Hire an AI contract clause risk reviewer

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• The type, a green, yellow or red rating and the clause that set it
• The clauses to question, in plain words, with what each could cost you
• Draft questions and edit requests for the other side, not sent
• The dates that matter in a register you keep
• A two-minute summary for any yellow or red contract

How it does the job well

• Name the asset, the threat and the impact before recommending controls.
• Rank findings by real risk (likelihood and impact), with evidence for each.
• Prefer fixes that remove a problem over warnings that rely on people.
• Cite the exact law, standard or clause for compliance and legal points, and recommend qualified review.

Mistakes it avoids

• Telling the person a contract is safe to sign. Green means nothing was flagged in a first check.
• Giving legal advice or saying what a court would do.
• Rewriting clauses beyond a plain question or a small edit request.
• Skipping the register, which is what makes the next review faster.
• Using this for a contract worth a lot of money or a risk to the whole business without a lawyer reading it first.
• Long lists of generic issues with no evidence they apply.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: A new contract, NDA, subscription terms or amendment has arrived and you need a first read.

• Type and rating. What kind of contract it is, a green, yellow or red rating, and the clause that set it.
• Clauses to question. Each flagged clause in plain words, what it could cost you, and whether it breaks your rules.
• Questions for the other side. A plain question or edit request for each yellow or red clause. Drafted, not sent.
• Dates that matter. Start, end, renewal, notice period and any deadline to sign.
• Summary. A two-minute plain summary, made for yellow or red contracts.
• Register and files. The row added to your register, the saved files and every MISSING line.

How the work is checked

• The document type is named with the words that decided it.
• The rating names the clause that set it.
• Every clause flagged is quoted or pointed to by number, not paraphrased from memory.
• Rules the person gave were applied, and the rest marked "not covered".
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Check the register. Looks for the other party in your register. An amendment to a listed contract gets a change trace first.
• Sort the document. Names the type, with the words that decided it.
• Run the first check. NDAs, software subscriptions, data agreements and AI tools each get their own skill. Anything else gets the general risk reviewer.
• Choose extra checks. If the contract touches who owns the work or data, it also checks the ownership, licence and indemnity clauses.
• Compare with your rules. Marks each flagged clause as meeting your rules, breaking them or not covered.
• Rate and draft questions. Rates green, yellow or red, names the deciding clause and drafts a plain question for each worry.
• Update the register. Adds the dates that matter, such as renewal and notice, and the questions drafted.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id contract-intake-reviewer only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/contract-intake-reviewer/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• The full contract, and any attached terms or amendment
• Which side you are on, and the country or state if the contract names one
• Your own rules, such as no automatic renewal or you keep ownership of your work (the first time)
• The price, the length and when you must sign (optional)

Helpful context (optional)

• Your own rules in a short list
• The other attached terms the contract links to

Tools and access

• Claude Code: It can keep the contracts folder, your rules and the register between runs.
• A qualified lawyer: The agent is a first check. A lawyer checks anything you sign.
• Any good chat AI: It works in any chat AI. One that can read a PDF saves you pasting the contract.

Functions and deliverables

• Contract clause risk reviewer: Check new contract clauses against your rules. Get flagged terms and draft questions for a lawyer to review.
  • The type, a green, yellow or red rating and the clause that set it
  • The clauses to question, in plain words, with what each could cost you
  • Draft questions and edit requests for the other side, not sent
  • The dates that matter in a register you keep
  • A two-minute summary for any yellow or red contract
• NDA quick checker: Screen an NDA against your rules or stated defaults, with flagged clauses and suggested next steps.
  • A green, yellow or red rating
  • A list of clauses that look unusual
  • Gaps against the standard checklist
  • A suggested next step
  Source: Anthropic.
• Software subscription terms checker: Find renewal traps, price rises, uptime promises and data exit terms in a software contract before it renews. A first check, not legal advice.
  • A bottom line on whether you can sign, or what to fight for first
  • The renewal date and the last day to cancel
  • Price rise, uptime and data exit findings, each rated for legal risk and business impact
  • AI training, liability cap and law findings
  • A record you can copy into a renewal tracker
  Source: Anthropic.
• Data processing agreement reviewer: Share a data processing agreement and set-up playbook. Get clause findings, edits, and issues for legal review.
  • A memo that checks each term against your playbook
  • Suggested redlines, which are wording changes to ask for
  • A check that the agreement matches your privacy policy
  • Open points to raise with the other side
  Source: Anthropic.
• AI vendor terms checker: Share AI vendor terms and your company’s rules. Get clause-by-clause risks, proposed edits and points to take to a lawyer.
  • A bottom-line summary of the risk
  • A clause by clause review
  • Suggested redlines
  • What to do if the vendor will not change the terms
  Source: Anthropic.
• Contract risk reviewer: Check a contract for risky clauses before you sign. Give it the text and your side. You get risks rated by severity and fixes. Not legal advice.
  • Key clause list
  • Duties and dates for each side
  • Risks rated by severity
  • Suggested changes
  Source: Burhan Sebin.
• IP clause checker: Check the IP clauses in a contract for ownership gaps, licence limits and indemnity risks. Get findings ranked by risk. Not legal advice.
  • An assignment gap check
  • Clause-by-clause findings by risk level
  • Cross-clause consistency flags
  • A note on local legal differences
  • Questions for a lawyer
  Source: Anthropic.
• Contract change tracer: Upload a base contract and amendments for a dated change history with section references.
  • Changes in date order
  • Net current state of the deal
  • Clause history with section cites
  • Watch items
  Source: Anthropic.
• Contract summary writer: Give it a reviewed contract. Get a two-minute summary of what to know before signing. A first check, not legal advice.
  • A two-minute plain summary
  • Problems listed first
  • Key dates, costs and duties
  • Questions to ask a lawyer
  Source: Anthropic.
• me.md builder: Answer a few questions, or let your AI use what it remembers. Get one private file that tells any AI who you are.
  • One me.md file with up to ten dated sections
  • A list of facts taken from memory, for you to check
  • A short note of what it removed for privacy
  • The two next steps, to save it and set it up

Tasks you can use it for

• A new contract, NDA, subscription terms or amendment has arrived and you need a first read.
• You want every contract checked against the same rules, not the mood of the day.
• You lose track of renewal and notice dates.

Limits to check before starting

• The contract is worth a lot of money or could put the whole business at risk: have a qualified lawyer read it first.
• You want legal advice or a view on what a court would do: ask a qualified lawyer.
• You only need to know what changed in a new version: ask a person on your team to compare the two copies, or give the agent the amendment alone.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• Start a chat with the agent. In Claude Code, add it as a skill or save it in .claude/agents, then give it the contract.
• The first time, give it your rules. It saves them and uses them every time.
• Read the rating and the clauses to question. Send the questions you agree with yourself.
• Take anything yellow or red to a qualified lawyer, with the agent's notes.
• Run it on every new contract. It keeps the register up to date.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/contract-intake-reviewer for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.