What problem does it solve? Planning a conference talk often stalls at the blank page: no clear thesis, no structure, no idea what to say. This Skill turns a vague topic into a complete content brief (01-content-brief.md) that locks the talk's throughline, audience map, narrative skeleton, traced evidence, analogies, hook, memorable moment, and call to action before any slides exist. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Throughline gate: Generates 5-10 candidate one-sentence throughlines and requires user agreement before structuring, so the talk argues one defensible idea. - Narrative skeletons: Fills one of six frameworks (Duarte sparkline, Story Spine, Harmon Story Circle, Raskin strategic narrative, SCQA/Minto, Heath SUCCESs overlay) matched to the talk's goal. - Evidence and analogy subroutines: Traces every statistic to a primary source via SIFT/CRAAP and validates analogies with structural alignment and boundary tests. - Type and time budgeting: Converts minutes to word and idea budgets for keynotes, webinars, lightning/Ignite talks, and workshops. - Use Case: You are giving a 30-minute keynote on agent evals and don't know where to start. The Skill interviews you for topic, audience, and point of view, then writes 01-content-brief.md with a locked throughline, sparkline arc, sourced evidence table, and a single scoped CTA. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to help you figure out what your conference talk should say, providing your topic, talk type, time slot, and audience.
