Contract Helper

Use when the user asks to "draft an influencer contract", "review these agreement terms", or "build a partnership template"; produces a full influencer agreement framework (scope, compensation, usage rights, exclusivity, FTC disclosure), a clause-by-clause review with red flags, and a negotiation cheat sheet. Not for outreach negotiation before a deal exists — use outreach-manager.

Create and review influencer partnership agreements. Clear contracts protect both brand and creator and set expectations for the collaboration.

⚠️ This skill provides general guidance and templates. Always have contracts reviewed by legal counsel before execution.

Quick Start

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Draft an influencer agreement for [deliverables] with [compensation terms]

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Review these contract terms from an influencer agency: [paste terms]

Skill Contract

• Reads: campaign brief, agreed deliverables, compensation figure, platform list, usage-rights and exclusivity needs, any pasted incoming agreement. If memory-management is active, prior outreach terms and budget caps load from the hot cache. For rostered creators, read memory/creators/<handle-slug>.md — the creator-registry roster record — for existing exclusivity windows, contract status, usage-rights history, and standard-range anchors before drafting or reviewing.
• Writes: drafted agreement or review memo to memory/influencer/contract-helper/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md. Signed terms (usage-rights window, exclusivity scope, final rate) also go as a one-line update to memory/creators/candidates.md — only creator-registry writes canonical roster records.
• Promotes: durable facts (signed terms, usage-rights window, exclusivity scope, payment schedule) to memory/hot-cache.md.
• Done when:
  • Every required term is filled or explicitly marked TBD (parties, deliverables, compensation, payment timeline, usage rights, exclusivity, termination).
  • Red flags are listed for any review, and a legal-counsel review note is attached before execution.
  • A negotiation cheat sheet maps each open term to a standard range.
• Primary next skill: content-amplifier — once the contract is signed, amplify the licensed content.

Handoff Summary

Emit the standard shape from skill-contract.md §Handoff Summary Format.

Data Sources

This family needs no live integrations (Tier 1). The skill works by asking you for the inputs directly: parties, deliverables, compensation, platform, and any incoming terms to review. Paste an agency's draft and it reviews against the checklist with zero setup.

Optional connectors that COULD speed up specific steps:

• ~~CRM / deal record — pull agreed scope and rate so you don't re-type them.
• ~~influencer database — confirm the creator's legal name, entity, and audience-authenticity signals for the warranties section.
• ~~e-signature — route the finished agreement for signing.

See CONNECTORS.md for the free/keyless recipe per category. None are required.

Instructions

When a user requests contract help:

1. Gather contract parameters — parties, partnership details (campaign, duration, deliverables, compensation), and additional terms (usage rights, exclusivity, approval, platforms). Use the gathering form in references/templates.md §1.
2. Draft the agreement — fill the 11-section framework (scope, compensation, usage rights, exclusivity, approval, compliance/FTC, warranties, confidentiality, indemnification, termination, miscellaneous + signatures). Full template in references/templates.md §2. Scale sections to deal size — drop whitelisting/broad-exclusivity blocks for small deals.
3. Explain key clauses — for each material clause give what it covers, why it matters, and what to watch for. Clause guide in references/templates.md §3.
4. Review and flag — for any incoming paper, run the checklist: essential terms present, red flags, and per-clause negotiation ranges. Checklist + tables in references/templates.md §4-5.

Save the drafted agreement or review memo to memory/influencer/contract-helper/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md, and promote durable signed terms to the hot cache. Once terms are signed, also submit them (usage-rights window, exclusivity scope, final rate) as a one-line update to memory/creators/candidates.md for creator-registry to reconcile into the roster record.

Example

User: "Draft a simple agreement for a micro-influencer to create 2 Instagram posts for $500"

Output: a simplified agreement scoped to the deal — 2 IG posts, $500 with a payment schedule, non-exclusive 12-month usage on owned channels, #ad disclosure, and a short timeline. Heavier sections (whitelisting, broad exclusivity, multi-round approval) are dropped. See references/templates.md §7 for the worked walkthrough.

Reference Materials

• references/templates.md — gathering form, full 11-section agreement template, clause explanations, review checklist, negotiation tables, tips, worked example.
• skill-contract.md — shared contract and Handoff Summary format.
• state-model.md — memory tiers and save-path convention.
• CONNECTORS.md — free/keyless connector recipes per category.
• Sibling skills: outreach-manager (negotiate before contract), content-reviewer (execute the approval clause), budget-optimizer (set compensation), brief-generator (attach the brief as an exhibit).

Next Best Skill

Primary: content-amplifier — once the agreement is signed and usage rights are locked, amplify the licensed content into paid and owned channels.

Alternates (same Activate/Convert family):

• content-reviewer — run the approval workflow the contract defines.
• outreach-manager — if terms stall, return to negotiation before re-drafting.

Termination: keep a visited-set for this session. If a skill above has already been invoked, stop and report chain-complete rather than re-running it. Max chain depth is 3 hops; once reached, summarize and hand back to the user.

Related Skills

• outreach-manager - Negotiate before contract
• brief-generator - Attach brief as exhibit
• content-reviewer - Execute approval process
• budget-optimizer - Set compensation terms