Turning Renewal Questions into Claude and Codex Skills
Claude and Codex Skills that answer common contract renewal questions
Hi everyone,
In a previous article I discussed the value of starting with a concrete problem or use case (in that case, a contract renewal question) and then turning it into a skill. To recap: the main benefit of doing so is creating a reusable, specialized set of instructions that can be re-purposed for similar tasks or workflows in the future.
In this walkthrough, I’ll go through the process of creating skills to solve that problem.
Problem / Scenario
Let’s say that you’re an in-house counsel, contracts manager or account executive. You’ve received an email from a client or from an internal stakeholder asking about a renewal for a specific contract.
Here are four common things someone might want to know about a renewal:
Is there renewal language at all?
Renewal type (automatic vs. optional)
Renewal timing (when is the contract coming up for renewal)
Counterparty outreach necessary (do I need to provide notice or do anything else and if so, when)
We can create one or more skills to handle this type of analysis.
What the skills do
The skill is broken into three components:
Finding the relevant renewal language in a contract
Performing the analysis - including classification of the renewal type and identification of the renewal date
Drafting an outreach email with the relevant language
How to use the skill
First, confirm that using LLMs and skills on your contracts is allowed by your organization. Typically companies require enterprise licenses as these have more robust information security and related safeguards.
Assuming you are allowed under your company’s policies, here’s the high-level setup process (see README file for more details):
Download the skill files
Create a new folder on your hard drive for the relevant project or workstream
Copy the skill bundle to a local folder on your hard drive
Open up Claude Cowork or ChatGPT / Codex
Create a new project and add the relevant folder and files
Alternatively, create a new chat and upload the files directly
Claude
Download and quick start
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Codex
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