# Free sample: the scope-of-work skill

One of the five skills from the Consultant and Agency Skills Pack, complete with its template. Save it as `.claude/skills/scope-of-work/SKILL.md` and the template as `.claude/skills/scope-of-work/templates/sow.md`, then ask your agent for a scope from your discovery notes.

It drafts only. It never sends anything, and it writes [ASK: ...] wherever your notes are missing a fact, including the fee.

````markdown
---
name: scope-of-work
description: Draft a scope of work from a discovery brief, with deliverables, each one's done test, what is out of scope, assumptions, client responsibilities and a milestone schedule. Use when the user asks for a scope, SOW, statement of work or project plan for a client.
---
# Scope of work

1. Read the discovery brief and any pricing notes the user names. Prices come only from the user.
2. Fill `templates/sow.md`. Every deliverable gets a done test a client could check (a file, a page, a passing check, a meeting held).
3. Write at least three Out of scope lines. Anything the client mentioned that is not a deliverable goes there.
4. List assumptions and client responsibilities (access, content, feedback within N days).
5. Add milestones with dates only if the user gave a start date; otherwise use week numbers.
6. Add this line at the end: "Changes to this scope are handled with a written change request."
7. Save as scopes/[client]-sow-draft.md and list every [ASK] for the user.

## Rules that always apply
- Use only facts from the files and notes the user gave you. Where a fact is missing, write [ASK: what you need] and keep going with the rest.
- Never invent a price, date, deliverable, client quote or result.
- Do not send, post, upload or email anything. Save a draft and stop. The user sends it.
````

Template, `templates/sow.md`:

````markdown
# Scope of work: [client] and [your company]

## Goal
[one sentence from the brief]

## Deliverables
| # | Deliverable | Done when |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [deliverable] | [checkable test] |

## Out of scope
- [item]

## Assumptions
- [item]

## Client responsibilities
- [access, content, feedback within N business days]

## Milestones
| Week | Milestone |
|---|---|

## Fees
[from the user only]

Changes to this scope are handled with a written change request.
````

The full pack adds the discovery brief, change request, client status update and project close skills, and a read-only checker that tests any skills folder against the Agent Skills spec and the draft-only rules. The files above passed that checker on 2026-10-30.