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Contract Review

A contract-review skill that flags unfavorable terms in NDAs, SaaS terms, employment agreements and M&A docs, compares them to market standards, and drafts redlines.

Docs & OfficeIntermediate★ 405⑂ 54AI score 10/10Last updated: Jul 23, 2026

What it does

  • Establishes the document type and which party you are (customer/vendor, buyer/seller, receiving/disclosing party) before judging risk, plus the power dynamic that determines what is actually negotiable.
  • Runs a pre-review checklist for blank fields ("$____", TBD), missing exhibits, draft vs. executed status, and truncated pages.
  • Scans against an extended CUAD 41-category risk taxonomy: limitation of liability, indemnification, auto-renewal, data ownership, non-competes, dispute resolution, and more.
  • Produces a structured markdown report — key terms table → red-flag quick scan → 🔴/🟡/🟢 risk analysis → missing provisions → negotiation priority — with market standard, negotiability rating, a concrete redline, and a fallback position per issue.
  • Ships type-specific checklists (NDA, SaaS/MSA, payment/merchant, M&A, finder/broker) and a benchmark table separating standard from yellow-flag and red-flag terms.

Who it's for

  • Founders and operators reviewing vendor, investment, or M&A paperwork without in-house counsel.
  • Procurement, BD, and partnership managers who read SaaS/MSA terms regularly.
  • In-house legal or contract managers who want a fast first pass before outside counsel.
  • Individuals and freelancers reviewing their own NDAs or employment agreements.

Example uses

  1. SaaS subscription review: "Review this vendor agreement, we're the customer" → flags a 3-month liability cap as critical (market is 12 months), suggests changing "three (3) months" to "twelve (12) months" with a 6-month fallback.
  2. NDA triage: checks one-way vs. mutual, confidentiality term (2 years short, 3–5 typical), residuals clause, and notice obligations on compelled disclosure.
  3. M&A negotiation prep: benchmarks escrow (10–15%), rep survival (12–18 months), earnout mechanics and MAC carve-outs, then ranks the top negotiation asks.
  4. Gap analysis: if there's no data-export right on termination, it drafts language such as export in CSV/JSON for 90 days at no charge.

Note: not legal advice, and the benchmarks and jurisdiction notes are US-centric; material terms should go to qualified counsel.

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  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS/Linux, Git Bash or WSL on Windows).
  2. Create the skills folder if needed: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  3. Clone the repo into it: git clone https://github.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/contract-review
  4. Verify the files: ls ~/.claude/skills/contract-review (you should see skill.md). If Claude doesn't pick the skill up, rename it uppercase: mv ~/.claude/skills/contract-review/skill.md ~/.claude/skills/contract-review/SKILL.md
  5. Restart Claude Code.
  6. Drop a contract (PDF/DOCX/text) into your project folder and ask something like "Review this contract — we're the customer" to trigger the skill.
  7. For project-only use, install into .claude/skills inside that project instead of ~/.claude/skills.
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