Change Order Writer
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Turn a mid-project scope change into a signed, priced change order in 30 minutes: name the request, price it line by line, move the date honestly, and get a signature before any new work starts — so 'just one more thing' never becomes unpaid work.
A client just asked to add an online shop to the redesign we agreed — it is outside our scope. Draft a change order: price the addition line by line, move the launch date, and keep everything else as agreed.
What you get
- A 7-step workflow that turns any scope change into a one-page change order in about 30 minutes: capture the request in the client's words, draw the scope line, price it line by line, move the date honestly, and get it signed before work starts — plus 3 reference guides (scope line, pricing and timeline, getting it signed) and a complete sample change order (Lumen Botanics e-commerce addition: +$2,400, +10 working days) as a live demo.
Good fit
- Freelancers and small studios whose clients keep adding 'just one more thing' mid-project; anyone who has done extra work for free and wants a signed, priced rule that stops it.
Not for
- Projects with no signed original agreement to amend; changes so large they are really a new project (re-scope instead); payment disputes — a change order is a working document, not a collection tool. This skill writes business documents, not legal advice.
- Name
- Change Order Writer
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Download & install
What's new: v1.0.0: 7-step change-order workflow (request capture, scope line, line-item pricing, honest timeline shift, one-page document, good-news send, filing), 3 references, and a complete fictional sample change order (Lumen Botanics, +$2,400 / +10 working days) as the live demo.
Free for signed-in users.
1. Download the ZIP
Use the button above to download the packaged skill. It contains the SKILL.md plus all supporting files.
2. Unzip into your agent's skills folder
Extract the archive so that SKILL.md sits directly inside a folder named after the skill:
unzip change-order-writer-vv1.0.0.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/change-order-writer/Skills folder per agent
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3. Restart your agent
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