dd-checklist

Due Diligence Checklist

Turns a diligence scope into a tracked request list — and, more importantly, an evidenced view of what has actually arrived versus what is still owed. The outstanding list and the red flags are the point; the checklist is scaffolding.

When NOT to Use

• External auditor or PBC evidence requests — outside this skill's scope.
• Generating diligence questions from a selling document — use cim-teardown instead.
• Writing the recommendation or the open-items section of a memo — use ic-memo instead.
• Conducting the diligence itself — this tracks and evidences requests; it does not perform financial, legal, or technical review; for the document read-through and issues list use document-diligence instead.

Related Skills

Hand off rather than overlap:

• Questions generated from the CIM — use cim-teardown instead; its output feeds this list.
• The committee paper and its open-items section — use ic-memo instead.
• Reading the documents into a cited issues list — use document-diligence instead.
• Quality-of-earnings and adjustment challenge — use cim-teardown instead.
• Returns modeling on the diligence findings — outside this skill's scope.
• Auditor request mapping and evidence gaps — outside this skill's scope.
• Pro forma EPS and accretion on the transaction — use merger-model instead.
• Intrinsic valuation of the business — outside this skill's scope.
• Chasing budget or planning submissions — outside this skill's scope.

Workflow

1. Scope the diligence

Establish the target, its sector and business model, the deal type (platform, add-on, growth, recap, carve-out), the approximate size, and the timeline to LOI or close. Ask once with core-AskUserQuestion only for what cannot be retrieved — scope and deal type usually cannot; almost everything else can.

Pull the timeline from the calendar rather than asking: outlook_calendar-ListCalendarView for the committee date, the management session, or the signing milestone. A checklist with no deadline cannot prioritize, and the gating date is what separates a P0 from a P2.