Write competitive, evidence-based grant applications that align tightly to funder priorities, eligibility rules, scoring criteria, program design, evaluation plans, and budget logic. Use when the task is to assess grant fit, map notice requirements, draft or revise narrative answers, sharpen need statements, define outputs and outcomes, or turn a NOFO/RFP into an application plan. Do not use for fabricated claims, fictional budgets, or definitive legal, tax, or compliance advice beyond the source material.
Use this skill for disciplined grant development.
Strong grant writing is not emotional pleading. It is proof of fit: this applicant, for this population, using this model, can deliver these outcomes within these rules and this budget.
Identify:
If key facts are missing, mark them as validation gaps instead of inventing them.
Return practical deliverables such as:
Prefer:
Avoid:
Use adjacent skills instead when needed:
Before finishing, verify:
Use prompt.md for response structure, examples/README.md for output shapes, guides/qa-checklist.md for final review, and meta/skill.json for boundaries and metadata.