# The scope-of-work skill and template (free sample)

> One of the five skills from the Consultant and Agency Skills Pack: a scope-of-work skill with a template that gives every deliverable a done test and an out-of-scope list, drafts only and asks for missing facts.

- URL: https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/scope-of-work-skill-free-sample/
- Type: Prompt pack
- Category: Solo business
- By: PaperChaseWebb
- Works with: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor (named in the listing); Plain .md; no install needed
- Price: Free USD
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Setup time: 5 min
- Time to result: About five minutes
- Format: Markdown (.md) file, scope-of-work-skill-free-sample.md
- Version: 1.0, updated 2026-10-30
- License: Personal and commercial use.

## What you end up with

A working piece of the full pack you can use today.

## What you get

- scope-of-work SKILL.md
- sow.md template

## Who it is for

Consultants and agency owners who want their agent to handle the paperwork inside an engagement without inventing prices or sending anything.

## Tools needed

- Claude Code or another agent that reads Agent Skills: loads each SKILL.md when the task comes up
- You need: Claude Code or another agent that reads the Agent Skills format

Cost to run: Free.

## Sample prompt: Scope from a brief (Claude Code or another agent that reads Agent Skills)

```
Use the scope-of-work skill on briefs/[client]-[date].md. List every [ASK] first.
```

From the pack.

## Free preview of scope-of-work-skill-free-sample.md

````markdown
# 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
````

## Test record

- Date: Oct 30, 2026
- What was run: skill_check.py and the skills-ref validator on the skill on 2026-10-30.
- Result: See the sample's caveat.
- Not run: The skill inside an agent.

Copied from this item's dated test notes. What was not run stays in.

## Worth knowing

- On 2026-10-30: skill_check.py and the skills-ref validator on the skill on 2026-10-30. Not run: The skill inside an agent.

## Questions

**What is in the full pack?** Five installable agent skills in the Agent Skills format that carry one client engagement from first call to handoff, each drafting only from your notes with [ASK] for missing facts and never sending anything, plus skill_check.py, ten read-only checks on any skills folder against the spec and draft-only rules. $24.

## How to get it

Free sample. Download it directly at https://paperchasewebb.ai/bots/marketplace/items/scope-of-work-skill-free-sample/, no signup.

Seller: PaperChaseWebb Inc., mgmt@paperchasewebb.com