General Counsel Advisor — Business

General Counsel Advisor provides strategic legal frameworks for startup founders and GCs, covering contract review (MSA, SaaS, NDA, DPA, employment), IP strategy, term sheet decoding, and regulatory landscape mapping. It flags common traps and surfaces questions to bring to licensed attorneys, producing risk assessments and founder-friendliness scores.

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✨ What it does

Scans contracts for 12 common founder-killer clauses using contract_risk_scanner.py.
Analyzes term sheets for founder-friendliness with a 0-100 score and per-clause flags.
Provides regulatory trigger mapping for HIPAA, GDPR, FDA, fintech, and AI Act.
Guides IP hygiene audits including invention assignment and OSS license compliance.
Outputs structured review summaries with bottom line, risks, counter-proposals, and counsel action items.

🎯 When to use it

When reviewing any contract such as MSA, SaaS agreement, NDA, DPA, or employment agreement.
When a term sheet arrives and you need to assess founder-friendliness and identify key negotiation points.
When defining IP strategy, including invention assignment, open source compliance, patents, and trademarks.
When evaluating regulatory exposure for features touching healthcare, fintech, EU data, or AI.
When you need a quick legal risk scan before engaging outside counsel.

🚀 How to use

Trigger: /cs:decide

Trigger by mentioning general counsel, GC, legal review, contract risk, term sheet, IP assignment, or regulatory exposure, or by using the /cs:gc-review slash command. Provide the contract text or term sheet JSON file. Run the provided Python scripts for automated analysis. Example prompts:

Review this MSA for risky clauses.
Analyze this term sheet for founder-friendliness.

📄 Output: A structured review summary with bottom line, risks, counter-proposals, and outside counsel action items, plus optional risk scores from the Python scripts.

📦 Add this skill to Claude Code

# 1. Get the skills repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills /tmp/claude-skills

# 2. Copy this skill into your project (or ~/.claude/skills for all projects)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/c-level-advisor/skills/general-counsel-advisor .claude/skills/general-counsel-advisor

Skill source: c-level-advisor/skills/general-counsel-advisor/SKILL.md

⚠️ Good to know

Not legal advice; always engage qualified counsel for binding decisions.

❓ FAQ

Is this skill a substitute for a lawyer?

No, it is not legal advice. It surfaces questions and flags obvious traps to bring to qualified outside counsel.

What does the term sheet analyzer output?

It outputs a founder-friendliness score from 0 to 100 with flags on specific clauses like liquidation preference and anti-dilution.

What are the three most important term sheet clauses to watch?

Liquidation preference, pre-money vs post-money option pool, and anti-dilution flavor.

🤖 Overview, features, install steps and FAQ were generated from the project's SKILL.md on Sep 4, 2026. Always check the original source before running commands.