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SaaS Subscription Agreement Review

Reviews SaaS subscription contracts for auto-renewal, price hikes, data exit and SLA terms

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Repository
anthropics/claude-for-legal
Stars
9,870
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

Once installed, the agent reviews a software-as-a-service (subscription) contract with extra attention to the terms that cause the most trouble over time: automatic renewals and their notice deadlines, annual price increases, how you can get your data out when you leave, uptime guarantees, and whether the vendor can hand your data to subprocessors. It compares what it finds against your team's written positions in a playbook file, and records the renewal date and notice window for tracking. It is a reference that loads inside the Claude for Legal commercial-legal workflow rather than a standalone tool.

Great for

  • In-house or purchasing staff at a company reviewing a SaaS vendor contract
  • Contract managers who need renewal dates and notice windows tracked
  • Users of the Claude for Legal commercial-legal plugin who already have a playbook configured

Skip it if

  • Anyone expecting legal advice without a lawyer checking the output: the skill says a lawyer decides on lower-confidence sources and the outputs are review aids
  • Contracts governed by unfamiliar jurisdictions or consumer-facing deals, where the skill itself warns the analysis may not transfer as written
  • Teams without a configured playbook: the skill ships no default thresholds and stops if the matching side is not configured

Try asking

  • “Review this SaaS subscription agreement and tell me the auto-renewal notice deadline and price escalator.”
  • “Check the data portability and exit terms in this vendor contract against our playbook.”
  • “Is the uptime SLA in this subscription deal acceptable, and can the vendor add subprocessors without approval?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use SaaS Subscription Agreement ReviewInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    saas-msa-review.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip saas-msa-review.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip saas-msa-review.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Complete the cold-start interview for your side (vendor or customer) before running the review, so the SaaS positions section exists.
  • Tell the agent the governing law and any EU or California consumer exposure so it can flag jurisdiction-sensitive rules.
  • Treat citations tagged [web search — verify] or [model knowledge — verify] as unconfirmed and check them against a primary source.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from anthropics/claude-for-legal under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.