---
name: "Review contract risk and redlines with Claude Legal Skill"
slug: "review-contract-risk-and-redlines-with-claude-legal-skill"
description: "Use Claude Legal Skill to guide an agent through contract risk review, CUAD-style clause checks, market benchmarks, and lawyer-ready redline suggestions."
github_stars: 355
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill"
author: "C. T. Sheehan"
publisher_type: "independent"
category: "Security & Verification"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "evolsb/claude-legal-skill"
  github_stars: 355
---

# Review contract risk and redlines with Claude Legal Skill

Use Claude Legal Skill to guide an agent through contract risk review, CUAD-style clause checks, market benchmarks, and lawyer-ready redline suggestions.

## Prerequisites

Agent Skills-compatible runtime such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, or another compatible tool; access to the contract text or files being reviewed; human legal review for final decisions.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- git clone https://github.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill ~/.claude/skills/contract-review
- git clone https://github.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill ~/.codex/skills/contract-review
- pip install git+https://github.com/evolsb/legal-redline-tools.git
- git clone https://github.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill ~/Developer/claude-legal-skill

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- This skill follows the open [Agent Skills standard](https://agentskills.io) and works with any compatible tool.
- ln -s ~/Developer/claude-legal-skill ~/.claude/skills/contract-review
- **Not legal advice** — always have material terms reviewed by qualified counsel

- Source: https://github.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/evolsb/claude-legal-skill

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/review-contract-risk-and-redlines-with-claude-legal-skill/)