Contract document renewal

Contract & Document Renewal

What it is: Renewal management.

Overview

Works out the smallest useful Contract & Document Renewal setup for the business in front of it, then builds it only when asked. The default output is a short recommendation, not a spreadsheet. Artifacts - CSV, SQL DDL, JSON Schema, Notion mapping - are produced on request, from one field list so they cannot drift apart.

Layer: Layer 7: Protect. Fits: Growth stage. Table code: n/a.

When to Use This Skill

• contract tracker
• renewal calendar
• contract expiry alerts
• vendor agreement register

Also use it when the user says "renewal management", or describes the same process happening in a spreadsheet, a document or someone inboxes.

Do not use it for: payroll calculation, tax filing, or legal advice. This skill produces empty templates only - it never holds or processes real employee or customer data.

How It Works

Follow the shared execution contract. The module-specific rules below define only domain fields, decisions, calculations, and safety constraints.

Step 1 - Identify intent

Read the request and pick the intent before asking anything.

• "set up" or "build" or "create" -> the user wants artifacts; go to Step 2.
• "our process is ..." or "it is in a sheet" -> the user wants to move an existing process; capture it, then Step 2.
• "is this right" or "review" or "audit" -> the user wants a check, not a build; answer from what they share.
• "how do I ..." -> advice question; answer directly and offer the build only if it helps.

Ask only if this is the highest-value missing fact; otherwise proceed without an opener:

Q: When is your next renewal?

Step 2 - Ask only what is missing

Skip anything the user already answered, in any earlier message. Ask the rest one at a time, and stop as soon as the remaining answers would not change the output.

• Documents - How many contracts? / Which types? / Customers or vendors?
• Dates - Renewal date known? / Notice period? / Auto-renew or manual?
• Ownership - Who owns each? / Who signs? / Where stored?
• Current process - Is it tracked now? / Calendar or reminders? / What gets missed?
• Outcome - What do you need? / A renewal calendar, an owner list or both?

Never invent an answer. If the user does not know, record it as unknown and carry on.

Step 3 - Hold the internal context

Hold the answers in this shape. It stays internal - it is not shown to the user unless they ask, and it never carries a value the user did not give.

module: contract-document-renewal
intent: null            # setup | advice | review | fix | build | convert | export
scale: null             # Starter | Growth | Scale, only if the answer changes it
areas:
  "Documents": null
  "Dates": null
  "Ownership": null
  "Current process": null
  "Outcome": null
requested_outputs: []   # csv | sql | json | notion | xlsx - requested formats only
confirmed_facts: []     # only what the user actually said
open_questions: []      # the unanswered ones, in the order worth asking

Step 4 - Recommend the smallest workflow

If an artifact was requested, build it after resolving essential missing facts. Otherwise give a short recommendation and offer the relevant artifact.

Recommended approach: Track the renewal date, the notice deadline and the owner as one record. Set the notice date as the trigger, not the renewal date.

Why this one: Renewals are missed because the notice deadline is earlier than the renewal date. Record both and act on the earlier one.

Workflow: Contract recorded → Notice window → Reminder → Review → Renewed, amended or ended

The notice deadline is the trigger, so it has to exist as a date. This module exists because the notice deadline falls before the renewal date, and Renewal Notice (Days) alone cannot be watched - a number of days never goes red. Store the deadline in Notice Deadline and calculate it, never accept it as typed:

Notice Deadline = End Date - Renewal Notice (Days)

Treat the difference as calendar days, count the deadline day itself as day 1, and store the result as a plain date in ISO YYYY-MM-DD. A notice period is a count of days, not a date, so never accept a date typed into Renewal Notice (Days) and never accept a deadline typed into Notice Deadline - the two disagree silently and the register misses the reminder. If the contract auto-renews and no notice is served, Notice Deadline is the last day the user may still act; after it passes, Auto-Renew TRUE means the contract has renewed by operation of its own terms and Status must not still read In Renewal.

Status means one thing at a time. Expiring Soon is the window between the notice deadline and the end date - action is still possible. In Renewal is only correct once a renewal has actually been agreed or served. A contract whose notice deadline has passed with no action recorded is Expiring Soon with the gap stated in Notes, never In Renewal and never silently Renewed.

Money basis: this module does not assume that Contract Value is tax-inclusive or tax-exclusive. Record the basis in Tax Basis and leave it Not confirmed until the user says, rather than deducing it from the currency or the size of the number. Do not add tax rate or tax amount fields unless the user asks for tax tracking.

Step 5 - Build only on request

Once the user asks for it, derive the fields from the confirmed context and emit the requested artifacts. For machine-readable text, keep prose outside the data; for files, provide a usable link. Report material validation failures or limitations separately.

A selected Notion output is rendered by notion-manual-import, so route the Notion step there. When the user selects Notion, hand that step to @notion-manual-import: it holds the CSV, the property mapping, the import steps and the verification checklist, and it renders the Field Reference below instead of defining a table of its own. Do not restate the mapping here and do not improvise the import steps. Manual CSV and mapping outputs need no connection. For requested workspace changes, follow the shared contract: verify actual tool access and the target before writing. A user saying "connected" is not tool evidence. Never ask for a Notion password or token.

For an Excel-compatible CSV, use UTF-8 with a byte order mark so Excel opens the text correctly. A CSV is not an .xlsx workbook; create .xlsx only when the user requests a workbook. A CSV carries no types, so after it, name the columns that need a number, date or currency format applied.

Contract Title,Counterparty,Contract Type,Owner,Department,Start Date,End Date,Renewal Notice (Days),Notice Deadline,Auto-Renew,Contract Value,Tax Basis,Currency,Linked Legal Record,Status,Contract ID
Example Master Services Agreement,Example Customer Ltd,Customer,Example Owner,Delivery,2026-04-01,2027-03-31,60,2027-01-30,FALSE,120000.00,Not confirmed,INR,DOC-EXAMPLE-001,Active,(blank)

CREATE TABLE contract_document_renewal (
  contract_title VARCHAR(255),
  counterparty VARCHAR(255),
  contract_type VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
  owner VARCHAR(255),
  department VARCHAR(255),
  start_date DATE NOT NULL,
  end_date DATE NOT NULL,
  renewal_notice_days NUMERIC NOT NULL,
  notice_deadline DATE,
  auto_renew BOOLEAN,
  contract_value NUMERIC(14,2) NOT NULL,
  tax_basis VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
  currency VARCHAR(255),
  linked_legal_record VARCHAR(255),
  status VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
  contract_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
  -- The notice window is the whole point of this register, so the two dates must be in order.
  CHECK (end_date > start_date),
  CHECK (renewal_notice_days >= 0),
  CHECK (status IN ('Active', 'Expiring Soon', 'In Renewal', 'Renewed', 'Expired', 'Terminated')),
  CHECK (tax_basis IN ('Not confirmed', 'Tax-inclusive', 'Tax-exclusive')),
  -- The deadline is derived, so it is never NOT NULL and never typed in by hand.
  CHECK (notice_deadline IS NULL OR notice_deadline <= end_date)
  -- Renaming a relation to text is a data decision, not a formatting one:
  -- Linked Legal Record is VARCHAR(255) naming a document reference. If the signed-document
  -- library is ever added to this build, it becomes a real foreign key then, not before.
);

CREATE INDEX idx_contract_document_renewal_status ON contract_document_renewal (status);
CREATE INDEX idx_contract_document_renewal_notice ON contract_document_renewal (notice_deadline);

{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "title": "Contract Document Renewal", "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "Contract Title": { "type": "string" }, "Counterparty": { "type": "string" }, "Contract Type": { "type": "string" }, "Owner": { "type": "string" }, "Department": { "type": "string" }, "Start Date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "End Date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "Renewal Notice (Days)": { "type": "number" }, "Notice Deadline": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "Auto-Renew": { "type": "boolean" }, "Contract Value": { "type": "number" }, "Tax Basis": { "type": "string" }, "Currency": { "type": "string" }, "Linked Legal Record": { "type": "string" }, "Status": { "type": "string" }, "Contract ID": { "type": "integer" } }, "required": [ "Contract Type", "Start Date", "End Date", "Renewal Notice (Days)", "Contract Value", "Tax Basis", "Status" ] }

CSV column	Notion property	Set after import
Contract Title	Title	Use as the database title
Counterparty	Text	Leave as Text. Record the legal entity name the user gives, and keep the registered name and the trading name apart if they differ
Contract Type	Select	Add options: "Customer", "Vendor", "Employment", "Lease", "Service", "NDA"
Owner	Text	Leave as Text. A person, so a name and not a relation; the directory owns the person record
Department	Text	Leave as Text
Start Date	Date	Convert to Date
End Date	Date	Convert to Date
Renewal Notice (Days)	Number	Convert to Number. A whole number of days, never a date; the date is derived
Notice Deadline	Date	Convert to Date. Calculated, not typed: End Date minus Renewal Notice (Days)
Auto-Renew	Checkbox	Convert to Checkbox
Contract Value	Number (format: currency)	Convert to Number, set format to Currency
Tax Basis	Select	Add options: "Not confirmed", "Tax-inclusive", "Tax-exclusive"
Currency	Text	Leave as Text. ISO 4217 code, for example INR, not "Rupees"
Linked Legal Record	Text	Leave as Text, NOT a Relation. The signed document library is not part of this build, so no target database exists to link to
Status	Select	Add options: "Active", "Expiring Soon", "In Renewal", "Renewed", "Expired", "Terminated"
Contract ID	Text (preserve source ID)	Keep imported IDs as Text; optionally add a separate Unique ID property

The rows above are documentation examples only. Emit empty templates unless the user explicitly requests examples. Money stays currency, dates stay date, and anything pointing at another table stays relation.

Field Reference

#	Field	Type	SQL	JSON Schema	Notion	CSV example
1	Contract Title	text	VARCHAR(255)	string	Text	Example Master Services Agreement
2	Counterparty	text	VARCHAR(255)	string	Text	Example Customer Ltd
3	Contract Type	select	VARCHAR(100)	string	Select	Customer
4	Owner	text	VARCHAR(255)	string	Text	Example Owner
5	Department	text	VARCHAR(255)	string	Text	Delivery
6	Start Date	date	DATE	string, format: date	Date	2026-04-01
7	End Date	date	DATE	string, format: date	Date	2027-03-31
8	Renewal Notice (Days)	`number	NUMERIC	number	Number	60
9	Notice Deadline	date	DATE	string, format: date	Date	2027-01-30
10	Auto-Renew	checkbox	BOOLEAN	boolean	Checkbox	FALSE
11	Contract Value	currency	NUMERIC(14,2)	number	Number (format: currency)	120000.00
12	Tax Basis	select	VARCHAR(100)	string	Select	Not confirmed
13	Currency	text	VARCHAR(255)	string	Text	INR
14	Linked Legal Record	text	VARCHAR(255)	string	Text	DOC-EXAMPLE-001
15	Status	select	VARCHAR(100)	string	Select	Active
16	Contract ID	id	SERIAL PRIMARY KEY	integer	Text (preserve source ID)	(blank)

Select Options

Contract Type

Customer | Vendor | Employment | Lease | Service | NDA

Tax Basis

Not confirmed | Tax-inclusive | Tax-exclusive

A starting set, not a tax conclusion. Not confirmed is correct until the user states their basis; do not deduce it, and do not add a rate field, because a rate is a fact about the user that this module cannot know. Status

Active | Expiring Soon | In Renewal | Renewed | Expired | Terminated

Relations

Link fields: none

Linked Legal Record is not a relation and is deliberately not typed relation. It holds a document reference such as DOC-EXAMPLE-001. The signed-document library is not part of this build, so the target database does not exist, and §8 forbids inventing one or creating a Notion Relation to nowhere. It stays Text in every artifact, with a SQL comment saying what it is, and becomes a real foreign key only if that database is ever built. Naming the intended target is what makes that upgrade possible later.

Owner is likewise a name, not a foreign key: the directory table is not part of this build, so a person is recorded by name and the reference will drift from the directory.

Examples

Prompt

A vendor contract renewed automatically at a higher price because nobody tracked it.

Context first - one question per message, nothing already answered:

Q: How many contracts?

A: Around fifteen.

Q: Notice period?

A: Thirty days on most.

Q: Tracked today?

A: In a spreadsheet, partly.

Recommended next step - offered, not built:

Track the renewal date, the notice deadline and the owner as one record. Set the notice date as the trigger, not the renewal date.

Workflow: Contract recorded → Notice window → Reminder → Review → Renewed, amended or ended

Want the CSV, SQL, JSON Schema and Notion mapping for this?

Best Practices

• Build when requested; recommend and offer a build for advice-only requests.
• One question per message. A batched intake reads as a form and gets guessed at.
• Keep display names identical across CSV and JSON; document normalized SQL identifiers.
• Use relation for anything that points at another table, text only for free text.
• Money fields are currency, never text. Dates are date, never free text.
• If the user requests an example row, keep it obviously fake so nobody imports it as real data.

Limitations

• Empty template only. It does not compute payroll, tax, leave balances or KPIs.
• Notion relations need both databases imported before the link column resolves.
• Select options are a starting set. Rename them to match how the business talks.
• No automation, reminders or sync. Those need the integration layer.
• Does not review contract terms or provide legal advice.
• Legal, tax and HR review is still required before this drives real decisions.

Security & Safety Notes

• Never fill in real names, salaries, medical or banking data. Placeholders only.
• Label example rows as synthetic, and keep bank details masked.
• Local reads, generation commands, and validation are part of a requested artifact build.

External writes, messages, provisioning, and publication require authorization for that action and target; existing explicit authorization does not need to be repeated.

• If sensitive data is supplied, avoid repeating unnecessary identifiers. Use only what

the requested review needs; keep generated templates empty. Do not claim deletion from the conversation or service storage.

• Privacy, legal and disciplinary cases need a qualified human reviewer before anything

is acted on.

Common Pitfalls

• Problem: a static mapping is described as a completed workspace build.

Solution: deliver manual mappings without a connection; claim a live change only after the authorized tool operation succeeds.

• Problem: asked all six questions in one message.

Solution: ask one, wait, and drop any the first answer already covered.

• Problem: built a full system when one table was asked for.

Solution: build what was requested; mention the parent skill separately.

• Problem: all four artifacts drift apart.

Solution: derive all four from the field list in this file, never by hand.

• Problem: a renewal was missed even though the notice period was recorded.

Solution: Renewal Notice (Days) is an input that never goes red on its own. Notice Deadline is the date to watch; if it was left empty, the register was watching the wrong field.

• Problem: a contract reads In Renewal with no renewal agreed.

Solution: In Renewal claims a renewal has been agreed or served. Between the notice deadline and the end date the correct value is Expiring Soon, with the reason in Notes. Never promote a record to Renewed to make a spreadsheet look tidy.

• Problem: Notion import shows every column as Text.

Solution: that is expected. Apply the property mapping table once, after import.

Related Skills

• Module Catalog - find the relevant module, then read its skill.
• @people-directory - the employee master record most modules link to.
• @notification-reminder-hub - turns due dates in this module into reminders.

Reusable Prompt

I want to set up renewal management for my company.
Ask me one short question at a time, and only about what I have not already told you.
Then recommend the smallest setup that fits, and wait for me to ask before you build it.
When I ask, output CSV, SQL DDL, JSON Schema, a Notion property mapping or an Excel workbook. Data only.