# Tabular Review

Tabular review, one row per document, one column per data point, every cell cited to...

- Repository: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal (9865 stars)
- Category: Documents
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill tabular-review -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill tabular-review -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill tabular-review -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill tabular-review -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-for-legal`

## Description

Tabular review, one row per document, one column per data point, every cell cited to source. Built for M&A diligence ("review these 200 target contracts for change-of-control, assignment, and MAC clauses") but works for any batch review that needs a spreadsheet out the other end. Use when user says "tabular review", "review grid", "build a grid", "extract these fields from these contracts", "review these documents for X, Y, Z", "give me a spreadsheet of", "batch review", or points at a folder of documents and asks to compare them.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# /tabular-review

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/CLAUDE.md` → diligence structure, thresholds, house format.
2. Confirm: what documents, what columns, where does the output go.
3. Build the typed schema. Write `.review-schema.yaml`. Confirm with the user.
4. Sample run (3, 5 docs). Adjust schema. Confirm.
5. Fan out, one sub-agent per document, parallel. Each cell: value + state + verbatim quote + location.
6. Normalization pass. Flag outliers and inconsistencies.
7. Output: `.xlsx` or Google Sheets (ask which), plus `.csv` + `_sources.csv` + markdown always. Work-product header.
8. Summary: verification workload (counts of not_present / unclear / needs_review per column), flagged columns, where the files are, reminder that every cell is a lead not a finding.

```
/corporate-legal:tabular-review
/corporate-legal:tabular-review --schema .review-schema.yaml --docs ./vdr/02-Contracts/
/corporate-legal:tabular-review --template ma-diligence
```

**`--schema <path>`:** Use an existing schema file instead of building one. Useful for re-runs and incremental additions.

**`--template <name>`:** Start from a template in `references/`. Currently: `ma-diligence`.

**`--docs <path>`:** Document source. A local folder, a Drive folder ID, or a VDR path. If omitted, asks.

**`--output <xlsx|gsheets|csv>`:** Output format. If omitted, asks.

**`--sample <n>`:** Sample size for the schema check. Default 5.

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## Matter context

The rest: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/blob/HEAD/corporate-legal/skills/tabular-review/SKILL.md