Today's Agent Skill: Supplier Liability and Indemnification Clause Reviewer
What It Does
Signing a supplier or vendor agreement without reviewing the liability clauses is one of the most common ways small business owners unknowingly expose themselves to unlimited financial risk. A single "indemnify and hold harmless" clause that covers third-party damages can cost you far more than the value of the contract itself. This skill scans vendor contracts specifically for liability and indemnification language and flags every clause that needs attention before you sign.
How It Works
The agent scans the pasted contract text for liability caps, indemnification provisions, hold-harmless clauses, limitation of damages, and insurance requirements. It rates each clause as Green (standard), Yellow (one-sided or unusual), or Red (highly unfavorable), explains in plain language what each clause means, and suggests a more balanced version of any problematic language—so you walk into negotiations knowing exactly what to push back on.
How to Deploy It
Paste the contract text into Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, or Windsurf and run this skill. You'll get a flagged review with plain-language explanations and negotiation suggestions in about 30 seconds. Always have contracts above $10,000 or with unusual risk terms reviewed by a licensed attorney before signing.
SKILL.md — Ready to Deploy
## Description
Reviews a supplier or vendor contract for liability, indemnification, and damages clauses, flagging language that could expose the business owner to unexpected financial risk or unlimited liability.
## Trigger
Run when the user pastes in a supplier agreement, vendor contract, or service provider agreement and asks "is this safe to sign?", "what are the risky parts?", or specifically asks about liability or indemnification language.
## Input
- Full text or pasted excerpt of the supplier or vendor contract
- Optional: what the vendor provides (goods, software, services) and the total contract value
## Steps
1. Scan the contract for all clauses related to: liability caps, indemnification, hold-harmless provisions, limitation of damages, consequential damage waivers, and insurance requirements.
2. Flag each identified clause as: Green (standard and reasonable), Yellow (unusual or one-sided — review carefully), or Red (highly unfavorable — negotiate or reject).
3. For each Yellow or Red clause, explain in plain language what the clause means, what risk it creates, and what a more balanced version would say.
4. Check whether the indemnification obligation is mutual (botCopy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.