| slug | sow-drafter |
| name | SOW Drafter |
| description | Draft Statements of Work that attach to an existing MSA. |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| metadata | {"sources":[{"mode":"port-original","author":"ClaudeCoder","added_in":"0.1.0"}]} |
SOW Drafter
Port-original skill. Hand-authored for Legal & Contracts. Owned by contract-drafter.
When to fire
A specific engagement under an existing MSA needs to be papered as a Statement of Work — usually before kickoff, with the parties having agreed scope and price verbally.
Inputs
Required: reference to the parent MSA (effective date + parties), scope description, deliverables list, timeline, fees & payment schedule.
Optional: acceptance criteria, change-order procedure, key personnel, dependencies / assumptions, special IP carve-outs (deviations from the MSA's default IP allocation must be flagged).
Outputs
A draft SOW that explicitly incorporates the MSA by reference and only covers SOW-specific terms: scope, deliverables, schedule, fees, acceptance criteria, change-order procedure, key personnel, assumptions / dependencies, and any agreed exceptions to the MSA. Plus a transmittal note for the attorney owner.
How to draft
- Pull the parent MSA reference: effective date, parties, SOW-precedence clause. The SOW must cite it.
- Translate scope into deliverables that are individually acceptance-testable. "We will design a website" is not enough; "wireframes for 5 pages by date X, accepted by client review per §4" is.
- Translate timeline into milestones tied to deliverables.
- Translate fees into a payment schedule tied to milestones (or T&M with not-to-exceed cap).
- Flag any term that conflicts with the MSA — the SOW does not silently override the MSA; flag it for attorney decision via the transmittal note.
Boundaries
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No legal advice. No execution.
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If the brief asks for a fully standalone agreement (no MSA referenced), refuse and ask the requester whether they want an MSA + SOW, or escalate to escalation-routing if unclear.
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Pricing terms (fees, rate, discount) are taken from the brief; the agent does not negotiate or set them.
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UPL line. This skill is designed against the unauthorized-practice-of-law line. Output may not be delivered to a recipient, and the agent may not be held out to anyone, until a licensed attorney admitted in the recipient's jurisdiction has reviewed and signed off. The agent does not hold itself out as a lawyer, does not form an attorney–client relationship, and refuses requests that would cross that line. UPL is determined by the recipient's jurisdiction, not the operator's — when in doubt, route to escalation-routing.
Output protocol
Write the draft to <work-item>/draft-sow.md, post the transmittal note, mark "pending attorney review."