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Contract Review

An agent that reviews incoming contracts against a playbook, flags deviations, and proposes redlines for a lawyer to approve.

29 HAL Score / 40 Governed

Workflow

  1. 1 Contract uploaded for first-pass review
  2. 2 Agent compares clauses against the playbook
  3. 3 Agent flags deviations and missing protections
  4. 4 Agent drafts proposed redlines with rationale
  5. 5 Lawyer reviews, edits, and accepts

Governance design

  • No authority to send or execute. Internal drafting only.
  • Playbook version recorded with each review.
  • Hard limit: never auto-accept counterparty terms.
  • Confidence shown per clause to guide human attention.

Escalation paths

  • Novel clause not in the playbook → supervising lawyer.
  • High-value or high-risk contract → mandatory full human review.
  • Indemnity or liability deviation → escalated regardless of confidence.

Ownership model

General Counsel, with the commercial team lead as deputy.

Lessons learned

  • Per-clause confidence directed lawyers to where review added the most value.
  • Pinning the playbook version to each review made later disputes easy to reconstruct.