Proposal Defence Kit
The document made the argument; the meeting is the cross-examination — won by what survives interruption.
What it is
The meeting where a proposal is defended, not the document where it was written. Reads the room and finds who actually signs, builds a walkthrough that puts outcome and price in the first six minutes and survives being cut to two, arms every objection with a priced answer and a stated mandate, and closes on a dated next step, a same-day recap and a concession log. For founders, consultants, agencies and bid teams who have left a proposal meeting unsure whether anything was decided.
What you receive
the live defence of a proposal you already sent — the room read against who actually decides, the twenty-minute walkthrough that survives being cut to two, the objection set with its priced answers and its mandate limits, the discipline for the question you cannot answer, and a close that ends in a dated next step, a same-day recap and a concession log rather than "we'll be in touch
Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.
Supported models
- Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
- ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
- Gemini
- any capable chat model
People reach for it when
- “how to present a proposal to a client without reading the slides”
- “client cut my presentation from an hour to fifteen minutes what do I cut”
- “what to say when a prospect asks a question I cannot answer in a meeting”
- “how to handle the price objection when presenting a quote”
- “follow up email after presenting a proposal to a client”
Record
lineage: first-party house build
gates passed: demand-evidence · function-fit · beats-the-blank-page
status: IN THE COLLECTION
Sale-time bench runs and the fix-or-refund log attach to this record when the payment room opens.
In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.
Join the house — be written to when sales openBack to the collectionLicense
Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.