How to rewrite contract or licence clauses in plain language with Iso 24495

Who it is forA contract owner or compliance lead who must make licence or policy wording readable for staff or customers.

The problemLegal text uses legalese, unnamed actors, and cross-references that point at nothing a reader can find.

The outcomeClauses with standard modal verbs, named actors, defined terms, and a summary layer over the operative text, with legal accuracy kept.

What you need first

An agent that reads the Agent Skills format, such as Claude Code or Codex CLI
Access to GitHub to add the marketplace from its HTTPS address
Bun, only if you want to run the Part 4 tooling

Steps

Add the marketplace: /plugin marketplace add https://github.com/GaZmagik/iso-24495.git
Install the plugin: /plugin install iso-24495-plain-language@iso-24495
Ask the agent to apply the skill by name, for example: "Apply iso-24495-2 to this licence text."
Check each rewritten clause against the original for any change in legal meaning before you use it.

Prompt for your agent

Using the iso-24495 repository, apply the iso-24495-2 skill to the clauses in <target file>. Return the rewritten text with a summary layer and defined terms, and list any clause where the legal meaning may have changed. Verify that each clause keeps its named actors and modal verbs.

Caveat. The README says technical and legal accuracy always supersede formatting rules, so a lawyer must review any rewritten clause before use.