Made for Independent Contractors
Review a Client Contract Before You Sign
Also useful for: people in Entrepreneurship
75 min
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Business & Entrepreneurship
Make a Decision
Need to Make a Decision
Review a client contract clause by clause and turn hidden risk into a clear sign, negotiate, or decline decision.
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Use this when
A client sends a contract, master services agreement, or statement of work that needs a serious review before signing.
You'll need
- Contract
- Project and client context
- Business priorities
- Location or governing law
- Insurance and business setup
- Review goal
You'll get
- Every relevant contract section checked
- Important clauses tied to exact contract language
- Missing, conflicting, and unclear terms identified
- Must-change and should-change requests ranked
- Lawyer-review questions separated from business negotiation points
- A sign, negotiate, or decline decision recorded.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Every relevant contract section checked
- Important clauses tied to exact contract language
- Missing, conflicting, and unclear terms identified
- Must-change and should-change requests ranked
- Lawyer-review questions separated from business negotiation points
- A sign, negotiate, or decline decision recorded.
Sample
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Sample input
I uploaded a 14-page client services agreement and a two-page statement of work. The project is an $18,000 dashboard build over 10 weeks. I want a 50 percent deposit, payment within 15 days, no more than two revision rounds, a reasonable liability cap, and the right to reuse my own methods. The contract uses New York law. My LLC has general liability coverage but no cyber policy. My goal is to prepare contract edits.
Sample assembled prompt
Recommendation: Negotiate before signing. Critical: - Indemnity: The contractor must... Request mutual, fault-based indemnity limited to... - Liability: No liability cap appears... Request a cap tied to fees... High: - Payment: Payment is due... Request payment within 15 days and... - Ownership: All materials connected to... Reserve pre-existing tools, templates, methods, and... Tie transfer of final deliverables to... - Insurance: The cyber coverage requirement... Confirm whether the client will reduce... Should change: - Add a two-round... - Add a suspension right for... - Add payment for completed work... Lawyer review: - Scope and enforceability... - New York venue and legal-fee... - Treatment of client data under...