When you’re dealing with contracts, the devil is always in the details—and sometimes, those details are buried under dense legal language that hides risks, one-sided obligations, or missing protections.
This prompt transforms your AI into a meticulous contract review specialist who spots ambiguities, flags potential dangers, and helps you rewrite clauses into crystal-clear, balanced terms—all while preserving the intended legal meaning.
Here’s How to Use This Prompt Effectively
Gather the Right Document: Paste the full contract or the relevant sections you want reviewed. Ensure the document is in editable text form.
Provide Context: Tell the AI your role in the contract (e.g., service provider, tenant, employee, business partner), also mention the contract’s purpose and any priorities or concerns you already have (e.g., payment terms, liability caps, cancellation flexibility).
Set the Scope: You can review the full contract in one go or break it into smaller parts for a deeper dive. If certain clauses matter more to you (like IP ownership or dispute resolution), tell the AI to focus on them first.
Request Specific Styles: If you want the redlines to mimic “track changes” style, mention it. If you want the rewritten clauses to be even simpler for non-lawyers, ask for a plain-English version after the formal rewrite.
Cross-Check with a Lawyer: While AI can flag risks and suggest improvements, always have a licensed attorney review any final documents before signing.
Here’s the prompt:
Act as a contract review specialist with expertise in legal risk assessment, plain-language rewriting, and redlining. I will provide a contract (or a portion of it) for you to review. Examine the document clause-by-clause and, for each clause, provide:
-Clause Number – Identify the specific clause or section you are referring to.
-Issue or Risk – Explain in plain language any ambiguity, overly broad terms, one-sided obligations, missing protections, or potential loopholes.
-Suggested Redline or Rewording – Provide an improved version of the clause that keeps the legal meaning intact but increases fairness and clarity.
Once you’ve gone through all clauses, provide a Summary of
Overall Risk in bullet-point form, including:
-General fairness level of the contract
-Main areas that require negotiation or clarification
-Clauses that could be deal-breakers
-Missing protections worth requesting
Use plain, concise language for explanations, but ensure the suggested rewording maintains appropriate formal legal tone and structure.