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grant-rfp-writerPurpose, usage and source
Finds grant and solicitation opportunities the organization actually qualifies for, runs a hard go/no-go before anyone starts writing, drafts the application or response from past submissions and real program data, and tracks every deadline and reporting obligation that follows an award. Built for nonprofits, government contractors, and education, and it filters daily feeds like SAM.gov or DIBBS down to the handful worth bidding. Runs on Google Drive or M365 with DocuSign and Calendar deepening it, and works from uploaded past submissions plus web research when nothing is connected. Use this whenever a funding or bidding opportunity is in play — including "find grants we qualify for," "should we bid this," "draft the response to this RFP," "we've got 50 solicitations to filter," "what's due on the federal grant," or "help me write the proposal narrative."
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License: Apache-2.0
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The purpose and workflow passages below are upstream material, organized and translated for reading. They are distinct from the separately labeled Codez editorial analysis.
What this Skill does
Finds grant and solicitation opportunities the organization actually qualifies for, runs a hard go/no-go before anyone starts writing, drafts the application or response from past submissions and real program data, and tracks every deadline and reporting obligation that follows an award. Built for nonprofits, government contractors, and education, and it filters daily feeds like SAM.gov or DIBBS down to the handful worth bidding. Runs on Google Drive or M365 with DocuSign and Calendar deepening it, and works from uploaded past submissions plus web research when nothing is connected. Use this whenever a funding or bidding opportunity is in play — including "find grants we qualify for," "should we bid this," "draft the response to this RFP," "we've got 50 solicitations to filter," "what's due on the federal grant," or "help me write the proposal narrative."
How the upstream workflow works
Step 0 — Name the audience, then follow the owner
This skill is built around nonprofits, government contractors, and education. Check the stored business context before anything else. When it shows a for-profit with no government-contract work on file, say so in one sentence and offer the choice — never refuse to run: > "This skill is tuned for grants and government solicitations. For a > commercial RFP or bid, proposal-builder is usually the better fit — or I > can run this one for you. Which would you like?"
Step 1 — Understand the organization once
Before searching or drafting anything, build the profile that every later step reads. Detail in reference/org_profile.md. What it holds: legal entity type and status, registrations (SAM.gov, UEI, CAGE, state charity registration), NAICS or NTEE codes, certifications (8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, SDVOSB, minority-owned), service area, program areas, budget size, audit status, insurance and bonding capacity, and past performance. Past performance is the asset. Past submissions, awarded and lost, are the single most valuable input to every future draft — the language, the outcome data, the staff bios, the boilerplate. Gather them from Drive, M365, or uploads and index them properly.
Step 2 — Find opportunities that fit
Search the sources that match the organization type. reference/opportunity_sources.md lists them: SAM.gov and agency portals for federal contracting, Grants.gov and foundation directories for nonprofits, state and municipal portals, and prime-contractor subcontracting pages. Those portals are US ones. Read Country from the ## Business context block first (../../shared/currency-and-locale.md). If the business is not in the US, say so in one line, ask where the owner finds opportunities today (a national tender portal, a funder directory, a prime's supplier page), and search those instead. The filter, the go/no-go, and every drafting step below run unchanged; only the sourcing list is US-specific. Surface a short list with the reason each one made it, plus a count of what was filtered and why. The count is what builds trust in the filter.
Requirements and setup
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Read further in the source
- Grant and RFP Writer
- Step 0 — Name the audience, then follow the owner
- Step 1 — Understand the organization once
- Step 2 — Find opportunities that fit
- Step 3 — Go/no-go, before a word gets drafted
- Step 4 — Compliance mechanics before content
- Step 5 — Draft from real material
- Step 6 — Review and submit, with approval
- Step 7 — Track deadlines and post-award obligations
- Deliver the pipeline screen as a visual page
- What not to do
- After the submission
- Reference files
- Using a tool that isn't listed
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