---
name: quill
description: "Use when the user says 'create quotation', 'generate quote', 'proposal', or needs a client-facing price document."
version: 1.0.0
---


# ✒️ Quill: Drafting Quotation...
*Generate professional client quotations and proposals.*

## Activation

When this skill activates, output:

`✒️ Quill: Drafting quotation...`

Then execute the protocol below.

## Protocol

1. **Gather requirements**: ask the user for:
   - Client name and company
   - Project description (or "use Scan results" if just scanned)
   - Timeline expectations
   - Any specific requirements or constraints

2. **If project was already scanned**: use the Scan results for scope and pricing
3. **If not scanned**: run a quick Scan first to get baseline metrics

4. **Generate the quotation** using `templates/client-quote.md`:
   - Professional header with CW Affiliate Investments info
   - Project scope breakdown with line items
   - Three pricing tiers (if applicable)
   - Timeline with milestones
   - Terms and conditions
   - Valid-until date (30 days from now)

5. **Save to SQLite** (primary):

   Write the payload to a file, then pipe it in with `-` as the argument. A payload on stdin is never seen by the shell's parser, so a redirection operator inside the scope summary cannot be read as one.

   ```bash
   cat quote-context.json | python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/db/memstack-db.py" set-context -
   ```

   `quote-context.json` contains:
   ```json
   {"project":"<client>","last_quote_date":"<date>","quote_summary":"<scope>"}
   ```
6. **Also save markdown copy** to `memory/projects/{client}-quote-{date}.md` (human-readable backup)
7. **Present formatted** for copy-paste into email or PDF export

## Inputs
- Client name and company
- Project requirements or Scan results

## Outputs
- Professional quotation document
- Quote context saved to SQLite database
- Markdown backup in memory/projects/

## Example Usage

**User:** "generate a quote for John at GreenTech for an admin dashboard"

```
✒️ Quill: Drafting quotation...

CW AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS
Quotation, GreenTech Corp
Date: 2026-02-18 | Valid Until: 2026-03-20

Scope: Full-stack admin dashboard with auth, CRUD, payments
Standard: $22,000 | Timeline: 7 weeks

Saved: memory/projects/greentech-quote-2026-02-18.md
```

## Level History

- **Lv.1**: Base: Template-based quotation generation. (Origin: MemStack v1.0, Feb 2026)
- **Lv.2**: Enhanced: Added YAML frontmatter, activation message, Scan integration. (Origin: MemStack v2.0 MemoryCore merge, Feb 2026)