What do I need to use Change Order Writer?

The change event; Contract references; Baseline scope; Cost inputs; Schedule situation.

Is Change Order Writer free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Change Order Writer

Q: How do I know the Change Order Writer output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Entitlement cites a specific clause number and a specific triggering document with date; Notice status is stated honestly — given on time, late, or being given by this submission; Every cost line is either backed by a record/quote or labelled as an estimate `[confirm]`; OH&P follows the contract markup provisions, not a default percentage.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-14 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-construction

Draft a defensible construction change order with entitlement basis, scope delta, itemised pricing, and schedule impact. Use when asked to write a change order, price extra work, draft a CO or COR/PCO, respond to a directive for changed work, or paper a field change. Produces a complete change order request with contract-clause entitlement, labour/material/equipment/OH&P breakdown, time impact statement, and reservation of rights.

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What to give it

▸The change event — what happened (RFI answer, design revision, differing site condition, owner directive, regulatory change) and when it was discovered

▸Contract references — changes clause number, notice requirements, allowed markup percentages, unit rates if any

▸Baseline scope — what the contract documents required before the change

▸Cost inputs — crew composition, hours, material quantities/quotes, equipment, sub quotes (rough is fine; the skill structures them)

▸Schedule situation — is affected work on or near the critical path; current completion date

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Entitlement cites a specific clause number and a specific triggering document with date

✓Notice status is stated honestly — given on time, late, or being given by this submission

✓Every cost line is either backed by a record/quote or labelled as an estimate `[confirm]`

✓OH&P follows the contract markup provisions, not a default percentage

✓Schedule impact is affirmatively stated or expressly reserved — never silent

✓Reservation of rights and the not-legal-advice routing line are present

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not price a change order from bare cost without OH&P and a cumulative-impact reservation — you won't get a second bite

Do not write "no schedule impact" reflexively to look cooperative — silence waives time you may need

Do not proceed with changed work on a verbal directive without papering it the same day

Do not bundle unrelated changes into one CO — each event stands on its own entitlement

Do not soften entitlement language ("we feel", "we believe we may be due") — state the clause and the facts

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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