brag-doc

# Brag Doc Skill Nobody remembers in December what they shipped in March — so good work goes uncredited at review time. A brag doc is the fix: a running, dated log of what you did and the impact it had, captured while it's fresh. This skill turns a pile of "stuff I did" into impact-first entries you can paste straight into a [`self-review`](../self-review/SKILL.md) or [`promotion-packet`](../promotion-packet/SKILL.md). ## Required Inputs Ask for these only if they aren't already provided: - **The win(s)** — what you did (rough notes are fine; the skill structures them). - **Impact** — the outcome and any metric (before → after, time saved, revenue, users) — even a rough one. - **Scope & role** — your specific contribution vs. the team's, and who it affected. - **Date / period** and any **evidence** (PR, doc, dashboard, kudos, ticket link). ## Output Format ### Brag Doc — [your name], [period] Entries newest-first, grouped by theme (or quarter). Each entry is **impact-first**: > **[Verb-led headline — the outcome, not the task]** · *[date]* > - **What I did:** [the specific action and your role in it] > - **Impact:** [metric / outcome — before → after where possible] > - **Scope:** [who/what it affected — team, org, customers] > - **Evidence:** [link] > - **Maps to:** [the competency / ladder level it demonstrates — e.g. "cross-team influence"] Example: > **Cut onboarding drop-off 18% → 9%, unlocking ~$140k ARR** · *Mar 2026* > - **What I did:** led the redesign of t...