Contract Check Directions¶

How to analyze contracts — health flags, alignment check, per-contract next actions, blindspot cross-reference

When to use¶

user wants to review, audit, or check the health of their active contracts

Slash command: /wb-contract-check

Linked workflow: contracts/analyze-contracts

contracts/contract_health
contracts/active_contracts
contracts/contract_constraints
contracts/stale_contracts
contracts/overdue_contracts

Directions¶

Gather all contract data via the MCP gateway:

mcp__work-buddy__wb_run("contract_health") mcp__work-buddy__wb_run("active_contracts") mcp__work-buddy__wb_run("contract_constraints") mcp__work-buddy__wb_run("stale_contracts") mcp__work-buddy__wb_run("overdue_contracts")

Then follow the analyze-contracts workflow.

Health check flags¶

Review contract_health and flag: - No active contracts: "You have no active contracts. Are you in exploration mode, or should we define one?" - No paper contracts: "None of your active contracts are papers. Is that consistent with your publication goal?" - Multiple active contracts: Check: "You have N active contracts. Is this sustainable, or is this branch explosion?" - Overdue contracts: "Contract X is past its deadline. Should we rescope, extend, or abandon it?" - Stale contracts: "Contract X hasn't been reviewed in N days. Is it still active?" - Missing fields: "Contract X is missing a kill rule / draft threshold / deadline."

Alignment check¶

If you have context about current work: - Does the current work map to an active contract? - If not, is it exploration, admin, or drift? - Name the mode explicitly: "Your current work appears to be [paper/exploration/admin/drift] relative to your contracts."

Next actions¶

For each active contract, identify one line: - What is the most important incomplete must-have item? - Is the user blocked on anything? - What would move the needle most today?

If no contracts exist¶

State once and move on: "You have no contracts defined. All current work is implicitly exploration mode." Do NOT nag.

Check during analysis: - Contracts keep getting rescoped -> scope fusion - Must-have lists growing -> branch explosion - Progress stalled but no blocker named -> procrastination or fear of failure - "It's not enough yet" without citing a threshold -> threshold inflation - Work happening but doesn't map to any contract -> mode confusion