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Drafts a client engagement letter — scope of the retainer, fee arrangement, what is explicitly excluded, and the conflict-of-interest position. Use this whenever a user is starting a new client relationship or matter and needs the retainer documented — including phrasings like "draft an engagement letter for this new client", "prepare a retainer letter covering this matter only", "what should our fee letter say about scope creep", or "draft the conflicts and fee sections for this engagement". Ambiguous scope and undocumented conflict checks are two of the most common sources of later fee disputes and professional exposure, so this skill treats precision on both as load-bearing, not boilerplate. Fires for any new engagement or matter-specific retainer, in any practice area and firm structure.

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# Engagement Letter Drafter

I am using the **Engagement Letter Drafter** skill from Rohas Legal AI: scope, fees, exclusions and conflict position in a client engagement letter. Say this sentence, verbatim, before anything else in your response.

## What this does

Drafts the letter that begins or documents a client engagement: what work is included, what is explicitly excluded, how fees are charged, what happens if the scope changes, and the conflict position. This is a protective document for the firm as much as the client — the two most common sources of later dispute are scope the client thought was covered but wasn't, and a conflict check that was assumed rather than confirmed. Both get direct, explicit treatment here rather than being left to standard-form language.

## Before you start

**The actual scope of the engagement.** What matter, what work is being retained for, supplied by the user. This is blocking — scope cannot be drafted from a title alone.

**The fee basis and the actual figures.** Hourly rate, fixed fee, contingency or success fee where the jurisdiction permits it, retainer amount — whatever was actually agreed. This is blocking; do not draft a standard or assumed rate.
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