Contract Compare — Version Comparison and Favorability Analysis

Side-by-side contract comparison skill that identifies every change between two versions, classifies each change by type and severity, and determines which party each modification favors. Essential during negotiation rounds when a counterparty returns a revised draft.

Overview

When a counterparty returns a revised contract, the changes they made — and the changes they quietly did not make — tell a story about their priorities and strategy. This skill performs a structured comparison that surfaces not just what changed, but the strategic significance of each change.

It detects three dangerous patterns that manual review frequently misses: indemnification drift (gradual shifting of liability across revisions), IP scope creep (expanding intellectual property assignment through small wording tweaks), and definition manipulation (redefining key terms to alter clause meaning without touching the clauses themselves).