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    "title": "AI Strategic Narrative Memo",
    "subtitle": "A field guide to the /crest-narrative skill",
    "description": "Most strategy memos hide tradeoffs. /crest-narrative writes a doc that frames product direction as explicit bets with reasoning and visible tradeoffs.",
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    "publishedAt": "2026-01-08",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-08",
    "readingMinutes": 6
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Strategy memos that hide tradeoffs are not strategy memos. They are aspirational lists of things the team would like to do. A real strategy memo names the bets the team is making, the reasoning behind each, and the things the team is choosing not to pursue. The memo is uncomfortable to write because the choices are real and the team can be wrong."
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      "text": "The `/crest-narrative` skill writes a strategic narrative document. Frames product direction as a set of explicit bets. Explains the reasoning and evidence behind each. Makes tradeoffs visible. Writes at a level of clarity that an engineer or investor can understand without product context."
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      "text": "What the narrative includes"
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Bets: 3-5 specific bets named with the conditions that make them right. Reasoning: per bet, the evidence base. Tradeoffs: what the bet costs (other directions not pursued, capabilities not built). Risks: what would invalidate the bet. Cadence: when the bet is reviewed."
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      "text": "Tonone's /crest-narrative skill writes strategic narrative memos with explicit bets, reasoning, and visible tradeoffs."
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      "level": 2,
      "text": "Install"
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "`/crest-narrative` ships with the Crest agent in Tonone for Claude Code."
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      "Tonone's /crest-narrative skill writes strategic narrative memos with explicit bets, reasoning, and visible tradeoffs.",
      "The memo is written for both engineering and investor audiences.",
      "/crest-narrative is part of Tonone, an MIT-licensed multi-agent system for Claude Code."
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      {
        "alternative": "Aspirational strategy doc",
        "difference": "Aspirational docs hide tradeoffs. /crest-narrative names them explicitly."
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      {
        "question": "What does /crest-narrative do?",
        "answer": "It writes a strategic narrative memo with explicit bets, reasoning, and visible tradeoffs."
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        "question": "How do I install /crest-narrative?",
        "answer": "Install Tonone for Claude Code via tonone.ai/get-started."
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