Playbook Builder Skill

Contract Negotiation Playbook Skills

A set of Claude Code skills for building and using contract negotiation playbooks. These skills help legal and procurement teams standardize their negotiation positions, streamline contract reviews, and maintain consistent redline language across deals.

**For a detailed explanation of the design and development of this code, see the related article on [*AI Advances*](https://ai.gopubby.com/how-i-used-claude-for-word-add-in-to-review-legal-contracts-7950ae27c0fa?sk=d1c90b442a6a36ac9706953a34f35c74).**

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Skills Overview

Skill	Purpose	Type
playbook-builder	Interactive wizard that walks you through creating a custom negotiation playbook for any contract type	Generator
professional-services-contract-playbook	Ready-to-use playbook with 20 pre-approved clause positions for professional services agreements	Reference

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Playbook Builder

An interactive, step-by-step skill that guides users through creating a negotiation playbook tailored to their specific contract type, side, and risk tolerance. The output is a fully structured skill definition ready to paste into the Claude Code skill editor.

Supported Contract Types

• Professional Services
• SaaS
• NDA
• Employment
• M&A (LOI / Term Sheet)
• Construction
• Custom

How It Works

flowchart LR
    A["Context\n& Baseline"] --> B["Clause\nSelection"]
    B --> C["Position\nBuilding"]
    C --> D["Playbook\nOutput"]

    style A fill:#4A90D9,stroke:#2C5F8A,color:#fff,rx:12
    style B fill:#7B68EE,stroke:#5A4CB5,color:#fff,rx:12
    style C fill:#E8913A,stroke:#B06D2B,color:#fff,rx:12
    style D fill:#50C878,stroke:#3A9A5C,color:#fff,rx:12

Step	What Happens
Context & Baseline	Select contract type, your side, and risk posture (Aggressive / Balanced / Conservative)
Clause Selection	Review the standard clause set for your contract type — add, remo