Subcontractor Payment Tracker

What This Skill Does

The Subcontractor Payment Tracker is a specialized OpenClaw agent skill designed to bring order and transparency to the complex financial landscape of construction projects. It acts as an automated ledger and compliance officer, centralizing subcontractor data, invoice tracking, and critical legal documentation like lien waivers. By maintaining a structured view of contract amounts, retention percentages, and payment statuses, the skill ensures that project managers can accurately forecast cash flow and verify that all subcontractors meet their contractual obligations before funds are released.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, run the following command in your terminal or OpenClaw CLI:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/datadrivenconstruction/subcontractor-payment-tracker

Use Cases

• Payment Auditing: Automatically reconcile invoice amounts against total contract values to ensure you never overpay.
• Compliance Management: Track insurance expiry dates and license renewals, flagging subcontractors who are ineligible for payment due to lapsed documentation.
• Lien Waiver Automation: Link payment approvals directly to the collection of specific lien waivers (e.g., conditional progress, unconditional final), reducing legal risk.
• Retention Forecasting: Calculate total retention held across multiple projects to manage long-term liability and closing costs.

Example Prompts

1. "Check if any subcontractors have expired insurance and hold their current scheduled payments until updated documentation is received."
2. "List all outstanding payments for the current month and identify which ones are missing a signed conditional progress lien waiver."
3. "Summarize the current balance remaining for the electrical sub and suggest a payment schedule for the remaining project milestones."

Tips & Limitations

• Data Accuracy: Always ensure that initial contract amounts and retention percentages are imported correctly during setup, as these form the baseline for all calculations.
• Compliance First: Leverage the payment status enum to categorize invoices. Keeping this data current allows the agent to provide real-time alerts regarding potential liens or project delays.
• Storage Limits: While the skill handles document paths, ensure your cloud or local storage is properly synced with the file paths specified in the LienWaiver object, as the agent only references the metadata rather than storing the binary file content itself.