# client-revisions

This skill sorts client feedback into revisions, new work, or vague notes, then helps draft scope language and change-order replies.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 565 installs · ★ 6
- Author: iart-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/client-revisions/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/client-revisions

## What it does

client-revisions gives each client note a clear route before work starts. It checks whether the request changes an approved part of the brief, adds work outside the brief, or needs clarification first. The workflow also asks for one merged set of comments, timestamps, and conflicts resolved by the client.

The skill includes SOW wording for a revision cap, a consolidated-feedback request, questions for vague comments such as “make it pop,” and a polite out-of-scope email. Approved timing, colour, copy edits, and fixes count as revisions; new scenes, extra runtime, formats, assets, or reversed decisions become separately quoted change orders. Scattered feedback may count as separate rounds, so this detail belongs in the client process.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills --skill client-revisions -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/client-revisions/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/client-revisions/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills --skill client-revisions -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/client-revisions/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills --skill client-revisions -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/client-revisions/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills client-revisions
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/client-revisions/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills --skill client-revisions -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills --path skills/client-revisions
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/client-revisions/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills --skill client-revisions -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/iart-ai/freelance-motion-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/client-revisions/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- classify feedback before opening the project
- set a revision limit in an SOW
- merge comments from multiple stakeholders
- turn vague notes into answerable choices
- draft a change-order reply for new work

## Example prompts
- Sort these client notes into revisions, new requests, and vague feedback.
- Write SOW language that caps the included revision rounds and requires one consolidated list.
- Draft a polite change-order email for a request to add a new scene.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: client-revisions
description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "stop scope creep", "limit revision rounds", "write SOW revision language", "the client keeps asking for changes", "how do I say this is out of scope", "translate vague feedback", "client said make it pop", or "write a change-order email". It provides revision-cap contract language, a consolidated-feedback request, a vague-feedback translator, and a polite out-of-scope email.
version: 0.1.0
---

# Client Revisions

Control revision rounds and scope creep on motion projects: define what a revision is, cap rounds in the SOW, collect feedback the right way, translate vague notes into actionable changes, and decline out-of-scope work politely as a change order.

## When to use

Use when feedback is mounting, when a client keeps adding "small tweaks," when the SOW needs revision language, when a vague note ("make it pop") needs decoding before touching the file, or when a request has clearly crossed into new work and needs a change-order reply.

## Decision tree — classify every note before touching the file

The whole skill is one judgment applied per note: *is this a revision, a new request, or just vague?* Run each note through this before opening the project.

```
A note arrives.
├─ Is it vague ("make it pop", "feels off")?
│   └─ YES → translate to a decidable choice + ask for a timestamp.
│            Do NOT act yet. Re-classify once it's concrete.
└─ Is it concrete?
    ├─ Does it change something ALREADY approved in brief/board?
    │   (timing, palette colour, approved-copy edit, a fix)
    │   └─ YES → REVISION. Counts against the round cap. Do it.
    └─ Is it anything NOT in the approved brief/board?
        (new scene, +runtime, new concept, new ratio, new asset,
         reversing an approved decision, "let's also try…")
        └─ YES → NEW REQUEST. Send the change-order email. Quote it.
                 Do NOT silently absorb it.

Is feedback scattered across people/messages?
└─ YES → STOP. Send the consolidated-feedback request first; one
         document, all stakeholders, conflicts resolved by the client.
```

Decision rule: when unsure whether a note is a revision or new request, ask "was this decided and approved already?" If yes → revision. If it adds, replaces, or reverses → new request.

## The core distinction: revision vs new request

This single line prevents most disputes — put it in the SOW and the feedback request:

- **A revision** = a change to something that was already in the approved brief/board (adjusting timing, colour from the palette, swapping an approved word, fixing a glitch).
- **A new request** = anything not in the approved brief/board (a new scene, added second of runtime, a different concept, a new aspect ratio, a logo not previously supplied, "let's also try…").
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