Freelancer Agreement Review

Overview

Review supplied terms from the identified freelancer's perspective and identify commercial concerns, missing facts and questions for qualified review. Keep contract wording separate from actual working arrangements and legal classification.

Prerequisites

• The selected agreement, available SOWs/schedules and requested review scope.
• The user's role, objectives, work location/jurisdiction when known, rate/scope context and any actual working-practice facts they provide. Reuse explicit context; do not guess the represented party or claim rates are market-standard.
• Document coverage and extraction limits. Missing payment schedules or exhibits are unreviewed dependencies, not proof a duty or entitlement is absent.

Use only authorized inputs. Do not upload contracts, contact the client, submit a worker-status filing, amend an agreement or invoke agents as part of this review.

Instructions

1. Use Glob within the selected location if discovery is needed, then Read the supplied material. Record contract versions, pages/sections, missing attachments and any unreadable material. Preserve original files.
2. Map the fourteen review lenses to the supplied terms. Use Grep for defined terms and cross-references, then Read the relevant context. Quote minimal supporting text with clause/page locators.
3. For each relevant lens, explain the observed term, possible practical effect, dependencies and the user's unresolved decision. Evaluate payment, scope, cancellation, IP and portfolio terms against actual objectives rather than a universal freelancer bill of rights or an invented fairness grade.
4. If worker status is relevant, identify which jurisdiction and legal/tax scheme is being considered. Separate contract statements from user-supplied facts about control, finances and the relationship. The IRS common-law framework concerns US federal employment tax; it is not a universal classification test.
5. Do not count indicators into low/moderate/high/near-certain classifications. The IRS does not prescribe a fixed factor count that decides status. A contract label, provided equipment, hourly pay or one clause alone does not establish the whole relationship. Identify missing facts and the scope of qualified review.
6. Prioritize concerns by the user's objectives, concrete obligations and timing. Offer clarification or negotiation options with their assumptions. Do not impose a payment period, kill-fee percentage, interest rate, IP outcome or walk-away rule as a universal entitlement or industry standard.
7. If a numeric preference rubric or replacement wording is explicitly requested, label proposed commercial choices and separate them from law and verified template text. Do not manufacture source versions, section numbers, market comparisons or classification probabilities.
8. Produce the review and next questions. If saving is requested, use Write at the chosen path, suggesting freelancer-review-{matter-slug}.md for new work. Read an existing destination before replacing it and report the actual saved path.

Output

A review draft with party/objective, input identities and coverage, a lens register, source-linked findings, classification-related facts/questions where relevant, priorities and negotiation options. For each finding, include a clause/page, minimal exact excerpt, possible effect, dependencies and unresolved facts.

Distinguish a requested commercial preference from a legal right, an observed working fact from a contract promise, and a classification question from a ruling. This report does not create an attorney-client relationship, establish worker status, provide a tax determination or approve the agreement for signing.

Error Handling

Examples

Fixed hours and location: Quote a clause requiring office attendance and record the user's actual-work facts separately. Ask how work is directed and which classification question matters. Do not call thirteen checked boxes proof of employment or assume remote work establishes independent-contractor status.

Cancellation clause: If the client may cancel on five days' notice, inspect payment/SOW and termination provisions for completed work and expenses. Where those materials are missing, report the gap instead of asserting the freelancer will receive nothing. A proposed cancellation fee is a negotiable term, not a universal right.

Portfolio concern: Identify any publication, confidentiality and license provisions affecting the user's portfolio goal. Suggest a scoped clarification or request without assuming a legal entitlement to disclose the client's work.

Resources

• Fourteen lenses and classification evidence
• Supplied agreement, SOWs and actual working-practice facts.