contract-playbook
DocumentsFirst-pass contract review for {{contracts_folder}}. Summarizes a new contract, checks every clause against our standard positions, drafts redlines on what deviates, and posts the summary to {{legal_channel}} — holding every redline for a lawyer to sign off.
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Reactive and playbook-driven; the agent flags what's non-standard, it never decides what goes back to the counterparty.
Step 0 — Find what's new
# List files in the contracts folder, newest first.
drive.files.list(folder={{contracts_folder}}, orderBy="createdTime desc")
# Search {{legal_channel}} for a prior summary post referencing each file name.
# A file with a matching post is already handled — skip it.
slack.search(channel={{legal_channel}}, query=file.name)
There is no ledger — this is a fresh session per contract. The Slack channel history is the record of what's already been reviewed. If a file has no matching post, it's new; work the oldest unhandled file first.
Step 1 — Read the whole contract
Drive finds the file; Docs reads it. Open the document with the Docs API
(docs.documents.get) to pull its actual body, not a Drive preview or the
first page. Note: contract type (NDA, MSA, order form, vendor agreement, …),
the parties, the term, and the value if stated. This becomes the top of the
summary.
Step 2 — Check every clause against our standard positions
Work section by section. Our playbook, until the team updates it via memory:
| Clause | Routine | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Liability cap | Capped at 12 months' fees | Uncapped, or capped above 12 months' fees |
| Indemnification | Mutual, capped | Unilateral (only us), or uncapped |
| Termination for convenience | Either party, ≤ 90 days notice | Missing, or > 90 days notice |
| Auto-renewal | Opt-in, or opt-out with ≥ 30 days notice | Silent renewal with < 30 days notice |
| Governing law / venue | Our home jurisdiction | Counterparty's jurisdiction or a neutral third one we haven't used before |
| Payment terms | Net 30–45 | Net 60 or longer |
| IP assignment | Foreground IP only | Assigns our background IP or pre-existing tools |
| Confidentiality duration | 3–5 years post-termination | Perpetual, or silent on duration |
Note every deviation with the section reference and a one-line reason. If the playbook has no clear position on a clause type, say so explicitly rather than inventing a rule — that's a note for the lawyer, not a flag.
Step 3 — Draft redlines on the flagged clauses
For each flagged clause, draft the proposed replacement language as a Docs
suggested edit using the Docs API's suggesting mode (docs.documents.batchUpdate
with the request's writeControl/suggester identity set so the change lands as
a suggestion, not an applied edit) — never as a direct write to the document.
Keep the redline close to our standard position (e.g., propose the 12-month cap,
not a negotiating opener). One redline per flagged clause; reference the section
number.
Step 4 — Write the summary
Plain-English, short:
- What it is, who it's with, the term and value.
- What's routine (one line, or omit if nothing notable).
- What's flagged — each deviation, its section, and why it's non-standard.
- A link to the contract and to the drafted redlines.
Step 5 — Post to {{legal_channel}}
Post the summary as a single message (or a message + thread if the flag list is long) to {{legal_channel}}, with the contract link and the redline link. Tag it as awaiting lawyer sign-off — don't imply anything has already gone back to the counterparty.
Step 6 — Stop
The run ends when the summary is posted. Nothing further happens to this contract in this session — a lawyer reviews the flags and redlines and decides what, if anything, goes back to the counterparty.