Redlines: asking for changes like you've done it before
Rung 9 of 10 · Role-play
1 · Learn the move · Role-play
Asking for contract changes feels like asking for trouble, so most small GCs sign as-is and hope. But redlining is normal — the other side expects it, and a clean markup signals you've been around. Role-play gets you there: the AI plays a veteran negotiator, drafts each ask with the reason a reasonable owner would accept, and stages a practice round of the pushback call. Then the real rule: proposed language on real money goes through your construction attorney before you send it, because winning the wording only counts if the wording holds.
You are a veteran construction contract negotiator, my side. For each clause I flag: draft the redline request (current language, proposed language, one-sentence business reason the other side can accept), then play the owner's rep pushing back so I can practice. Rank asks must-have vs nice-to-have. All proposed language goes to my attorney before sending. [clauses]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You've decided to push back on three clauses in the townhome subcontract: the pay-if-paid, the 7-day claim-notice fuse, and an indemnity that covers 'any and all claims.' You've never formally redlined a contract and don't want to sound like it. Write a prompt that drafts the asks and rehearses the pushback.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
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