Agent skill

Executive Summary

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Write an executive summary for any document, report, or proposal.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Executive Summary

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill executive-summary -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills executive-summary --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/executive-summary .claude/skills/executive-summary && 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
executive-summary
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
772 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write an executive summary for any document, report, or proposal.

  • Asked to write an executive summary
  • SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Core Principle, Output Structure and Adapting for Different Audiences, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Management summary

What it does

Executive Summary is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write an executive summary for any document, report, or proposal. Use when asked to write an executive summary, management summary, briefing paper, or one-pager for senior stakeholders. Produces a structured summary that busy executives can read in under 3 minutes and act on.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `references/compression-craft.md`, `references/worked-example.md` and `templates/summary-frame.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Summarization. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to write an executive summary
  • Management summary
  • One-pager for senior stakeholders

Example prompts

  • “/executive-summary”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Executive Summary loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 772 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.9k

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 772 words, ~1,497 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/executive-summary/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
executive-summary
description
Write an executive summary for any document, report, or proposal. Use when asked to write an executive summary, management summary, briefing paper, or one-pager for senior stakeholders. Produces a structured summary that busy executives can read in under 3 minutes and act on.

Executive Summary Skill

Writes executive summaries that busy decision-makers actually read — front-loaded with conclusions, structured for skimming, ruthless about what to include.

Required Inputs

  • Source document or topic (paste or describe)
  • Audience (CEO / board / investor / minister / client / committee)
  • Decision or action needed (what should the reader do after reading?)
  • Length limit (1 page / 2 pages / 500 words)
  • Format (formal report / slide / email / briefing paper)

Core Principle

An executive summary is NOT a summary of the document. It is a standalone document that:

  • States the conclusion upfront — not at the end
  • Contains only what the reader needs to make a decision
  • Can be understood without reading anything else
  • Recommends a specific action

Output Structure


[Title]

Executive Summary Prepared for: [Audience] | Date: [Date] | Author: [Name]


Bottom line up front: [The most important thing. The recommendation or finding. 2-3 sentences. A reader who only reads this should know what you are asking or telling them.]


Background (why this matters): [2-3 sentences. Minimum context to understand the bottom line. Not the history — just what the reader needs now.]


Key findings / analysis:

  • [Finding 1]: [One sentence — specific and evidence-based]
  • [Finding 2]: [One sentence]
  • [Finding 3]: [One sentence]

Options considered: (include only if a decision is being presented)

OptionBenefitRiskRecommendation
[Option A][Benefit][Risk]Recommended
[Option B][Benefit][Risk]Not recommended

Recommendation: [Specific. "We recommend [action] because [reason]. This will [outcome]." Not "we suggest consideration of options."]


Immediate next steps:

  • [Action 1 — specific, with owner and date]
  • [Action 2]

Risks of inaction: [What happens if the reader does nothing]

Full report: [Reference to where the full document can be found]


Adapting for Different Audiences

CEO/MD: Lead with financial or strategic impact. 1 page. Make the decision binary. Ask in sentence one. Board: Lead with governance or risk. Frame against organisational objectives. State specifically what you need from them. Investor: Lead with return or opportunity. Specific numbers. 1 page. Anticipate "why now." Minister/senior public sector: Lead with public benefit or policy alignment. Include cost-benefit framing. Client: Lead with their problem. Show you understand before presenting recommendation.

Deeper Materials

This skill ships with support files — use them when they are available:

  • references/compression-craft.md — Compression Craft: Summaries Executives Actually Absorb. Apply it while producing the output; it carries the calibration and judgment calls the method summary above compresses.
  • templates/summary-frame.md — a fill-in version of the deliverable with the quality gates inline. Offer it when the user wants to work the document themselves rather than have it generated.
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Scoring Rubric (0–40)

Score any output of this skill before handing it over; 32+ is ship-quality.

Dimension0510
Bottom line placementConclusion appears only at the end, after chronological summaryRecommendation appears early but hedged, or split across sectionsThe ask or finding is unambiguous within the first three sentences and repeated nowhere it doesn't need to be
Standalone completenessUnreadable without the source document; leans on unexplained referencesMostly standalone but assumes context the named audience may lackA reader with no other material can understand the situation and decide from this page alone
Actionability"Options for consideration" with no owners, dates, or stated askRecommendation is specific but next steps lack owners or datesSpecific recommendation, next steps each with owner and date, and risks of inaction quantified
Audience fit & lengthAuthor-priority framing, over the length limitFits the limit but framing is generic — same summary would go to any audienceFramed to the named audience's decision context (financial/governance/return/policy) and within the limit

Quality Checks

  • Bottom line in first 3 sentences
  • Standalone — no need to read full document
  • Recommendation is specific
  • Fits length limit
  • Written for audience priorities not author priorities
  • Next steps have owners and dates

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not summarise the document chronologically — an executive summary that follows the structure of the source document is not an executive summary, it is an abstract
  • Do not bury the recommendation at the end — executives read the first paragraph and skim the rest; the ask must be in sentence one or two
  • Do not use the same summary for different audiences — a CEO and a board member have different decision contexts and require different framing
  • Do not include background that the reader already knows — every sentence of background must earn its place by making the bottom line more actionable
  • Do not leave the "risks of inaction" section vague — a summary that does not quantify what happens if the reader does nothing removes the urgency needed for a decision

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write an executive summary of this report: [paste]"
  • "Summarise this document for the board: [paste]"
  • "Create a one-pager from this proposal for the CEO"
  • "Turn these findings into an exec summary"

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in skills/executive-summary of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/compression-craft.md
  • references/worked-example.md
  • templates/summary-frame.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Executive Summary

What does Executive Summary do?

Write an executive summary for any document, report, or proposal. Executive Summary is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write an executive summary for any document, report, or proposal.

When should I use Executive Summary?

Executive Summary fits situations like: asked to write an executive summary; management summary; one-pager for senior stakeholders.

How do I install Executive Summary in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill executive-summary -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/executive-summary in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/executive-summary in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Executive Summary in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill executive-summary -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/executive-summary in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/executive-summary in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Executive Summary 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill executive-summary -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/executive-summary, .gemini/skills/executive-summary, .github/skills/executive-summary and .opencode/skills/executive-summary in your project.

What does Executive Summary need to run?

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

Does Executive Summary access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Executive Summary 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 Executive Summary use?

Executive Summary 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 Executive Summary use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Executive Summary?

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Who maintains Executive Summary?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.