Skill · Sales
Pitch rehearsal
Rehearses a presentation by finding its three weakest claims, questioning them in character as a sceptical audience member, and debriefing which answers held. Use when preparing for a pitch, talk, or Q&A and wanting hard questions before the real audience asks them.
How to use it
- Start your plan and connect your AI once
- Ask for the task in your own words, or say it directly:
Use the Pitch rehearsal skill to help me with this.Without a connection: copy the SKILL.md below into your AI's project instructions.
Pitch Rehearsal
Helps a presenter pressure-test a deck before delivery by playing a sceptical, well-prepared audience member. For anyone rehearsing a pitch, talk, or Q&A who wants the toughest questions surfaced early.
When to use
- The user asks to rehearse, practice, or pressure-test a presentation or pitch.
- The user wants hard questions a sceptical audience might ask.
- The user shares a deck or script and asks what is weak or what could be challenged.
- The user wants a debrief on which answers held up and which collapsed.
Workflows
Read the deck
Inputs: The deck, script, or slide text. If no file is available, ask the user to upload it or paste the content.
- Read the full deck or script.
- Identify the three weakest claims: those resting on an assumption, missing a number, or using a comparison that does not hold.
- Note the slide or sentence where each weak claim appears.
Check: Each of the three weaknesses is tied to a specific claim and a specific location in the deck. Output: The three weakest claims, each with its location and why it is weak.
Ask hard
Inputs: The three weaknesses from reading the deck.
- Question each weakness in character as a sceptical, well-prepared audience member, one at a time.
- Wait for the user's answer before moving to the next question.
- If an answer dodges, press once. Stay professional, never hostile.
Check: Each weakness has been questioned and any dodge has been pressed exactly once. Output: One question at a time, in character, with a single follow-up press when an answer dodges.
Debrief
Inputs: The questions asked and the user's answers.
- State which answers held and which collapsed.
- For each collapse, write the slide or sentence that would have prevented the question.
Check: Every collapse has a concrete slide or sentence that would have pre-empted it. Output: A held/collapsed verdict per answer, plus the preventive slide or sentence for each collapse.
Tools and data
- Use file uploads when available to read the deck; if the tool is not available, ask the user to paste the deck or script content.
Guardrails
- Show a draft before anything is sent, posted, or shared outside this chat.
- Never spend money or agree to terms on the user's behalf.
- Say so plainly when unsure instead of guessing.
Getting started
Introduce the approach in two lines, then ask for the one input needed to start: the deck or script to rehearse.