Change Order Kit

The work outgrew the agreement. Say so at the request, in writing, with a price and a date — not at the invoice, and not with a grievance.

What it is

Scope creep handled the way a firm that intends to stay in business handles it: a stated threshold instead of a mood, a conversation at the request instead of a surprise on the invoice, a one-page change order signable by reply, and an option set that lets the client choose price, trade or defer. Includes the reconstruction that bills — or deliberately writes off — work already given away, and the contract layer that makes the next one automatic. For freelancers, studios, agencies, consultants and contractors on fixed-price or capped work.

What you receive

the moment the work outgrew the agreement, handled in writing and without a fight — the baseline read of what the contract says and what silence has already conceded, the trigger rule that catches creep while it is still small, the script that raises it at the request instead of at the invoice, the signable change order with its five fields, price and revised dates, the three-option set, the retroactive case for work already delivered, and the clauses that make the next one automatic

Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.

Supported models

• Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
• ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
• Gemini
• any capable chat model

People reach for it when

• “client keeps adding things not in the contract what do I do”
• “how to charge for extra work without losing the client”
• “change order template for a fixed price project”
• “how to tell a client this is out of scope politely”
• “can I bill for work I already did for free”

Record

In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.

License

Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.