When a client forwards a supplier agreement, NDA or lease to a dedicated inbox, an AI agent compares every clause with the firm's playbook and returns a risk-rated issues table and a marked-up draft with fallback wording for the lawyer.
Typical results
≈30 min
Lawyer time per standard contract
100%
Clauses checked against the playbook
Same day
Comments back to the client
Figures reflect typical results for this kind of automation.
The challenge
Small-business clients send contracts from suppliers and landlords expecting a quick turnaround at a fixed fee. A first read takes a lawyer one to two hours: finding the liability cap, the renewal terms and the missing clauses, then comparing each one with the firm's preferred positions from memory. Routine documents crowd out higher-value work.
Before and after
Lawyer minutes per standard contract review
−67%Hours from receipt to client comments
−88%The automation
Contracts sent to a dedicated review inbox are converted to text, classified by type and passed to an AI agent with the firm's playbook of preferred positions, fallbacks and red lines for that contract type. The agent checks each clause, flags missing clauses, unusual liability caps and auto-renewal terms, and rates every issue high, medium or low. The lawyer receives a clause-by-clause issues table and a marked-up Google Docs draft with suggested fallback wording, ready to review and send.
How it works
- 01
Contract lands in the review inbox
A client forwards a supplier agreement, NDA or lease, and the file is converted to text and classified by contract type.
- 02
Playbook loaded
The agent loads the firm's preferred positions, fallbacks and red lines for that contract type.
- 03
Clause-by-clause check
Each clause is compared with the playbook. Missing clauses, unusual liability caps and auto-renewal terms are flagged by risk level.
- 04
Issues table and markup
The lawyer gets an issues table and a marked-up Google Docs draft with suggested fallback wording.
- 05
Lawyer reviews and sends
The lawyer accepts or edits each suggestion and sends the comments to the client the same day.
Starts from
- Contract review inbox
- Firm playbook
Delivers
- Risk-rated issues table
- Marked-up Google Docs draft
The impact
A first-pass review of a standard supplier agreement or NDA is ready in about 10 minutes, and the lawyer's check of the flagged issues takes around 30 more, against one to two hours for a manual read. Fixed-fee reviews fit inside the fee, positions stay consistent across lawyers, and clients get comments the same day.
Questions about this automation
How is the firm's playbook given to the AI?
The playbook is kept as a structured document per contract type: each clause has the preferred position, acceptable fallbacks and red lines, with sample wording. The agent reads the relevant section for every review. Updating the playbook updates the next review, so the firm's positions stay in the lawyers' hands.
Does the lawyer still review every contract?
Yes. The automation prepares a first pass and never sends anything to the client on its own. The lawyer opens the issues table, checks the flagged clauses against the marked-up draft, accepts or edits the suggested wording and decides what goes back to the client.
What file types and languages can it handle?
It reads .docx files and text-based PDFs directly, and scanned PDFs go through OCR first. Contracts in English and Hebrew are supported. If a document is unreadable or the contract type has no playbook section yet, the lawyer gets an alert instead of a partial review.