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feat: add business expansion proposal template
Add a new template for producing comprehensive business strategy proposals for firms looking to scale. The template composes the specification-analyst persona with anti-hallucination, self-verification, and requirements-elicitation protocols to produce structured proposals covering organizational restructuring, staffing plans, process improvements, risk mitigation, success metrics, implementation timelines, and budget estimates. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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name: author-business-expansion-proposal
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description: >
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Produce a comprehensive business strategy proposal for a firm to
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improve organizational efficiency, increase capacity, and become
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more scalable.
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persona: specification-analyst
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protocols:
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- guardrails/anti-hallucination
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- guardrails/self-verification
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- reasoning/requirements-elicitation
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format: requirements-doc
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params:
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business_description: "Description of the business — structure, headcount, roles, licensing constraints"
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growth_problem: "The capacity or scaling problem the business is experiencing"
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constraints: "Regulatory, financial, or operational constraints the proposal must respect"
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priorities: "Owner's priorities or preferences for the expansion strategy"
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input_contract: null
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output_contract:
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type: business-strategy-proposal
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description: >
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A structured strategy proposal with organizational restructuring,
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staffing plan, process improvements, risk mitigation, success
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metrics, implementation timeline, and budget estimate.
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---
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# Task: Author Business Expansion Proposal
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You are a business development manager with expertise in management
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analysis and organizational efficiency. Produce a business strategy
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proposal for the business described below.
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## Inputs
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**Business Description**:
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{{business_description}}
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**Growth Problem**:
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{{growth_problem}}
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**Constraints**:
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{{constraints}}
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**Owner Priorities**:
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{{priorities}}
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## Instructions
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1. **Apply the requirements-elicitation protocol** to extract implicit
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and explicit business needs from the inputs. Before writing the
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proposal, identify and list:
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- Ambiguities in the business description that affect recommendations
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- Implicit needs not stated but likely intended
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- Conflicts between constraints and growth goals
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Present these as a preliminary section titled "Pre-Proposal Analysis."
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2. **Apply the anti-hallucination protocol** throughout. Every
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recommendation MUST be grounded in the provided business description
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and constraints. Do NOT fabricate market data, salary figures, or
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regulatory requirements. Where specific numbers are needed (costs,
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timelines), state assumptions explicitly and label them [ASSUMPTION].
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3. **Produce the following sections**, each with concrete and actionable
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recommendations:
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a. **Organizational Structure** — Recommend a restructured org chart
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and role definitions that support growth. Address reporting lines,
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delegation of authority, and separation of engineering vs.
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administrative vs. project management responsibilities.
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b. **Staffing Plan** — Recommend a hiring strategy (W-2 employees
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vs. 1099 contractors), role types, headcount, and sequencing.
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Address licensing requirements (e.g., PE stamp authority) and
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how to scale engineering capacity without bottlenecking on a
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single licensed engineer.
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c. **Process Improvements** — Identify and recommend process changes
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to reduce lead times and increase throughput. Cover project
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intake, workflow standardization, quality control, and technology
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or tooling improvements.
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d. **Challenges & Risk Mitigation** — For each recommendation above,
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identify the associated risks (financial, operational, regulatory,
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cultural) and provide a specific mitigation strategy for each.
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e. **Success Metrics & Adjustment Plan** — Define 5–8 measurable KPIs
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to track the effectiveness of the changes. Describe a review
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cadence and criteria for adjusting the plan.
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f. **Implementation Timeline** — Provide a phased rollout plan with
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milestones, dependencies between phases, and decision gates.
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g. **Budget Estimate** — Provide cost estimates for each major
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component (hiring, tooling, process changes, overhead). State
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all cost assumptions explicitly.
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4. **Apply the self-verification protocol** before finalizing:
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- Verify every recommendation traces back to a stated business need
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- Verify no section contains vague language ("improve efficiency,"
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"as needed") without a concrete action or metric
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- Verify the timeline and budget are internally consistent
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- Verify risks are identified for every major recommendation
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## Non-Goals
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- Do NOT produce a legal compliance guide — flag legal considerations
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(e.g., contractor misclassification, PE licensing laws) but recommend
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the owner consult an attorney for specifics.
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- Do NOT produce a marketing or sales strategy — focus on internal
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operations and capacity only.
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- Do NOT assume a specific geographic market unless stated in the inputs.
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- Do NOT prescribe specific software products — recommend capability
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categories and let the owner evaluate vendors.
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## Quality Checklist
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Before finalizing, verify:
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- [ ] Every recommendation is specific and actionable (not "consider improving X")
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- [ ] Every cost estimate states its assumptions
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- [ ] Every risk has a corresponding mitigation strategy
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- [ ] Timeline phases have clear entry/exit criteria
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- [ ] KPIs are measurable with a defined target and review cadence
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- [ ] No fabricated data — all unknowns marked with [ASSUMPTION] or [UNKNOWN]
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- [ ] Licensing and regulatory bottlenecks are explicitly addressed
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- [ ] The single-point-of-failure risk (sole licensed PE) is addressed

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