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Route a contract issue to the right approver per the escalation matrix in `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md`, and draft the ask. Use when the user says "who needs to approve this", "escalate this", "does this need GC sign-off", "route this for approval", or when another skill finds an issue that exceeds the reviewer's authority.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "escalation-flagger" skill from askskill: 1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/main/commercial-legal/skills/escalation-flagger/SKILL.md 2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/escalation-flagger/SKILL.md 3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready
Names the approver for a contract issue per the ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md escalation matrix and drafts the message so you're not writing "hey got a sec" at 5pm.
Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md → Escalation section. If missing, say so — the practice profile needs editing.
Characterize the issue: dollar threshold / term deviation / automatic trigger / business decision.
Match to matrix, name the approver. Be specific — a person or role, not "legal leadership."
Draft the ask per the template below: what the contract says, what playbook says, options with recommendation, decision-by date.
Do not send. Draft it, show it, let the lawyer send.
/commercial-legal:escalation-flagger
The Acme MSA has uncapped liability — who approves and what do I say?
/commercial-legal:escalation-flagger
Reference: acme-review-memo.md
Issue: §8.2 indemnity carveouts
Matter context. Check ## Matter workspaces in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If Enabled is ✗ (the default for in-house users), skip the rest of this paragraph — skills use practice-level context and the matter machinery is invisible. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run /commercial-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> or say practice-level." Load the active matter's matter.md for matter-specific context and overrides. Write outputs to the matter folder at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/. Never read another matter's files unless Cross-matter context is on.
Every contracts team has an escalation matrix, written or not. This skill reads the written one (in ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md), matches a contract issue against it, names the approver, and drafts the ask so the lawyer isn't writing "hey do you have a sec" messages at 5pm.
Which side? Before matching to the matrix, determine which side the company is on for the contract whose issue is being escalated. Usually obvious: if the counterparty is a vendor/supplier providing goods or services, you're purchasing-side. If the counterparty is a customer buying your product/service, you're sales-side. If it's not obvious, ask. Read the matching playbook section (### Sales-side playbook or ### Purchasing-side playbook) to evaluate whether the term is inside fallbacks or triggers an automatic escalation — a term that's fine on one side can be a hard-no on the other. Note which side in the drafted ask so the approver knows which playbook was applied.
Read ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md → ## Escalation. If it's missing or vague, say so — the cold-start interview should have captured this, and if it didn't, the practice profile needs editing.
Expected structure:
| Can approve | Threshold | Escalates to | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paralegal | Standard terms, <$50K | Counsel | Slack |
| Counsel | Non-standard but within fallbacks, <$500K | GC | Slack or email |
| GC | Everything else | CFO/Board | Meeting |
Plus automatic escalation triggers — things that escalate regardless of dollar value. Typically: unlimited liability, IP assignment, anything on the "never accept" lists.
What's being escalated?
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Ask questions against an open investigation log — what witnesses said, where accounts conflict, what gaps exist, what the strongest evidence is on each issue. Use when the attorney needs to query the investigation record without re-reading every entry.
EU AI Act per-system inventory — track each AI system's role (provider, deployer, importer, distributor, authorized representative, product manufacturer) and risk tier (prohibited, high-risk, limited, minimal, GPAI, GPAI+systemic). Role and tier are assessed per system, not per company. Use when the user says "ai inventory", "add an ai system", "what systems do we have", "classify this ai system", "eu ai act register", or "ai system registry".
Draft a firm AI usage policy from published model policies, adapted to your practice profile — a research-and-synthesis tool whose output is a draft for attorney review and adoption, not a finished policy. Use when user says "draft an AI policy", "we need an AI policy", "build an AI usage policy", "our firm needs a GenAI policy", or similar requests to generate a first-cut internal AI policy.
Review vendor AI terms — agreement, addendum, or ToS AI provisions — against your governance positions; flag training-on-data, liability, model changes, and AI policy consistency. Use when user says "review this AI agreement", "check OpenAI terms", "what did we agree to with [vendor]", "vendor sent an AI addendum", "is this AI contract okay", or attaches vendor AI terms.
Reference: fast triage of inbound NDAs into GREEN / YELLOW / RED so the team only spends lawyer time on the ones that need it. Built for sales and BD to self-serve before pinging legal. Loaded by /commercial-legal:review when an NDA is detected.
Freedom-to-operate triage — a structured first look at potentially blocking patents, not an FTO opinion. Use when a product, process, or feature is being evaluated for blocking patents, when asked whether anything stops a launch, or to build a claim-chart first pass against the most plausible patents before patent counsel review. This skill never concludes a product is clear to launch.