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Contract Summary — for Claude

This is the Claude version of the Contract Summary skill: read a contract and return the obligations, dates, money, and exit terms as a structured brief. This is the native form: a SKILL.md file. Claude reads the description to decide when the skill applies, then follows the body.

The file

---
name: contract-summary
description: Summarize a contract or agreement into parties, term, payment, obligations, renewal, and exit terms with clause references. Use when given a contract, MSA, SOW, or terms document to review.
---

# Contract Summary

## Output (in this order, citing the section or clause number for each point)
1. PARTIES AND SUBJECT - who, and what the agreement covers, in two lines.
2. TERM - start, duration, and what happens at the end.
3. MONEY - amounts, payment schedule, late terms, price-change clauses.
4. OBLIGATIONS - two lists: theirs, ours. Each item one line.
5. RENEWAL AND EXIT - auto-renewal terms, notice periods, termination rights and penalties.
6. READ IN FULL - the clauses a human should personally read (liability caps, indemnity, IP ownership, confidentiality, governing law), with a one-line reason each.

## Standards
- This is a summary to support review, not legal advice - state that once at the end.
- Quote defined terms exactly as the document defines them.
- If a standard element (e.g., termination) is absent, say "not addressed in the document" - never fill the gap.

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Download SKILL.md

Install

Create the folder .claude/skills/contract-summary/ in your project (or ~/.claude/skills/ for all projects)
Save the file as SKILL.md inside it
Start a new session and present the task - the skill triggers from its description

Other platforms

ChatGPT version Gemini version Microsoft Copilot version Qwen & Kimi version Local Models version

Canonical version and the skill's full description: Contract Summary. The underlying procedure is identical on every platform - only the packaging differs, because each model takes its skills its own way.

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