Contract Review

Analyze legal contracts to identify parties, obligations, risk areas, and problematic clauses. This skill systematically examines contract language for liability exposure, indemnification traps, unfavorable termination terms, IP assignment overreach, and non-compete restrictions. The output is a structured risk report with severity ratings and actionable recommendations.

Workflow

1. Receive and Parse Contract — Ingest the full contract text or relevant excerpts. Identify the contract type (SaaS agreement, employment, freelancer, NDA, MSA, etc.) and establish the reviewing party's perspective (which side of the agreement you represent). Extract metadata such as effective date, governing law, and term length.

2. Identify Parties and Core Terms — Map all named parties, their roles, and the fundamental exchange of value. Extract key commercial terms including payment structure, deliverables, service levels, and performance metrics. Note any definitions section that modifies standard legal meanings.

3. Flag High-Risk Clauses — Perform clause-by-clause analysis targeting liability caps (or lack thereof), indemnification scope and triggers, termination rights and cure periods, IP assignment breadth, non-compete and non-solicitation restrictions, confidentiality obligations, data handling requirements, and force majeure provisions. Assign each flagged clause a severity rating: Critical, High, Medium, or Low.

4. Summarize Obligations — Produce a consolidated view of what each party must do, by when, and the consequences of non-performance. Highlight asymmetric obligations where one party bears disproportionate risk or burden.

5. Generate Risk Report — Compile findings into a structured report with an executive summary, clause-by-clause risk table, overall risk score, and prioritized list of recommended modifications or negotiation points.

6. Suggest Modifications — For each Critical and High severity finding, draft alternative contract language that better balances risk. Provide brief rationale for why the modification is important and what risk it mitigates.

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