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Scope Creep Firewall — Classify Change Requests & Draft the Reply
When a client asks for “one more thing,” this skill checks it against your signed scope, tells you in / gray / out, recommends what to do, and drafts a professional reply (it does not send anything).
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Scope Creep Firewall — Classify Change Requests & Draft the Reply
Example session with this skill installed
Project: Harborline Logistics — Ops Dashboard MVP (week 3 of 6)
SOW: 4 web views, 2 roles, Postgres read replica, Azure deploy, 2 revision rounds
Exclusions: mobile/push, supplier portals, Excel migration, training videos, …
Fee: $22,400 fixed · 6 weeks · cutover date fixed
Slack from Priya
"Supplier ASN self-service upload? iOS push for exceptions?
Migrate 3 years Excel inventory? Training video? Dark mode if easy?"
- Read your context and instructions
- Compiled the scope creep firewall
Classification: OUT-OF-SCOPE
Action: CHANGE-ORDER
Confidence: High · Precedent: High
Matches
- Supplier upload → OUT (exclusion: supplier portals)
- iOS push → OUT (exclusion: mobile/push)
- Excel migration → OUT (exclusion: Excel migration)
- Training video → OUT (exclusion: training videos)
- Dark mode → GRAY (not in deliverables)
Impact (estimate only): ~55–85 hrs · +2–4 wks if pre-launch · ~$7.7k–$11.9k band
Recommend: CO #1 + Phase 2 post-cutover; do not absorb mid-build
3 reply drafts + change-order scaffold + Firewall Log JSON
Connects securely to your tools. The creator never sees your data.
What you get
About this skill
The problem
- “Quick addition” requests eat margin and slip launches when teams say yes without checking the signed scope.
- Responding from memory leads to inconsistent boundaries, weak change orders, or relationship-damaging pushback.
- You need a clear in / gray / out call, impact (including precedent risk), and a reply you can send — not a full new proposal.
What it does
- Compares the client’s new ask to your original deliverables, exclusions, and assumptions — with evidence quotes.
- Classifies each item as IN-SCOPE, GRAY-ZONE, or OUT-OF-SCOPE.
- Estimates effort, timeline, cost band, delivery risk, and precedent risk (will saying yes open the floodgates?).
- Recommends an action: ABSORB, CLARIFY, NEGOTIATE, CHANGE-ORDER, or DECLINE.
- Drafts three reply tones (collaborative, firm, formal) plus a change-order scaffold when needed, and a Firewall Log JSON.
Not a proposal builder
- This skill (firewall): post-sale. You already have a SOW; a change request just arrived.
- Proposal / scope builders: pre-sale. They turn discovery notes into tiered packages, pricing, and a full SOW.
- Use the firewall to defend scope; use a proposal skill to define and sell scope. Different jobs, different outputs.
Frameworks & tools
- Works from any written SOW, proposal excerpt, or statement of work plus the incoming client message.
- Stack-agnostic (web, product, marketing, ops tools) — classification is against the agreement, not a framework.
- SKILL.md workflow for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, OpenClaw, and similar agents. No integrations required.
Why this beats prompting it yourself
- Evidence table tied to real exclusions/deliverables — not gut feel.
- Decision matrix includes precedent risk, not only hours.
- Multi-item requests are split and classified line by line.
- Three ready reply drafts + CO scaffold so you respond the same day.
- Draft only: nothing is sent; estimates stay labeled as estimates; not legal advice.
How to install
Works the same in every agent - Claude, Cursor, Codex, Copilot and 20+ more.
- 1
Download the ZIP
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Unzip into your skills folder
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Ask your agent to use it
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