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Change Order & Scope-Creep Documenter

Mid-job additions get a verbal 'sure, no problem' and then vanish — unbilled, undocumented, and disputed later.

You get

A written change-order draft the moment scope changes: what changed, what it costs, customer sign-off text.

Who it's for
Any trade where the job that was quoted isn't the job that gets done.
When to use it
The same hour a customer asks for 'one more thing.'
What it needs
  • What the customer asked to add or change
  • Price and schedule impact (your numbers)
  • Your Business Profile
What it produces
A change-order message with scope, price, and schedule impact, ready to send for confirmation.
Files you receive
An installable Claude skill package (change-order-and-scope-creep-documenter.zip) containing the skill instructions (SKILL.md) and a worked example, ready for Claude's Upload-a-skill flow.
Time to first result
Recovers billable work that used to evaporate

The owner says

"While we're here she wants the hallway painted too. It's about $400 and half a day."

It hands back

A friendly change-order text confirming the hallway addition at $400 and the revised finish day, asking for a simple 'yes' before the crew starts it.

Illustrative example — not a customer result.

How it works

  1. 1Tell it what changed and your numbers
  2. 2It drafts the confirmation in your voice
  3. 3Customer replies yes in writing
  4. 4The addition makes it onto the invoice

Catches what is slipping

The verbal yes that would have become a billing dispute.

Manual

You show it

this week's in-progress jobs

What gets flagged

  • Any scope change without written confirmation → change-order draft
  • Schedule impact > half a day → completion-date update included

You set the price and hit send. It makes the paper trail painless.

What you need to run it

Claude Skills can be installed in supported Claude accounts. Scheduled automations and connectors require an eligible paid Claude plan. See Anthropic's help center for what your plan includes. (Last verified 2026-08-02.)

In development — not yet included in any plan