Free Claude skill

FinePrint.

Have three readers go through every clause of a contract before you sign, and see the ones thatcould cost you marked red.

Not legal advice. It helps you know what to ask, and it says when a local lawyer should check the contract.

Free with an account. No password: you get a login link by email, and it stays in your library.

Price
Free
Made by
Pontus Henriksson
Works in
Claude Code and Claude.ai
What it is
One SKILL.md file, zipped in a fine-print folder

How it works.

  1. 01

    Give it the contract

    Pasted text, a PDF or a photo, after you remove or black out personal ID numbers, bank or card details and signatures. It asks which party you are, the country and region, what kind of contract it is, when you must sign and what you already worry about. Appendices, price lists or terms incorporated by reference that are mentioned but missing are listed and asked for, and every conclusion that depends on them is marked.

  2. 02

    Number the clauses

    It uses the contract's own numbering, or numbers each paragraph if there is none. It says how many clauses there are and reads all of them, never a sample.

  3. 03

    Three readers, every clause

    Each reader gets the full numbered contract, which party you are and the country, never another reader's notes. Each answers per clause in at most 40 words and rates the concern, resting only on the words in the contract. A reader who is unsure what a clause means says so instead of guessing.

    • 01Their lawyerWhat does this give the other side? Where can they act, charge, change or exit?
    • 02Your advocateWhat could cost you money, lock you in or take away a right?
    • 03The translatorWhat does this say in one plain sentence a 14 year old would understand?
  4. 04

    The clause map

    One line per clause in contract order, and the highest rating wins. Red clauses get an exact quote of at most 30 words, what it means and why it matters. Runs of green share one line. Then an areas check, such as term and auto renewal, notice and cancellation, fees, liability and disputes, with the areas the contract does not mention listed.

    Red: could cost money or lock you inYellow: unclear or missing somethingGreen: plain and balanced

  5. 05

    Fix before you sign

    At most three clauses, ranked by what matters most for you, with the risk in one sentence and a concrete change to ask for, with new wording when possible. Numbers in the new wording come from you or the contract, otherwise a placeholder. If fewer than three are worth raising, it says so instead of padding the list.

  6. 06

    Questions and the email

    At most eight questions for the other side, each tied to a clause number, and what you should check yourself, such as dates, amounts and missing appendices. Then a short, polite draft email of at most 150 words with the changes and at most three questions. It never threatens and never cites a law.

What you get back.

A clause map, the fixes to ask for, questions and a draft email. This is the shape the map and the fixes come in.

The formatNot a real result

The clause map

Red
An exact quote, what it means and why it matters.
Yellow
Unclear or missing something, with the clause that refers to it.
Green
Plain and balanced, grouped on one line.

Before you sign

Fix
At most three clauses, with new wording to ask for.
Ask
At most eight questions, each tied to a clause.
Email
A polite draft of at most 150 words.

Every result starts with a line saying it is not legal advice.

Answers in your language. Quotes stay in the contract's language.

Not legal advice.

It reads the words in your contract and quotes them exactly. It never invents law, statutes or court cases, or what a clause usually means or whether it holds in a jurisdiction. When the answer needs local law, the governing law is another country's or your country is unknown, it flags that and says a local lawyer or consumer body should check it.

[ADD: number of days]

It says plainly when a local lawyer, a union, or a tenant or consumer body should check the contract: large amounts, lock ins over a year, a non compete, giving up ownership of work, or housing you cannot afford to lose. It is honest, not reassuring: if the contract is fair, it says so. It is not for disputes, contracts already in court or writing a contract from scratch.

Install.

Claude Code

  1. 1Download the zip and unzip it.
  2. 2Put the fine-print folder in ~/.claude/skills/ for every project, or in .claude/skills/ inside one project.
  3. 3Say "read this contract" or type /fine-print, with the contract and which party you are.
unzip ~/Downloads/fine-print.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

Best here. The three readers run as separate agents, so none of them sees another's notes.

Claude.ai

  1. 1Download the zip. Keep it zipped. Code execution must be on (Settings › Capabilities).
  2. 2Go to Customize › Skills, click +, then upload the zip.
  3. 3Paste the contract text, or upload a PDF or photo, and say which party you are.

There are no agents here, so Claude runs the three readers one after another over the whole contract and says the readings were done in one conversation.

Read it before you sign it.

The clause that costs money is rarely in the headline. Ask for the changes before you sign, not after.