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review-contractPurpose, usage and source
Review a contract against your organization's negotiation playbook — flag deviations, generate redlines, provide business impact analysis. Use when reviewing vendor or customer agreements, when you need clause-by-clause analysis against standard positions, or when preparing a negotiation strategy with prioritized redlines and fallback positions.
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- anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
- SKILL.md
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- 2026-10-30
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What this Skill does
Review a contract against your organization's negotiation playbook — flag deviations, generate redlines, provide business impact analysis. Use when reviewing vendor or customer agreements, when you need clause-by-clause analysis against standard positions, or when preparing a negotiation strategy with prioritized redlines and fallback positions.
How the upstream workflow works
Step 1: Accept the Contract
Accept the contract in any of these formats: File upload: PDF, DOCX, or other document format URL: Link to a contract in your CLM, cloud storage (e.g., Box, Egnyte, SharePoint), or other document system Pasted text: Contract text pasted directly into the conversation
Upstream passage · L25 ↗Step 2: Gather Context
Ask the user for context before beginning the review: Which side are you on? (vendor/supplier, customer/buyer, licensor, licensee, partner -- or other) Deadline: When does this need to be finalized? (Affects prioritization of issues) Focus areas: Any specific concerns? (e.g., "data protection is critical", "we need flexibility on term", "IP ownership is the key issue")
Upstream passage · L34 ↗Step 3: Load the Playbook
Look for the organization's contract review playbook in local settings (e.g., legal.local.md or similar configuration files). The playbook should define: Standard positions: The organization's preferred terms for each major clause type Acceptable ranges: Terms that can be agreed to without escalation
/review-contract <contract file or URL>Requirements and setup
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Limits and quality checks
Limitation of Liability
Key elements to review: Cap amount (fixed dollar amount, multiple of fees, or uncapped)
Upstream passage · L92 ↗Start with a safe trial
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Read further in the source
- /review-contract -- Contract Review Against Playbook
- Invocation
- Step 1: Accept the Contract
- Step 2: Gather Context
- Step 3: Load the Playbook
- Step 4: Clause-by-Clause Analysis
- Limitation of Liability
- Indemnification
- Intellectual Property
- Data Protection
- Term and Termination
- Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
- Step 5: Flag Deviations
- GREEN -- Acceptable
- YELLOW -- Negotiate
- RED -- Escalate
- Step 6: Generate Redline Suggestions
- Redline Generation Best Practices
- Redline Format
- Step 7: Business Impact Summary
- Negotiation Priority Framework
- Step 8: CLM Routing (If Connected)
- Output Format
- Notes
Related Skills
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