Two pages. The client's outcome first, your background last.
A short freelance proposal built from your discovery call notes: outcome, deliverables, exclusions, timeline, price, and one next step.
Freelance proposals tend to read like a profile. Background, process, a list of services, and a price tucked on page four. The client skims for the number and the date, finds neither quickly, and the proposal joins the pile.
Freelance Proposal starts from what the client said they want and works outward. It writes the outcome in their words, lists deliverables they can check off, spells out what is not included, and ends with one action and one date. Anything that only describes you gets cut.
What it produces.
- →A one-sentence outcome statement in the client's own language
- →A deliverables list the client can check off
- →An exclusions and assumptions block that heads off scope arguments
- →A timeline, a single price, and a dated next step
- ✦Freelancers quoting after a first discovery call
- ✦One-person studios who send long proposals that go unanswered
- ✦Consultants who want a repeatable two-page format
This Playbook builds a proposal from a blank page. It does not review one you have already written. The Proposal Review Tool does that: it reads your document as a skeptical buyer would, finds the unaddressed objection, and flags risk-reversal and internal-selling gaps. Freelance Proposal does not include that stress test.
See the Proposal Review Tool ($99) →- →freelance-proposal.zip: a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →freelance-proposal-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 writes a polished proposal that opens with your approach and your services. This Playbook forces the order a client actually reads in: outcome, deliverables, exclusions, price, one next step. It also cuts any sentence that describes you instead of serving them.
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. This Playbook builds a proposal from a blank page. It does not review one you have already written. The Proposal Review Tool does that: it reads your document as a skeptical buyer would, finds the unaddressed objection, and flags risk-reversal and internal-selling gaps. Freelance Proposal does not include that stress test.
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.