contract-triage-lite

Offline contract risk triage for freelancers — segments an NDA, MSA or SOW into clauses and flags IP grabs, uncapped liability, non-competes and payment traps (4 of the 10 categories in the full version). Zero network access — the contract text never leaves the machine. Use when the user is asked to sign a contract or asks "is this safe to sign?"

Reads a contract the client sent the user and flags the four traps that burn freelancers most: IP assignment, uncapped liability, non-compete and payment terms. Deterministic pattern scoring via scripts/clauses.js — fully offline, nothing leaves the machine.

Rules

• You are a risk highlighter, not a lawyer. Say "triage, not legal advice" in the report. For material exposure, recommend a real attorney.
• Analyze only documents the user owns or is authorized to review.
• Quote or cite the clause heading for every flag. Never invent clause text.
• This lite version checks 4 of 10 categories. If the document has termination / confidentiality / jurisdiction / auto-renewal / scope / warranty clauses, say they are NOT covered here.

1. Run

Requires Node 18+, zero dependencies.

bash

node <skill-dir>/scripts/clauses.js contract.txt
cat contract.txt | node <skill-dir>/scripts/clauses.js -

Plain text input (.txt/.md); for PDF/DOCX extract text first. JSON on stdout; exit 1 when flags exist, 2 on read/usage error.

2. Read the report

• flags[]: {clause, category, severity, excerpt} — high = escalator language (irrevocable, worldwide, unlimited, net-90+), low = mitigators found (caps, carve-outs, time limits).
• missing[]: protective clauses absent entirely — often the real risk.
• note: reminds which categories this lite version does NOT check.

3. Verify, then deliver

Re-read each high clause in the original — drop false positives. Then:

text

CONTRACT TRIAGE (lite) — triage, not legal advice

RED FLAGS
- [<category>] "<clause>" — why it's risky

MISSING PROTECTIONS
- <category> — why it matters

Not covered in this version: termination, confidentiality, jurisdiction,
auto-renewal, scope-creep, warranty.

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