Vendor Agreement Review

Matter context

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.

Destination check

Before producing output, check where it's going. If the user has named a destination (a channel, a distribution list, a counterparty, "everyone"), ask whether it's inside the privilege circle. Public channels, company-wide lists, counterparty/opposing counsel, vendors, and clients (for work product) waive the protection. When the destination looks outside the circle, flag it and offer (a) the privileged version for legal only, (b) a sanitized version for the broader channel, or (c) both — don't silently apply a privileged header and then help paste it somewhere the header won't protect it. See the canonical ## Shared guardrails → Destination check in this plugin's CLAUDE.md.

Purpose

Read a vendor agreement against the playbook this team actually uses (in ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md), find every term that deviates, and tell the lawyer what to do about each one — with specific redline language, not vague "consider revising."

The output is a review memo the lawyer can act on in one pass. Every issue has a severity, a business-impact explanation, a proposed fix, and an escalation call if one is needed.

Precondition: load the playbook

Before reading the contract, read ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md. If it's missing or still has placeholders, surface this bounce:

I notice you haven't configured your practice profile yet — that's how I tailor playbook positions, escalation, and house style to your practice.

Two choices:

• Run /commercial-legal:cold-start-interview (2 minutes) to configure your profile, then I'll review tailored to YOUR playbook.
• Say "provisional" and I'll review against generic defaults — US jurisdiction, middle risk appetite, lawyer role, no playbook (flag all common vendor-contract risks from first principles) — and tag every output [PROVISIONAL — configure your profile for tailored output] so you can see what I do before committing.

Provisional mode

If the user says "provisional," run the review normally using these generic defaults: middle risk appetite, lawyer role, US jurisdiction, no playbook (flag the common vendor-side risks from first principles — unlimited liability, no data-breach carveout, uncapped indemnity, auto-renewal without notice, etc. — rather than matching to configured positions). Tag the reviewer note and every finding block with [PROVISIONAL]. At the end of the output, append:

"That was a generic run against default assumptions. Run /commercial-legal:cold-start-interview to get output calibrated to YOUR practice — your playbook, your jurisdiction, your risk appetite. 2 minutes."

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