Agent skill

Delay Claim Letter

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Draft a construction delay notice or delay claim letter with contract clause citation, cause classification, and critical-path impact narrative.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Delay Claim Letter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill delay-claim-letter -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills delay-claim-letter --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/delay-claim-letter .claude/skills/delay-claim-letter && 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
delay-claim-letter
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
811 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Draft a construction delay notice or delay claim letter with contract clause citation, cause classification, and critical-path impact narrative.

  • Asked to write a delay notice
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Classification Framework and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • GC on notice of delay

What it does

Delay Claim Letter is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Draft a construction delay notice or delay claim letter with contract clause citation, cause classification, and critical-path impact narrative. Use when asked to write a delay notice, put the owner or GC on notice of delay, draft a time extension request, respond to weather or owner-caused delay, or paper a delay for a claim. Produces a notice/claim letter with the excusable-compensable classification, critical-path impact narrative, quantum placeholder, reservation of rights, and a records-preservation list.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. 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 delay notice
  • GC on notice of delay
  • Draft a time extension request
  • Respond to weather

Example prompts

  • “/delay-claim-letter”

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

Delay Claim Letter loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 134 tokens; SKILL.md has 811 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~134
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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). 811 words, ~1,622 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/delay-claim-letter/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
delay-claim-letter
description
Draft a construction delay notice or delay claim letter with contract clause citation, cause classification, and critical-path impact narrative. Use when asked to write a delay notice, put the owner or GC on notice of delay, draft a time extension request, respond to weather or owner-caused delay, or paper a delay for a claim. Produces a notice/claim letter with the excusable-compensable classification, critical-path impact narrative, quantum placeholder, reservation of rights, and a records-preservation list.

Delay Claim Letter Skill

Delay claims are won and lost on two things: whether notice went out inside the contractual window, and whether the delay can be tied to the critical path with contemporaneous records. This skill drafts the letter that does both — notice-clause citation up front, cause classified on the excusable/compensable matrix, impact told against the schedule rather than the calendar, and quantum reserved rather than guessed. It also tells the team what records to start preserving today.

What This Skill Produces

  • A delay notice or claim letter ready for letterhead and counsel review
  • Cause classification on the excusable/compensable matrix, driving what's requested (time, money, or both)
  • Critical-path impact narrative — affected activities, dates, and knock-on logic
  • Quantum placeholder with reservation of rights (never a premature number)
  • A records-preservation checklist for the project team

Required Inputs

Ask for what's missing; from a thin brief, draft with gaps marked [confirm] and state that the notice clause citation must be verified before sending:

  • The delay event — what happened, when it started, whether it's ongoing
  • Contract notice provisions — clause number, days allowed, required form/recipient (the single most important input)
  • Who caused it / what class of event — owner action, design issue, weather, third party, force majeure
  • Schedule facts — affected activities, whether they're on the critical path, current data date and completion forecast
  • Recipient and contractual relationship (owner, GC, CM) and any notices already given

Classification Framework

Classify the cause before writing a word of the letter — it determines what you're entitled to ask for:

CauseExcusable?Compensable?You request
Owner-directed changes, late drawings/decisions, denied access, owner-furnished items lateYesYesTime and cost
Differing site conditions (where the clause grants it)YesUsually yesTime and cost
Abnormal weather (beyond baseline), force majeure, strikes, pandemicsYesNo (typically)Time only
Contractor-caused (own crews, subs, suppliers, means & methods)NoNoNothing — mitigate, don't notice
Concurrent delay (owner and contractor causes overlap)Often time, not moneyContestedTime; expect a fight on cost

If causes are concurrent or unclear, say so honestly in the analysis (not the letter), classify conservatively, and reserve rights broadly. Misclassifying a weather delay as compensable costs credibility on every later claim.

Critical-path discipline. A delay only extends the completion date if it consumes float and hits the critical path. The narrative must name the impacted activities, their float status, and the logic to completion — "we lost 10 days on Level 3 rough-in" means nothing without showing rough-in drives the milestone. If a schedule fragnet/TIA will follow, say the detailed analysis is forthcoming.

Quantum. In a notice, never commit to a number. State that time and cost impacts are being quantified, give an order-of-magnitude only if the contract requires it (labelled preliminary), and reserve rights to supplement — including for disruption, acceleration, and extended general conditions.

Output Format

Show full SKILL.md (346 more words)Show less
[Letterhead] — Re: Notice of Delay — [Project, Contract No.]

1. Notice statement — "Pursuant to §[x] of the Contract, [Contractor] hereby provides notice…" with the event and discovery date. Sent inside the window, or addressing timeliness head-on if not. 2. Description of the delay event — facts, dates, documents (RFI/ASI/correspondence numbers). No adjectives, no blame theatrics. 3. Impact on the critical path — affected activities, current vs. forecast dates, ongoing/complete status. 4. Classification & relief requested — excusable/compensable position; time extension of [X days / to be determined] and cost reimbursement where compensable. 5. Mitigation — steps being taken to reduce impact (this is both an obligation and credibility). 6. Reservation of rights — to supplement quantum, claim cumulative impact and acceleration, and rely on the ongoing schedule analysis. 7. Records note (internal, attached separately) — preserve daily reports, schedule updates and native files, photos, manpower counts, correspondence, cost codes for the affected work. Include the line: "This draft is not legal advice — route through your contracts counsel before sending."

Quality Checks

  • Notice clause cited by number, with the deadline math shown (event date + allowed days)
  • Cause classified on the matrix, and the relief requested matches the classification
  • Impact narrative names critical-path activities and dates — not just elapsed calendar days
  • No committed quantum in a notice; reservation of rights covers supplementation, disruption, and acceleration
  • Tone is factual and professional — the letter will be Exhibit A someday
  • Records-preservation list issued to the team alongside the letter, and the counsel-routing line is present

Anti-Patterns

  • Do not wait for full impact analysis before noticing — notice preserves rights; quantify later
  • Do not request money for a time-only (excusable, non-compensable) event — it burns credibility
  • Do not narrate delay against the calendar — tie it to critical-path activities or expect denial
  • Do not put a hard number in a notice letter — you'll be held to your worst early guess
  • Do not editorialise about the owner's competence — facts, clause, impact, relief, reservation; nothing else

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write a delay notice."
  • "Put the owner or GC on notice of delay."
  • "Draft a time extension request."
  • "Respond to weather."
  • "Paper a delay for a claim."

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/delay-claim-letter of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Delay Claim Letter

What does Delay Claim Letter do?

Draft a construction delay notice or delay claim letter with contract clause citation, cause classification, and critical-path impact narrative. Delay Claim Letter is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Draft a construction delay notice or delay claim letter with contract clause citation, cause classification, and critical-path impact narrative.

When should I use Delay Claim Letter?

Delay Claim Letter fits situations like: asked to write a delay notice; GC on notice of delay; draft a time extension request; respond to weather.

How do I install Delay Claim Letter in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Delay Claim Letter in Codex?

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

Can I use Delay Claim Letter 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 delay-claim-letter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/delay-claim-letter, .gemini/skills/delay-claim-letter, .github/skills/delay-claim-letter and .opencode/skills/delay-claim-letter in your project.

What does Delay Claim Letter need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Delay Claim Letter is instructions for the agent only.

Does Delay Claim Letter 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 Delay Claim Letter 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 Delay Claim Letter use?

Delay Claim Letter 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 Delay Claim Letter use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Delay Claim Letter?

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.

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