# Brief: Exec Summary

> Target downstream skill: `exec-summary`

## The Ask
{One line — what decision / approval / resource are we requesting?} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
> "{verbatim snippet}"

## Audience
- **Role:** {VP / C-suite / board / partner CTO / steering committee} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
- **Technical depth:** {none / light / fluent} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
- **Reading time:** {30s / 1 min / 3 min — default 60s for a 1-pager} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
- **What they already know:** {context to skip} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]

## The project, in one sentence
{What it is — plain language, no jargon} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]

## Why now
{Forcing function — competitor, regulation, outage, market window} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
> "{verbatim snippet}"

## Recommendation
{What you want them to agree to} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]

## Business impact (quantified where possible)
- **Revenue:** {$X ARR / $Y new revenue / 0 if n/a} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
- **Cost:** {savings or spend} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
- **Risk:** {what's at stake if we *don't* do this} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
- **Time:** {when does the impact land} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]

## Cost & timeline
- **Investment:** {$ / FTEs / months} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
- **Timeline:** {phases + dates} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]

## Top 3 risks (project-specific, not generic)
1. {Risk} — mitigation: {mitigation} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]
2. {Risk} — mitigation: {mitigation}
3. {Risk} — mitigation: {mitigation}

## What we need from the audience
- {Concrete ask — money / headcount / decision / introduction} [explicit|implied|inferred|missing]

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## 🚩 Missing for downstream
- {field: why it matters}
- {e.g. "No quantified business impact — exec-summary will have to use 'directional' language"}