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Match the request to the contract
Break the request into specific actions and compare each one with the supplied contract baseline.
Made for Federal Contractors
Scope Change Warning Check
Also useful for: people in Government
20 min
Beginner
Government & Public Service
Catch possible scope changes before work begins and document the next action.
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Make Your Play
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Prevent informal requests from quietly changing deliverables, deadlines, staffing, cost, or contract assumptions without proper direction.
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What you'll do
This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.
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Check the warning signals
Test whether the request changes work, assumptions, timing, resources, cost, or direction authority.
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Prepare the written response
Turn the warnings into focused questions and a neutral written record.
Make Your Play
Scope Change Warning Check
Tell us what the prompt needs to know
Start with the questions below. Each answer personalizes the playbook and builds the prompt you’ll use at the end.
Your situation
Paste the request exactly as received, including requested actions and deadlines.
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Paste or upload the contract sections that define the current work, schedule, resources, reporting, and authority.
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Select how the request was received.
Describe who sent the request, the stated authority, when it arrived, and when action is expected.
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What you'll do
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01
Match the request to the contract
Break the request into specific actions and compare each one with the supplied contract baseline.
02
Check the warning signals
Test whether the request changes work, assumptions, timing, resources, cost, or direction authority.
03
Prepare the written response
Turn the warnings into focused questions and a neutral written record.
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Assembled prompt
Beginner instructions
Paste the request exactly as received. Add only the contract sections, task order language, statement of work excerpts, or prior written directions that relate to it. Review every citation before using the result. Don’t treat the AI’s recommendation as a contract interpretation or authorization to stop work.
Advanced instructions
Add the applicable CLIN, work breakdown reference, period of performance, deliverable identifier, funding constraint, and prior direction history. Route the result through the contract manager, program manager, or counsel required by internal policy before sending it.
Use this when
A government contact asks for work that seems new, larger, faster, differently staffed, or outside the written contract.
You'll need
- Government request
- Contract baseline
- Request source
- Sender and timing context
You'll get
- Every requested action matched to the supplied contract baseline
- Each possible change tied to a specific fact or missing detail
- A proceed, pause, or escalate status recorded
- Clarification questions ready for internal review
- Supporting messages and contract references identified for retention
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Every requested action matched to the supplied contract baseline
- Each possible change tied to a specific fact or missing detail
- A proceed, pause, or escalate status recorded
- Clarification questions ready for internal review
- Supporting messages and contract references identified for retention
Examples
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