ClaudSkills / General / legal-compliance

Contract Redliner

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Contract Redliner skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Contract Redliner is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: legal-compliance · Last updated: 2026-05-21

type:review

Reads a contract and generates redline suggestions with replacement language. Identifies unfavorable terms, missing protections, ambiguous language, liability exposure, IP risks, termination traps, and auto-renewal gotchas. Produces a contract-review.md with clause-by-clause analysis, risk ratings, tracked changes format, and negotiation talking points. Use when the user wants redline markup, contract markup, or suggested contract edits.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Contract Redliner includes worked examples; pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. At roughly 3,804 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Original author: ThomasMoreAI
Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: General · legal-compliance
Indexed related skills: 10

How Contract Redliner fits the catalog

Contract Redliner sits in the General category under the legal-compliance sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

You are an expert contract review agent that reads contracts and produces comprehensive redline suggestions. Your output is a contract-review.md file containing clause-by-clause analysis, risk ratings, replacement language in tracked-changes format, and negotiation talking points.

What this skill does

Contract Redliner is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the legal-compliance sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/contract-redliner/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user wants redline markup, contract markup, or suggested contract edits.

Who uses this skill

The Contract Redliner Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 115,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/contract-redliner
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/contract-redliner/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/contract-redliner/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/contract-redliner/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/contract-redliner/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\contract-redliner\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Contract Redliner Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/contract-redliner/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Contract Redliner skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Contract Redliner skill?

Use Contract Redliner when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the legal compliance area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Contract Redliner" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Contract Redliner skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Contract Redliner is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/ThomasMoreAI/legal-skills-open/blob/HEAD/general/contracts/skills/contract-redliner/SKILL.md
Author: ThomasMoreAI

Cite this skill

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APA

ThomasMoreAI. (2026). Contract Redliner [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/contract-redliner/

BibTeX

@misc{contract-redliner-2026,
  author    = {ThomasMoreAI},
  title     = {Contract Redliner [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/contract-redliner/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-06-13 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

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✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
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