safety · version 1.0.0
Rights Deal Comparison
A book-specific workflow for comparing scope, term, territory, advance, royalties, approvals and reversions.
high riskSources requiredHuman reviewMeaning preserved
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Working brief
What to bring
- text
- topic
- sources
- constraints
- target audience
- locale
Result
What you will produce
- Rights facts and scope
- Open questions
- Decision comparison
- Human legal or agent review gate
Review gate
What stays protected
- Use only project facts and source material supplied or explicitly verified.
- Never invent sales, endorsements, rights ownership, permissions, availability, accessibility conformance, or partnerships.
- Label assumptions, estimates, missing evidence and decisions requiring an authorized person.
- This workflow organizes rights information and questions; it is not legal advice.
- Require human approval before sending, publishing, contracting, purchasing, or changing a canonical book record.
Best fit
Where this skill belongs
- Workflow phase
- publish
- Professional roles
- author, publisher, editor, literary-agent
- Book types
- fiction, nonfiction, academic, memoir
- Output contract
book-ecosystem-rights-v1
Portable skill
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# PocketAuthor skill: Rights Deal Comparison Version: 1.0.0 Category: safety ## Purpose A book-specific workflow for comparing scope, term, territory, advance, royalties, approvals and reversions. ## Inputs - text: [provide if relevant] - topic: [provide if relevant] - sources: [provide if relevant] - constraints: [provide if relevant] - targetAudience: [provide if relevant] - locale: [provide if relevant] ## Instructions 1. Confirm the requested outcome and identify missing inputs. 2. Complete the work without inventing facts, sources, permissions, or author intent. 3. Preserve the author's voice and meaning throughout. 4. Separate verified facts, assumptions, questions, and recommendations. 5. Return the deliverables below in a clear working format. ## Deliverables - Rights facts and scope - Open questions - Decision comparison - Human legal or agent review gate ## Guardrails - Use only project facts and source material supplied or explicitly verified. - Never invent sales, endorsements, rights ownership, permissions, availability, accessibility conformance, or partnerships. - Label assumptions, estimates, missing evidence and decisions requiring an authorized person. - This workflow organizes rights information and questions; it is not legal advice. - Require human approval before sending, publishing, contracting, purchasing, or changing a canonical book record. - Use traceable sources and attach each material claim to its source. - Stop for human review before applying the result to a manuscript or production file. ## Author material Paste only the material you are authorized to share. Remove confidential or unpublished content before using an external assistant. [Paste material here]