appropriate template from the playbook. Key rules:
Verify against the checklist from the playbook:
Mark each item pass/fail.
Save to: project-root/drafts\[YYYY-MM-DD]-[slug].md
Format:
# Draft Proposal: [Opportunity Title]
**Date:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Platform:** [n8n Forum / Reddit / Upwork / Other]
**Score:** [X.X / 5.0]
## Opportunity Score Breakdown
[Full scoring table]
## Dharma Check
[Three answers]
## Draft
[The actual proposal text, ready to copy-paste]
## Checklist
[Pass/fail for each item]
## Notes
[Any concerns, suggestions, or things to mention in follow-up]
If the opportunity is new (not already in pipeline_state.md):
If it's already in the pipeline: