Today's Agent Skill: Document First Drafter
What It Does
The hardest part of any document is the blank page. This skill generates a structured first draft from a brief description — memos, proposals, SOPs, or reports — so you start editing instead of staring.
How It Works
The Document First Drafter takes a document type and a few bullet points of context, then produces a complete first draft with appropriate structure, tone, and formatting. It adapts to the document type: formal for proposals, concise for memos, step-by-step for SOPs. You edit and refine rather than build from scratch.
How to Deploy It
Deploy as a SKILL.md in your agent and invoke it whenever you need a document started. For semi-autonomous use, connect it to your project management tool so when a task is created with a "write document" label, the first draft appears as a comment within minutes.
SKILL.md — Ready to Deploy
# Document First Drafter
## Description
Generate structured first drafts for common business documents — memos, proposals, SOPs, reports — from minimal input.
## Trigger
"draft a memo about", "write a first draft of", "start a proposal for", "create an SOP for"
## Input
- Document type: memo | proposal | sop | report | brief | letter
- Topic / subject line
- Key points (3-5 bullets)
- Optional: tone (formal, conversational, technical), audience, length target
## Steps
1. Identify document type and select appropriate template structure
2. Expand key points into full sections with professional language
3. Add standard sections for the document type (e.g., Executive Summary for proposals, Purpose for SOPs)
4. Apply appropriate tone and formatting
5. Add placeholder brackets [like this] for any facts or figures that need verification
6. Output complete first draft in markdown
## Output Format
Structured markdown document with:
- Title and metadata (date, author placeholder, version)
- All standard sections for the document type
- Placeholders for unverified facts marked with [VERIFY: description]
- Suggested next steps at the bottom
## Notes
- Always include [VERIFY] tags for anyCopy the full SKILL.md file and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.