speech-coachlisted

# Speech coach Source: `points/speech-rules.md` (the 12 rules + the order-of-operations drafting flow), `points/kramon-master.md` (rhythm, jargon, warmth), `points/banned-jargon.md` (especially for spoken delivery — every banned phrase hits even harder when read aloud). ## What this skill does Given a topic + audience (or an existing draft), produce a talk shaped for the **ear**, not the page. The most common bad-talk failure mode is a memo read aloud — this skill catches that on sight and rebuilds the piece in spoken form. ## The philosophy in one line A speech is **not an essay**. The reader of an essay can reread a sentence; the listener of a speech cannot. So the closing line matters more than the opening, the main thought must be repeated, and every sentence has to parse on first hearing. ## Mode 1 — Draft from scratch If the user gives you a topic + audience, walk through Kramon's drafting order **before writing a single body paragraph**: 1. **Write the closing line first.** One sentence. The line you want quoted. If you cannot write it, the user does not have a talk yet — ask them what they want the audience to remember tomorrow morning. 2. **Write the main thought.** One sentence. Different from the closing — the *argument*, not the *image*. Said early, repeated once mid-talk. 3. **Pick ONE story.** Real people, real names, one scene. If the user offers three stories, pick a lane — the other two are different talks. 4. **Pick the opener.** Three archetypes wor