1. Read

   ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/deals/[code]/closing-checklist.yaml

   and use the modes below.
2. If status update provided: Mode 3 (update item).
3. Otherwise Mode 4: blocking items, critical path, days to close.

• Every condition precedent (location varies by agreement — read the actual section headings)
• Every closing deliverable (closing deliverables schedule or corresponding section)
• Every covenant with a pre-closing deadline

• diligence-issue-extraction

  findings — any finding flagged for a closing action (consent, shareholder vote, board resolution, regulatory filing, release, escrow mechanic, pay-off letter). Not just "consents" — see the extraction skill's Handoffs section for the full list.

• material-contract-schedule

  CoC / assignment items — change-of-control provisions, anti-assignment clauses, MFN triggers surfaced during schedule build.

• deal-team-summary

  output — the exec-tier brief aggregates extraction findings and sometimes surfaces a closing-action item that a mechanical read of the individual extraction memos would miss (e.g., a §280G cleansing vote rolled up across multiple employment agreements, or a composite consent package). Mode 2 reads the latest deal-team-summary in the deal folder and reconciles its closing-action items against the checklist. Anything flagged by deal-team-summary as requiring pre-closing action that is not already on the checklist is appended.

handoff:
  # Required fields
  item: "[Counterparty or action, one line]"
  category: "[Third-party consents | Shareholder / board action | Regulatory filing | Release / termination | Escrow / holdback | Closing deliverable]"
  source: "[Contract name / statutory section / VDR path + Bates]"
  blocking: true  # unless the agreement has a materiality qualifier
  severity: "[🔴 / 🟠 / 🟡 / 🟢 — carried from upstream, see severity-floor rule in CLAUDE.md]"

  # Consent / third-party action fields
  counterparty: "[e.g., Dunmore Holdings LLC]"
  guarantor: "[e.g., Buyer parent guaranty required, or N/A]"
  conditions: "[any substantive condition the counterparty attached — e.g., 'replacement guaranty from buyer parent required before consent effective']"
  notice_deadline: "[e.g., 30 days prior to closing, or specific date]"

  # Corporate action fields
  approval_body: "[Shareholders | Board | Committee | Regulator]"
  approval_threshold: "[e.g., 75% disinterested stockholder vote for §280G cleansing]"
  statutory_or_charter_source: "[e.g., IRC §280G(b)(5)(B); Charter Art. IV §2]"

  # Timing
  estimated_time_to_complete: "[e.g., 30 days]"
  must_occur_before: "[e.g., closing | signing | end of hiatus period]"

~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/CLAUDE.md

guarantor

notice_deadline

## Who's using this

~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/CLAUDE.md

Certifying that closing conditions have been satisfied (or producing a closing memo asserting this) has legal consequences — it's the signal that drives funds flow and post-closing obligations. Have you reviewed this with an attorney? If yes, proceed. If no, here's a brief to bring to them:

• The full CP list with status (what's done, what's in progress, what's not started)
• Anything where evidence of completion is weak or missing
• Any waivers or side letters needed for items that won't close in time
• Open questions (counterparty consents still pending, any MAC/bring-down risk)
• What to ask the attorney (is this ready to call closed; are any conditions being walked past that shouldn't be; what needs to go on a schedule of exceptions)

If you need to find an attorney, solicitor, barrister, or other authorised legal professional: contact your professional regulator (state bar in the US, SRA/Bar Standards Board in England & Wales, Law Society in Scotland/NI/Ireland/Canada/Australia, or your jurisdiction's equivalent) for a referral service.

• It doesn't obtain consents, file forms, or draft documents. It tracks that they need to happen.
• It doesn't decide what's blocking — the purchase agreement decides that. This skill reads the agreement.
• It doesn't close the deal. It tells you when you can.