Source: [Horizon — from draft to decision — Skills for Business]() HORIZON · FICTIONAL EXAMPLE # Put the decision first. Present fixes the storyline. Unique design makes the readiness comparison easier to read. ## The task Steering committee: approve a bounded pilot and confirm its owner. Complete fictional notes. No company records. [Try this workflow ↗](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/skills/present/?example=quarterly-update#start) ``` # Quarterly update — illustrative brief Create a short steering committee update for Project Horizon. Lead with the decision the committee needs to make. Show the delivery status, three workstreams, and the next 90 days. Keep the figures and caveats exactly as supplied. Finish with the decision and owner. Use a quiet editorial style with warm paper, forest ink, and one terracotta accent. ## Fictional source material - Q3 delivery: 8 of 10 milestones completed; two are scheduled for October. - Readiness: Product 84%, Operations 68%, Enablement 52%. These are illustrative readiness estimates, not audited measurements. - Next 90 days: validate in October, pilot in November, review in December. - Decision: approve a bounded pilot; sponsor to confirm the owner before launch. No customer or company records were used. These figures are fictional and must not be cited as business results. ``` [Transcript & evidence](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/#transcript) · [Download HTML](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/draft.html) Present · Opening slide ### The cover postpones the actual pilot approval request until slide 4. The committee knows its decision before reviewing delivery and readiness. Unique design · Slide 3 · readiness ### Enablement already has an accent bar, but its label shares the same visual weight and the qualification sits below the comparison. Attention reaches Enablement without changing labels, percentages or qualification. **Retained:** Forest ink, warm paper, terracotta accent, common zero-based bar scale, all three readiness labels and values, the exact qualification, delivery slide, timeline and Present controller. [Download first draft ↓](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/draft.html) [Transcript & evidence](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/#transcript) · [Download HTML](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/presentation.html) Present · Opening slide ### The existing approval request opens the deck, with the owner condition directly below. The committee knows its decision before reviewing delivery and readiness. Unique design · Slide 3 · readiness ### A bounded row highlight joins the label, bar and value. The qualification is larger and adjacent to the comparison. Attention reaches Enablement without changing labels, percentages or qualification. **Retained:** Forest ink, warm paper, terracotta accent, common zero-based bar scale, all three readiness labels and values, the exact qualification, delivery slide, timeline and Present controller. [Download after review ↓](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/presentation.html) **Run & verification** Codex · Present 1.0.0 + Unique design 1.0.0 · 2026-10-29. File-capable repository workspace; published instructions read from retained releases. Local file creation and Chrome rendering; no native provider skill installation. Model and account plan are not exposed to this workspace. Human corrections: None in this correction run. Original draft was authored as a curated website fixture on 2026-10-28. Fictional source material. This records a Codex workspace build and review, not an end-to-end Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot test or a user trial. - **contentLock:** Build checks exact readiness text and protected renderer sections. - **rendered:** Pass locally: draft and after-review files, 4 slides each, captured at 1920×1080 and 1366×768. Contact sheet and all slides inspected at readable size; no clipping of essential slide content observed. - **offline:** Pass locally: all four artifacts opened from local files with HTTP(S) blocked; zero HTTP(S) requests and zero page errors. Production-delivered bytes still need deployment verification. - **pdf:** unverified; no PDF is offered - **userTrials:** 0 of 5; pending - **date:** 2026-10-29 - **reviewer:** Codex workspace agent - **browser:** Google Chrome 156.0.8078.73 - **interaction:** Pass locally on all four artifacts: one active slide, arrow navigation, slide menu, notes and blank screen, with reduced motion. - **fonts:** Actual Linux rendering inspected through Chrome: Liberation Serif/Italic for Horizon headings and Liberation Sans for chart labels; Liberation Sans/Bold for Northstar. These are system fallbacks, not bundled brand fonts. [Run record](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/run.md) · [Hashes, findings & transcripts](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/generated.json) · [Source brief](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/quarterly-update/brief.md) **Slide transcripts** ### First draft #### 1\. A clear view. A confident next step. STEERING COMMITTEE UPDATE A clear view. A confident next step. Progress, priorities, and the decision ahead. #### 2\. Eight milestones delivered. Two to close in October. DELIVERY SNAPSHOT Eight milestones delivered. Two to close in October. 8/10 planned milestones completed in Q3 Fictional planning data. Two milestones are scheduled for October. #### 3\. Enablement needs the next conversation. WHERE TO FOCUS Enablement needs the next conversation. Product 84% Operations 68% Enablement 52% Illustrative readiness estimates, not audited measurements. #### 4\. Approve a bounded pilot. Confirm the owner. THE DECISION Approve a bounded pilot. Confirm the owner. OCTOBER Validate NOVEMBER Pilot DECEMBER Review Sponsor to confirm the owner before launch. Fictional scenario. ### After review #### 1\. Approve a bounded pilot. Confirm the owner. STEERING COMMITTEE UPDATE Approve a bounded pilot. Confirm the owner. Sponsor to confirm the owner before launch. Fictional scenario. #### 2\. Eight milestones delivered. Two to close in October. DELIVERY SNAPSHOT Eight milestones delivered. Two to close in October. 8/10 planned milestones completed in Q3 Fictional planning data. Two milestones are scheduled for October. #### 3\. Enablement needs the next conversation. WHERE TO FOCUS Enablement needs the next conversation. Product 84% Operations 68% Enablement 52% Illustrative readiness estimates, not audited measurements. #### 4\. Approve a bounded pilot. Confirm the owner. THE DECISION Approve a bounded pilot. Confirm the owner. OCTOBER Validate NOVEMBER Pilot DECEMBER Review Sponsor to confirm the owner before launch. Fictional scenario. Different task, different composition. [See the operational training case ↗](https://skillsforbusiness.ai/examples/service-handover/)