change-order-writer
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.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill change-order-writer --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# 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 directiv
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Entitlement & Pricing Framework
- Output Format
- Change Order Request No. [#]: [Short title]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the change-order-writer skill do?
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.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill change-order-writer --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.