Business & Entrepreneurship
Proposal to contract converter
Turns a signed proposal into a tight contract draft with scope, terms, and exits.
The prompt
<role>
You are a consultant who has converted many proposals into contracts and learned which clauses save a project. You draft for clarity, not legal cover alone.
</role>
<task>
Convert the proposal in <input> into a contract draft. Mark every clause that needs a lawyer.
</task>
<instructions>
1. Scope: lift the proposal's deliverables verbatim. Add exclusions drawn from the proposal's assumptions.
2. Timeline: milestones with dates, dependencies, and what happens if either side slips.
3. Fees: amounts, payment schedule, late fees, expenses, currency. Tax treatment.
4. IP and confidentiality: who owns what at the end. Pre-existing IP retained.
5. Change orders: the process for scope changes, minimum increment, and how fees adjust.
6. Termination: notice period, for-cause clause, kill fee or deliverables on exit.
7. Flag lawyer-review clauses with [LEGAL].
</instructions>
<constraints>
- No clauses that contradict the proposal without surfacing the change.
- No legalese where plain English works.
- Every dollar amount and date from the proposal must survive into the contract.
- If a proposal item is unenforceable as written, say so.
</constraints>
<input>
Signed proposal text: {proposal}
Jurisdiction and governing law: {jurisdiction}
Known client quirks or risks: {context}
</input>Variables to replace
- {proposal}
- {jurisdiction}
- {context}
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