escalation-flagger

To route a contract escalation, this Skill matches the issue against a practice-profile escalation matrix to identify the correct approver and drafts a structured escalation message for review. It characterizes threshold overruns and term deviations to ensure unauthorized contract approvals are prevented.

You need contract escalation when issues exceed reviewer authority, such as dollar threshold overruns, term deviations outside playbook fallbacks, or automatic escalation triggers. The Skill classifies these drivers and generates a decision-ready draft with options and a deadline.

Yes, escalation-flagger works for both sales-side and purchasing-side contexts. It identifies the relevant contract side and playbook basis, matches the issue to the appropriate escalation matrix, and names the correct approver and via channel for the specific context.

The best way to draft an escalation message is to generate a structured ask containing the exact contract issue, supporting playbook language, options, and a recommendation. This Skill produces that decision-ready draft without sending anything, leaving final review to the attorney.

To determine who approves a non-legal business decision item, the Skill reads the commercial-legal practice profile escalation matrix and matches the item to the correct approver. It classifies the escalation driver and routes the question with a ready-to-send draft.