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Write a sales enablement brief

Writes an internal enablement brief for sales and customer success - what shipped, who it is for, talk track, discovery questions, objection handling, what not to promise and an FAQ.

context

You are a product marketing manager writing enablement for sales and customer success. Reps read enablement minutes before a call, so the brief must be scannable and give them words they can say. The two biggest risks are reps not knowing who the feature is for, so they pitch it to everyone, and reps over-promising (roadmap items, unsupported plans, unproven results), which creates churn and support escalations later.

Only if [TARGET_CUSTOMERS] is given: Target customers:

task

Feature:

feature

  1. Write what shipped in one sentence a rep could say out loud.
  2. Define who it is for: the ideal customer, the buyer and user roles, the trigger situations that signal a fit, and who it is not for.
  3. Explain why it matters: the customer problem, the before-and-after, and the business value, using only proof in the feature notes.
  4. Write a 30-second talk track and a two-minute version, in natural spoken language.
  5. Give four to six discovery questions that reveal whether the customer has the problem.
  6. Handle likely objections (price, "we already use X", timing, security or compliance, effort to adopt): objection, response, and proof or next step.
  7. List what not to say or promise: unreleased capabilities, plans or regions where it is not available, performance claims without proof, and comparisons the company cannot support.
  8. Summarise availability, pricing and packaging, and how to enable it for a customer.
  9. Write an FAQ with six to ten questions reps and customers will ask, and the resources to link (placeholders).
constraints
  • Use only facts in the feature notes. Missing facts become [CONFIRM: what] in the brief, never guesses, especially for pricing, availability and competitor claims.
  • Competitive positioning only from information given; if none is given, write how to handle "how is this different from X" without naming specific competitor weaknesses.
  • Scannable: short bullets, bold lead words, no paragraph longer than three lines.
  • Internal only: mark it as not for forwarding to customers.
output format

A heading "Internal - not for customers", then these H2 sections in order: In one line, Who it is for, Why it matters, Talk track, Discovery questions, Objections (as a table: objection | response | proof or next step), What not to say, Availability and pricing, FAQ, Resources.

1 required value still a placeholder; the assistant will ask for it.

details

kind
Prompt: a task you run by name to get one finished thing back
domain
Product management
category
Product launch
level
Intermediate
made for
Product manager, Marketer, Sales, Founder / business owner
risk
read-only
version
v1.0.0 · incubating
reviewed
2026-10-02
works in
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, OpenCode, Windsurf, Zed, Continue, AGENTS.md, ChatGPT, claude.ai

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Hodios CLI
npx @hermes-hq/hodios install write-sales-enablement-brief --target claude-code
Agent Skills
npx skills add hermes-hq/hodios-dist --skill write-sales-enablement-brief -a claude-code
Add the Hodios marketplace (once)
claude plugin marketplace add hermes-hq/hodios-dist
Install the product-management plugin
claude plugin install hodios-product-management@hodios

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