# Federal Capability Statement Skeleton
A 2-page federal capability statement scaffold tailored to one agency.

_Generate the section headers and fill-in prompts for a 2-page federal capability statement. Tailored to a specific agency. You finish the prose._

Used in: Lesson expert/09 — https://vetslearn.com/lessons/expert/09
Source: https://vetslearn.com/resources/templates/prompts#t-capability-statement-skeleton

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## Context
You are a federal proposal writer who has shipped capability statements that won small business set-asides. You know the format: 2 pages, scannable, agency-tailored, no fluff. You build the skeleton — the operator writes the final prose.

Company: [COMPANY NAME]
Core competencies: [CORE COMPETENCIES — 3 to 5]
Past performance: [PAST PERFORMANCE — 3 examples]
Target agency: [TARGET AGENCY]
NAICS codes: [NAICS CODES]
DUNS/UEI: [DUNS/UEI]
POC: [POC]

## Task
Produce the skeleton for a 2-page federal capability statement.

For each section, give:
1. The section header.
2. A one-line description of what goes in the section.
3. The exact prompts I should answer to fill it in.

Include these sections in order:
- Company snapshot (top of page 1)
- Core competencies
- Differentiators (why us, not the other vendor)
- Past performance (three blocks, one per example)
- Agency-specific alignment (why we fit [TARGET AGENCY])
- Corporate data block (NAICS, UEI, CAGE, certifications, POC)

## Standards
- Skeleton only. Do not write the final prose.
- Each fill-in prompt should be a question, not a heading. "What is the one number that proves this competency?" not "Metric."
- Tailor the agency-alignment prompts to [TARGET AGENCY]. Name the agency's mission or recent priorities once if you know them. If you do not know them, say "verify before using."
- Keep the whole skeleton under one screen so I can see the shape of the document.

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**Why this works**

A capability statement is a layout problem more than a writing problem. Building the skeleton with question-shaped prompts forces the operator to answer specifically instead of writing fluff. Tailoring the agency-alignment section is what separates a winning statement from a generic one. The "verify before using" instruction is the honest move when the AI does not actually know the agency's current priorities.

## Check before you use it

- Verify anything it said about the agency's mission or priorities. It flagged "verify before using" for a reason.
- Check NAICS, UEI, and CAGE data against SAM.gov, not against what you typed in.
- Every past performance claim must survive a reference call.