Scope Sentinel — Stop Unbilled Scope Creep

You already know the message:

"Just a quick favor..."
"Could you do a small tweak while you're in there?"
"Can we adapt this for one more channel before Thursday?"

Twenty minutes later, you've agreed to 6 hours of unbilled work because re-reading your contract felt like more effort than just doing it.

Scope Sentinel reads it for you.

Paste your client's message alongside your contract or Statement of Work (SOW), and Scope Sentinel performs a deterministic 5-Gate Audit—quoting your own contract back at you as evidence.

🎯 What You Get in 15 Seconds

1. Deterministic Verdict & Leak Score (0–100): Instantly know if you are 🟢 IN SCOPE, 🟠 GREY ZONE, or 🔴 OUT OF SCOPE.
2. Contract Evidence Table: Every single finding quotes verbatim clauses from your SOW. It never invents a clause.
3. The Dollar Cost of Saying Yes: Shows the exact financial exposure (Hours × Your Hourly Rate).
4. Three Ready-to-Send Replies:
   • ① ABSORB: Accept it for free on the record (only when commercially strategic).
   • ② TRADE: Do it for free, but swap out a task of equal effort from the SOW.
   • ③ BILL: A professional, zero-apology change order proposal.
5. Prevention Clause: The exact contractual sentence to paste into your next SOW to close the loop forever.

🧪 Real-World Example

📥 User Input

• Client Message: "Loving the homepage! Can we tweak the hero copy again, and throw in quick versions for Instagram and email header before Thursday?"
• SOW Excerpt: "§2.1 Deliverables: 1x responsive homepage design. §2.4 Includes two (2) rounds of revisions. §3.1 Delivery: 14 business days from kickoff."
• Context: "$100/hr, both revision rounds already used."

📤 Agent Output

🔴 OUT OF SCOPE — Leak Score: 75/100

Estimated Exposure: 5.5–7 unbilled hrs · $550–$700 @ $100/hr

1. Evidence Breakdown

Client Asked For	SOW Clause / Source	Match Status
"Instagram and email header"	"§2.1 Deliverables: 1x homepage design"	❌ Not in Scope
"Tweak the hero copy again"	"§2.4 Includes two (2) rounds of revision"	⚠️ Cap exceeded

2. The 3 Moves

③ BILL (Change Order):

"Great direction — social and email will help the launch. Both sit outside §2.1 (web-only), and the hero edit is our third revision round against the two in §2.4. I've put together a change order: 6 hours at $100, delivered Thursday. Approve and I'll start this afternoon."

Contract interpretation support, not formal legal advice.