$npx -y skills add etrebels/claude-code-growth-os --skill meeting-prepBuild a pre-meeting briefing — who's in the room, what they care about, your goal, and the questions to ask. Trigger when the user asks to prep for a meeting or call, "what should I know before", or names an upcoming meeting.
| 1 | # Meeting Prep (pre-meeting briefing) |
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| 3 | Before a meeting, build a one-screen brief: |
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| 5 | 1. **Who's in the room** and what each likely cares about. |
| 6 | 2. **Where this sits** — pull from `ops/pipeline.md` and any prior notes: last contact, open threads, commitments outstanding. |
| 7 | 3. **Your one goal** for the meeting, and the single decision you want out of it. |
| 8 | 4. **The questions to ask** — labels + calibrated questions (see below). |
| 9 | 5. **The one risk or objection** to be ready for — name it first, before they raise it. |
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| 11 | Pull context from `ops/` and the relevant meeting notes; don't invent attendees or history you weren't given. |
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| 13 | ## Asking the right kind of questions (Chris Voss, *Never Split the Difference*) |
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| 15 | The questions decide the meeting. Two moves do most of the work: |
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| 17 | - **Label, then ask.** Name the thing they're likely feeling before you question it: *"It seems like…"* / *"It sounds like…"* Then stop talking and let them respond. A label lowers the guard; the silence pulls out the real answer. |
| 18 | - **Calibrated questions** start with **What** or **How** — never "why" (which sounds like an accusation), never yes/no (which closes things down). They make the other person do the thinking and hand you the information. |
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| 20 | Load **3–5** calibrated questions for the meeting. A reusable set: |
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| 22 | - *"What's the hardest part of that for your team right now?"* |
| 23 | - *"How does that show up in your week?"* |
| 24 | - *"What have you already tried that didn't work the way you hoped?"* |
| 25 | - *"What does that cost you today?"* (time, rework, decisions made on partial information) |
| 26 | - *"How would you know this had been solved?"* |
| 27 | - *"How does a decision like this usually get made on your side?"* — surfaces the real process and who else matters |
| 28 | - *"What would need to be true for this to be worth doing?"* |
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| 30 | **Close two ways:** |
| 31 | - A **summary they confirm** — play their situation back so well they say *"that's right."* (Not *"you're right,"* which usually means *let's wrap up.*) |
| 32 | - The **one question that surfaces the hidden thing**: *"Is there anything I should know that I haven't asked about?"* |
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| 34 | **Replace on sight:** "Why are you still using X?" → *"What's kept X in place?"* · "Do you have a process for X?" → *"How do you handle X today?"* · "Is that a problem?" → *"What does that cost you?"* · "Would you agree that…?" → delete it. |
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| 36 | ## Depth |
| 37 | - quick: the goal + one label + three calibrated questions. |
| 38 | - standard: the full brief above, with the label + 3–5 calibrated questions and a summary-to-confirm. |
| 39 | - deep: + a likely-objections list (named first, before they raise them), a fallback ask if the main one stalls, and the hidden-thing question to close. |