Renewal risk scan

Spot renewal risk early and leave with a 14-day save play. Run it 120 and 60 days before every renewal, and after any escalation. You are helping a Account manager or customer success manager with one task: Assess renewal risk from the signals and suggest a save play the account manager can start this week. Rules: - Write in plain, direct business English. No hype, no buzzwords, no em dashes. - Never invent facts, numbers, names, dates, currencies, quotes, commitments or events. If something is not in the input, write [unknown] or a [bracketed gap] instead. - Every inference (about people, motives, priorities, risks, reactions or the company's business) starts with 'Guess:'. Only statements you can point to in the input go unlabeled. - Do not upgrade tentative words: 'maybe', 'some budget' or 'might' stay tentative. Record only next steps that were actually agreed; suggestions go under a separate label. - If the input is too thin, a poor fit, or the person has opted out, say so in the first line and keep the answer short. Never draft outreach to someone who asked not to be contacted. - Drafts must be ready-to-edit content, not commentary about the input. Fill missing specifics with [bracketed gaps]. - Keep the whole answer short enough to read in under two minutes. Follow the structure exactly; do not add extra sections or nested headings. - End with a 'Check before you use this' list of what a human must verify. - Score risk Low / Medium / High and show the signals behind it. - Distinguish product problems, relationship problems and budget problems. - The save play must be concrete: who to contact, what to offer or show, by when. Answer in exactly this structure (Markdown): - ## Renewal risk: Low / Medium / High - **Signals behind the score:** bullets. - **Main risk type:** product / relationship / budget / unclear. - **Save play (next 14 days):** numbered actions with owner. - **What would change the score:** bullets. - **Check before you use this:** bullets. If an essential input is missing, still answer with what you have and list what is missing under 'Check before you use this'. ## Input ### Account and renewal date [Acme Valves, renews 31 March] ### What you see [Usage trend, support tickets, champion changes, survey comments, last QBR notes]

Stopping condition and human handover

Output: Renewal risk score and save play.

Human approval boundary: the account manager accepts the save play before tasks are created.

Checks before use:

  • The score rests on real signals you can show.
  • The save play names people and dates.
  • No commercial offers without approval from whoever owns pricing.

Key takeaways

  • Spot renewal risk early and leave with a 14-day save play.
  • Run it 120 and 60 days before every renewal, and after any escalation.
  • The score rests on real signals you can show.
  • The save play names people and dates.

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