Agent skill

Proposal Drafter

by davepoon in davepoon/buildwithclaude

Draft a tailored freelance proposal or platform profile bio from a real job posting/brief and the freelancer's actual background.

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Install Proposal Drafter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill proposal-drafter -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davepoon/buildwithclaude proposal-drafter --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/all-skills/skills/proposal-drafter .claude/skills/proposal-drafter && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
proposal-drafter
GitHub stars
3.6k
Token cost
~735 tokens
SKILL.md length
390 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
245
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Draft a tailored freelance proposal or platform profile bio from a real job posting/brief and the freelancer's actual background.

  • Works in 4 steps: Opening line — restate the client's… → 2-3 concrete connections — specific ways… → One relevant proof point — a real past… → …
  • Responding to a listing on Contra/Upwork/etc
  • SKILL.md covers Required inputs before drafting, Structure for a proposal…, Structure for a profile bio… and Tone rules, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Proposal Drafter is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Draft a tailored freelance proposal or platform profile bio from a real job posting/brief and the freelancer's actual background. Use when responding to a listing on Contra/Upwork/etc, or writing/updating a freelance profile. Never invents experience, clients, or credentials that weren't provided.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: A single hub to find Claude Skills, Agents, Commands, Hooks, Plugins, and Marketplace collections to extend Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Agent SDK and OpenClaw. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Responding to a listing on Contra/Upwork/etc
  • Writing/updating a freelance profile

Example prompts

  • “/proposal-drafter”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Opening line — restate the client's actual problem in your own words, proving you read the brief. Never open with "I am a passionate…
  2. 2-3 concrete connections — specific ways the freelancer's real background maps to this ask, not a resume dump.
  3. One relevant proof point — a real past project/outcome that's the closest match, in one sentence.
  4. Clear next step — propose a concrete first action (a question, a quick call, a scoped first milestone), not "let me know if interested."

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 10bfc43. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • ribster014.gumroad.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Proposal Drafter loads about 735 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 390 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~79
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~735

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 10bfc43, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 390 words, ~735 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/proposal-drafter/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
proposal-drafter
description
Draft a tailored freelance proposal or platform profile bio from a real job posting/brief and the freelancer's actual background. Use when responding to a listing on Contra/Upwork/etc, or writing/updating a freelance profile. Never invents experience, clients, or credentials that weren't provided.
category
business-productivity

Proposal Drafter

Turns a job posting (or "write my profile bio") plus the freelancer's real background into a proposal or bio that sounds like it was written for this one client, not copy-pasted.

Required inputs before drafting

Ask for these if not already provided — never fabricate them:

  • The job posting or brief (or, for a profile bio, the platform and target client type)
  • The freelancer's real skills, tools, and years of relevant experience
  • 1-3 real past projects or outcomes (even informal ones — side projects count if true)
  • Any real portfolio links

If any of this is missing, ask before writing. A confident-sounding proposal built on invented credentials is a liability, not an asset.

Structure for a proposal (platform message, ~100-150 words)

  1. Opening line — restate the client's actual problem in your own words, proving you read the brief. Never open with "I am a passionate developer with X years of experience."
  2. 2-3 concrete connections — specific ways the freelancer's real background maps to this ask, not a resume dump.
  3. One relevant proof point — a real past project/outcome that's the closest match, in one sentence.
  4. Clear next step — propose a concrete first action (a question, a quick call, a scoped first milestone), not "let me know if interested."
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Structure for a profile bio (longer, ~150-300 words)

  1. First line = the outcome you deliver, not a job title. ("I build automation that saves technical teams hours a week" beats "Full-stack developer.")
  2. Skill areas grouped by client-recognizable outcome, not tech jargon dumps.
  3. 1-2 real project highlights with a concrete result if known (time saved, bug fixed, feature shipped) — omit the metric if it isn't real, don't estimate one.
  4. Close with working style — availability, communication style, what kind of projects are the best fit.

Tone rules

  • Specific beats clever. Cut any sentence that could apply to any freelancer.
  • No unverifiable superlatives ("best-in-class", "world-class") — let the proof points carry the claim.
  • Active voice, short sentences. This is being read by someone deciding in under 30 seconds.

Part of a larger workflow

This skill is one piece of a 5-skill freelance workflow (proposal → scope-of-work → client update → invoice summary → project handoff), all built around the same rule: if the input doesn't have it, the output doesn't claim it. The other 4 are available as a paid bundle: Freelance Toolkit for Claude Code.

© davepoon, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/all-skills/skills/proposal-drafter of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10bfc43

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Questions about Proposal Drafter

What does Proposal Drafter do?

Draft a tailored freelance proposal or platform profile bio from a real job posting/brief and the freelancer's actual background. Proposal Drafter is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Draft a tailored freelance proposal or platform profile bio from a real job posting/brief and the freelancer's actual background.

When should I use Proposal Drafter?

Proposal Drafter fits situations like: responding to a listing on Contra/Upwork/etc; writing/updating a freelance profile.

How do I install Proposal Drafter in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill proposal-drafter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/proposal-drafter in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .claude/skills/proposal-drafter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Proposal Drafter in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill proposal-drafter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/proposal-drafter in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .agents/skills/proposal-drafter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Proposal Drafter in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill proposal-drafter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/proposal-drafter, .gemini/skills/proposal-drafter, .github/skills/proposal-drafter and .opencode/skills/proposal-drafter in your project.

What does Proposal Drafter need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Proposal Drafter is instructions for the agent only.

Does Proposal Drafter access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: ribster014.gumroad.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Proposal Drafter safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Proposal Drafter use?

Proposal Drafter is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Proposal Drafter use?

About 735 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Proposal Drafter?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Proposal Drafter: Geo Proposal (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Contract And Proposal Writer (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Better Proposals Automation (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars) and Profile (ccusage/ccusage, 19k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Proposal Drafter?

davepoon (a GitHub user) maintains it in davepoon/buildwithclaude, which has 3,604 GitHub stars. The repository holds 245 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: davepoon/buildwithclaude on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.