foundation-meeting-brief

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2# Meeting Brief
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4A meeting brief is the user's private strategic preparation document for a meeting where context, stakes, or positioning matter. It captures what the user needs to know, what they want to accomplish, who they are engaging with, and how to navigate the conversation. This is strategic prep, not meeting structure, which keeps it distinct from a meeting agenda.
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6This skill belongs to the Meeting Skills Family. It conforms to the [Meeting Skills Family Contract](../../site/src/content/docs/reference/skill-families/meeting-skills-contract.md).
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8## When to Use
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10- Walking into a stakeholder review, exec briefing, or negotiation-adjacent conversation
11- First meeting with a new stakeholder where relationship calibration matters
12- A meeting where the user needs something from others (capacity commitment, decision, approval)
13- Any conversation where specific positioning, messaging, or risk navigation is required
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15## When NOT to Use
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17- Preparing the agenda attendees will see. Use `foundation-meeting-agenda` instead.
18- Post-meeting summarization. Use `foundation-meeting-recap`.
19- The meeting is low-stakes and well-trodden (recurring team sync, standup). A brief is overhead for these; the agenda alone is sufficient.
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21## Zero-friction execution
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23Per the family contract, this skill never blocks on interrogation. Default flow:
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