The decision goes in the first paragraph. The rest is on request.
A one-page executive summary built from your long report or proposal, written for the one person who has to decide from it.
Most summaries are the document in miniature: background first, findings in the middle, the ask somewhere near the bottom. The reader gives it a minute, finds no decision, and puts it off until the meeting.
Executive Summary starts from the decision the reader must make and works backward. It picks the recommendation, the three facts that carry it, the cost and the risk, then checks that the first paragraph alone could be acted on.
What it produces.
- →A recommendation-first opening paragraph
- →The three facts that carry the case, kept exactly as your source states them
- →A short cost, risk, and alternative line
- →An available-on-request list of what was cut
- ✦Managers sending a proposal to a director or board
- ✦Consultants handing a client a long report
- ✦Founders briefing an investor or partner before a meeting
- →executive-summary.zip: a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →executive-summary-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 shortens the document and keeps its order, so the point still sits at the bottom. This Playbook sets the decision first, limits the summary to the facts that change it, and tests whether the first paragraph can stand alone.
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.