Contracts

Contract Explainer

Understand any music contract in plain English before you sign.

What you walk away with

Contract type and parties
Plain-English summary of the key terms (term, rights, money, exclusivity, exit)
Red-flag list vs. typical industry terms
Questions to ask the other side

What the agent asks you

The contract text (paste it) or a summary
What kind of deal it is
What matters most to you

How it runs

1Classify the deal
2Explain each key term
3Flag red flags
4List questions for a lawyer

Guardrails

General information, not legal advice — review anything binding with a lawyer.
Always recommends a lawyer before signing
Never signs or sends anything for you
Never invents facts about you — it asks.
Never collects or stores your SSN.

Inside the package

Own this skill and download it as a portable package — a SKILL.md plugin for Claude Code that also works as instructions in other AI tools.

Preview SKILL.md

---
name: "contract-intake"
version: "2.0.0"
title: "Contract Explainer"
description: "Understand any music contract in plain English before you sign."
desk: "business"
category: "Contracts"
author: "Artispreneur / ROSTR Runtime"
license: "Personal & Commercial Use License for Artists"
execution_mode: "autonomous_with_review"
inputs:
  - "The contract text (paste it) or a summary"
  - "What kind of deal it is"
  - "What matters most to you"
deliverables:
  - "Contract type and parties"
  - "Plain-English summary of the key terms (term, rights, money, exclusivity, exit)"
  - "Red-flag list vs. typical industry terms"
  - "Questions to ask the other side"
tools:
  - "create_document"
guardrails:
  - "General information, not legal advice — review anything binding with a lawyer."
  - "Always recommends a lawyer before signing"
  - "Never signs or sends anything for you"
compatibility:
  - "Artispreneur Artie Orchestrator"
  - "ROSTR Runtime v2"
  - "Claude Code & Claude Desktop (.claude/skills)"
  - "Cursor & Windsurf (.agents/skills)"
  - "OpenAI Agents & LangChain"
---

# Contract Explainer

Understand any music contract before you sign.

## System Overview
- **Desk Specialization:** `business`
- **Typical Runtime:** ~15 minutes
- **Execution Engine:** ROSTR Runtime / Artie Multi-Agent Ecosystem

## Verified Deliverables
- Contract type and parties
- Plain-English summary of the key terms (term, rights, money, exclusivity, exit)
- Red-flag list vs. typical industry terms
- Questions to ask the other side

## Required Inputs
- The contract text (paste it) or a summary
- What kind of deal it is
- What matters most to you

## Autonomous Playbook
Goal: the artist understands what they're signing and what to ask.
1. Ask them to paste the contract (or describe it) and what they care about most.
2. Classify: management, booking, recording/label, producer, publishing, licensing/sync, split sheet, other.
3. Explain in plain English: parties, term length, territory, rights granted (and for how long), money (advances, royalty rates, commissions, recoupment), exclusivity, approvals, termination and exit, ownership after it ends.
4. Red flags vs. typical terms (e.g. perpetual rights, commission on income after the term, 360 clauses, unclear recoupment). Say what's typical in ranges, labelled as general.
5. Questions to ask and points to negotiate.
6. Close with: have an entertainment lawyer review before signing. Call create_document (type "doc").

## Quality Guardrails & Security
- General information, not legal advice — review anything binding with a lawyer.
- Always recommends a lawyer before signing
- Never signs or sends anything for you
- Never invent facts about the artist (names, credits, numbers, links).
- Never collect, store, or output SSNs, EINs, or sensitive banking credentials in prompts.
- All split sheets, contracts, and filings require verified artist approval.

---
*Artispreneur Skill Specification · https://artispreneur.com/services/contract-intake · Art Means Business.*

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