proposal-interview

# Proposal & Cover Letter Discovery Interview

**This is NOT a CV builder.** This skill creates high-quality, reusable statements for proposals and cover letters by running a structured interview to extract personal-but-professional facts.

## The Problem with Generic Letters

Generic cover letter and proposal writers are bland because they don't know YOU. They can't capture:
- Your living in Dubai and Seoul, and what that taught you about cross-cultural collaboration
- The robotics project you tinkered with at home that shows your passion
- The class that changed how you think about systems
- The boring job that taught you what quality really means
- Your unfair advantage that clients actually hire you for

This skill solves that through **interview → facts → statements → approval → assembly**.

## How It Works

### Phase 1: Discovery Interview
The skill asks structured questions to extract:
- Geographic and cultural context (places lived, travel, cross-cultural work)
- Work experience beyond the resume (lessons, standout moments, what colleagues rely on you for)
- Education (specific classes, formative learning, projects)
- Projects and proof (side projects, demos, artifacts)
- Awards and recognition (scholarships, competitions, certifications)
- Past hobbies (skills hidden in former interests)
- Books and influences (working philosophy)
- The boring stuff (what you learned from frustrating work)
- Proposal leverage (what you want to be hired for)
- Constraints (topics to avoid, boundaries)

### Phase 2: Statement Generation
From gathered facts, the skill drafts **3-8 candidate statements** per round. Each statement:
- Is grounded in real facts (no invention)
- Is usable in proposals/cover letters
- Has multiple variants (Upwork short, standard cover letter, technical/proof-first)
- Has tags (#leadership #robotics #global-living)

### Phase 3: Approval Loop
You review each statement: **Approve / Edit / Reject**
- Approved statements go into `statements.md`
- Edits...