Ten questions that change the price, asked before you quote.
A short intake questionnaire and cover note, built from your past projects, that draws out the real brief behind a vague inquiry.
A new inquiry usually arrives as a solution: I need a website, a logo, a video. The freelancer quotes it, and halfway through discovers the problem was something else, or the project is twice the size. The quote was for the wrong job.
Client Intake Questionnaire starts from the variables that have moved your quotes before, then writes goal, practical, and money questions in plain wording. It caps the list at ten, drops any question that would not change the price, and ends with the one that often surfaces what the client held back.
What it produces.
- →A questionnaire of ten questions or fewer
- →Questions grouped by goal, logistics, and money
- →A short cover note with your response time
- →A list of what changes your price, for next time
- ✦Freelancers who quote from a two-line email
- ✦Studios whose projects often turn out larger than described
- ✦Solo consultants who want a consistent first step with new clients
- →client-intake-questionnaire.zip: a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →client-intake-questionnaire-skill.md: plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts, anywhere
- →A README inside the zip with install steps for Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
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Before you buy.
How is this different from just asking Claude directly?
Asked cold, Claude produces a long generic discovery form. This Playbook builds the questions from what changes your quote, trims to ten, and removes any whose answer would not alter what you do or charge.
How is this different from a Tool?
Playbooks are systematically produced to a fixed template and priced accordingly ($12.99). Tools are hand-built, one at a time, and go deeper ($39 to $199). A Playbook gives you a reliable method for routine work; a Tool is for when the judgment matters more than the format.
Will this work with ChatGPT, Gemini, and other LLMs?
Yes. You get a native Claude Skill (.zip) that auto-invokes in Claude, plus a plain .md you can paste into a ChatGPT Custom GPT, a Gemini system prompt, or any LLM. The procedure travels with the file.
Can I share this with my team?
It's licensed for your own personal and professional use. The output it produces is yours to circulate. To put the Playbook itself in the hands of a whole team, email hello@authority.md about team licensing.
What if it doesn't work for me?
If the file hasn't been delivered, or arrives defective or empty, we refund in full: see our refund policy.