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name: client-brief
description: Turn a messy first meeting into a sharp, structured brief the client can sign off on. Use straight after an initial meeting or call, before any fee or design work.
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# Client Brief

## What it does
Takes the brain dump from a first meeting, call notes, an email thread, a wishlist, and returns a disciplined brief: summary, scope, exclusions, assumptions and the open questions still to resolve.

## When to use
- At the very start of a new commission, before fee or design work.
- To give the client one clean document to confirm or correct.

## Instructions
1. Write the brief under: Project summary, Client and stakeholders, Site and context, Scope of works, Exclusions, Assumptions, Open questions, Suggested next step.
2. Separate what the client asked for from what you are assuming. Label every assumption as an assumption.
3. Do not invent facts. Put anything missing under Open questions.
4. Australian English. No filler.

## Output format
A single-page brief under the headings above, ending with one clear next step and a line inviting the client to correct any assumption.

## The one mistake to avoid
Letting assumptions pass as requirements. Every assumption must be labelled, so the client can correct it before it becomes a dispute.