Agent skill

Change Order Writer

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Draft a defensible construction change order with entitlement basis, scope delta, itemised pricing, and schedule impact.

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Install Change Order Writer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill change-order-writer -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills change-order-writer --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/change-order-writer .claude/skills/change-order-writer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
change-order-writer
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
736 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Draft a defensible construction change order with entitlement basis, scope delta, itemised pricing, and schedule impact.

  • Asked to write a change order
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Entitlement & Pricing Framework and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Price extra work

What it does

Change Order Writer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Draft a defensible construction change order with entitlement basis, scope delta, itemised pricing, and schedule impact. Use when asked to write a change order, price extra work, draft a CO or COR/PCO, respond to a directive for changed work, or paper a field change. Produces a complete change order request with contract-clause entitlement, labour/material/equipment/OH&P breakdown, time impact statement, and reservation of rights.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to write a change order
  • Price extra work
  • Respond to a directive for changed work
  • Paper a field change

Example prompts

  • “/change-order-writer”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Change Order Writer loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 114 tokens; SKILL.md has 736 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~114
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 736 words, ~1,473 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/change-order-writer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
change-order-writer
description
Draft a defensible construction change order with entitlement basis, scope delta, itemised pricing, and schedule impact. Use when asked to write a change order, price extra work, draft a CO or COR/PCO, respond to a directive for changed work, or paper a field change. Produces a complete change order request with contract-clause entitlement, labour/material/equipment/OH&P breakdown, time impact statement, and reservation of rights.

Change Order Writer Skill

A change order that just says "extra work — $48,500" gets cut in half in review. A defensible one answers three questions before they're asked: why am I entitled (which contract clause, triggered by what event), what exactly changed (scope delta from the contract baseline), and what does it really cost (built-up pricing plus time). This skill drafts change orders that survive an owner's rep audit — and preserves rights on the impacts you can't price yet.

What This Skill Produces

  • A complete change order request (COR/PCO) ready for letterhead
  • Entitlement narrative citing the contract clause and the triggering event/document
  • Scope delta — contract baseline vs. changed condition, with document references
  • Pricing breakdown: labour, material, equipment, subcontractor cost, then OH&P per the contract markup provisions
  • Schedule impact statement and a reservation of rights for cumulative/unquantified impacts

Required Inputs

Ask for what's missing; from a thin brief, draft anyway and mark every gap [confirm]:

  • The change event — what happened (RFI answer, design revision, differing site condition, owner directive, regulatory change) and when it was discovered
  • Contract references — changes clause number, notice requirements, allowed markup percentages, unit rates if any
  • Baseline scope — what the contract documents required before the change
  • Cost inputs — crew composition, hours, material quantities/quotes, equipment, sub quotes (rough is fine; the skill structures them)
  • Schedule situation — is affected work on or near the critical path; current completion date

Entitlement & Pricing Framework

Entitlement first. Classify the trigger — it drives the clause you cite:

TriggerTypical basis
Owner/architect directive or design revisionChanges clause (e.g. AIA A201 §7 / EJCDC / contract equivalent)
Differing site conditionDSC clause — Type I (differs from documents) or Type II (unusual for the locality)
RFI answer adding workChanges clause via the RFI/ASI as the directive document
Owner-caused delay/interferenceChanges + delay provisions (pair with a delay notice)

Never assert entitlement without naming the clause and the triggering document by number and date. If notice deadlines have passed, say so and frame the submission accordingly — don't hide it.

Pricing build-up. Price from records, not round numbers: labour (crew × hours × loaded rates — base plus burden), material (quantities × quoted prices, attach quotes), equipment (owned at established rates, rented at invoice), subcontractor cost, then apply OH&P at the contract-specified markups on self-performed and sub work separately. Include small-tools/consumables, supervision, and bond/insurance adjustment if the contract allows. Anything estimated rather than quoted gets labelled.

Time. State added work duration and whether it hits the critical path. If time impact can't be fixed yet, request a to-be-determined extension and reserve rights — never write "no schedule impact" as a default.

Output Format

Show full SKILL.md (307 more words)Show less
Change Order Request No. [#]: [Short title]

Project / Contract No. / Date / To / From 1. Description of change — plain-language summary of the changed condition. 2. Entitlement — clause citation + triggering document (RFI #, ASI #, directive, DSC discovery date) + notice given (date, method). 3. Scope delta — was/is table against contract documents. 4. Pricing — itemised table: Labour / Material / Equipment / Subcontractors / Subtotal / OH&P (per §[x]) / Bond & insurance / Total. Attachments list (quotes, tickets, T&M sheets). 5. Schedule impact — [X] calendar days requested, critical-path basis stated, or expressly reserved pending analysis. 6. Reservation of rights — rights reserved for cumulative impact, acceleration, and consequential effects not quantifiable at submission. 7. Signature block and the line: "This draft is not legal advice — route through your contracts counsel before sending."

Quality Checks

  • Entitlement cites a specific clause number and a specific triggering document with date
  • Notice status is stated honestly — given on time, late, or being given by this submission
  • Every cost line is either backed by a record/quote or labelled as an estimate [confirm]
  • OH&P follows the contract markup provisions, not a default percentage
  • Schedule impact is affirmatively stated or expressly reserved — never silent
  • Reservation of rights and the not-legal-advice routing line are present

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not price a change order from bare cost without OH&P and a cumulative-impact reservation — you won't get a second bite
  • Do not write "no schedule impact" reflexively to look cooperative — silence waives time you may need
  • Do not proceed with changed work on a verbal directive without papering it the same day
  • Do not bundle unrelated changes into one CO — each event stands on its own entitlement
  • Do not soften entitlement language ("we feel", "we believe we may be due") — state the clause and the facts

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write a change order."
  • "Price extra work."
  • "Draft a CO or COR/PCO."
  • "Respond to a directive for changed work."
  • "Paper a field change."

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/change-order-writer of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Change Order Writer

What does Change Order Writer do?

Draft a defensible construction change order with entitlement basis, scope delta, itemised pricing, and schedule impact. Change Order Writer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Draft a defensible construction change order with entitlement basis, scope delta, itemised pricing, and schedule impact.

When should I use Change Order Writer?

Change Order Writer fits situations like: asked to write a change order; price extra work; respond to a directive for changed work; paper a field change.

How do I install Change Order Writer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill change-order-writer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/change-order-writer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/change-order-writer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Change Order Writer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill change-order-writer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/change-order-writer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/change-order-writer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Change Order Writer in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill change-order-writer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/change-order-writer, .gemini/skills/change-order-writer, .github/skills/change-order-writer and .opencode/skills/change-order-writer in your project.

What does Change Order Writer need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Change Order Writer is instructions for the agent only.

Does Change Order Writer access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Change Order Writer safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Change Order Writer use?

Change Order Writer is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Change Order Writer use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Change Order Writer?

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Who maintains Change Order Writer?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.