# 50 AI Prompts for Reviewing Legal Documents ## Copy-paste prompts that turn any contract into plain English — and surface what to negotiate Generic prompts like "review this contract" get you generic answers. The prompts in this library are specific, scoped, and structured to make an AI assistant act like a careful associate: pulling exact clauses, scoring risk, and writing the redline. Paste your document, then paste the prompt. Each one is written to work whether you're using Attorly's document chat or a general AI tool. **Important:** AI assistance speeds up review; it doesn't replace legal advice for high-stakes deals. Use these to understand your document fast and to prepare smarter questions for counsel. --- ## How to get better answers Three rules make every prompt below work harder: 1. **Give the document first.** Upload or paste the full contract before the prompt so the AI answers from the actual text, not from training data. 2. **Ask for the exact quote.** Always request the clause number and verbatim language so you can verify the answer against the source. 3. **Specify your side.** Tell the AI whether you're the buyer/customer/disclosing party so it evaluates risk from your perspective. --- ## Section 1 — Understand it fast (prompts 1–10) 1. Summarize this contract in plain English in under 200 words. Cover: who the parties are, what each must do, how much it costs, how long it lasts, and how it ends. 2. Explain this contract as if I'm a non-lawyer founder. Use no legal jargon. If you must use a legal term, define it in parentheses. 3. List every obligation *I* have under this agreement, with the clause number for each. I am the `[customer / vendor / disclosing party]`. 4. List every obligation the *other party* has, with clause numbers. 5. Build a timeline of every date, deadline, and notice period in this contract. Flag which ones I must act on and by when. 6. What is the total financial commitment over the full term, including renewals, setup, and any usage-based fees you can identify? 7. Create a one-page "deal sheet": parties, term, price, renewal, termination rights, liability cap, and governing law. 8. What rights do I have to terminate this agreement, and what are the consequences of doing so? 9. Translate clause `[X]` into plain English and tell me, concretely, what could go wrong for me under it. 10. What is *not* in this contract that I'd normally expect to see in an agreement of this type? ## Section 2 — Find the risk (prompts 11–22) 11. Identify the five clauses in this contract that pose the greatest risk to me, ranked, with the clause text and a one-line explanation each. 12. Is my liability capped? Quote the limitation-of-liability clause and tell me the cap amount and what's excluded from it. 13. Are there any obligations where my exposure is unlimited or uncapped? Quote them. 14. Does this contract auto-renew? If so, quote the clause and tell me the exact deadline by which I must give notice to cancel. 15. Review the indemnification clause. Who indemnifies whom, for what, and is it mutual and proportionate? 16. Find every clause that is one-sided in the other party's favor and explain how it's unbalanced. 17. Can the other party change the terms, prices, or scope unilaterally? Quote any such clause. 18. Does this contract restrict me from working with competitors, hiring people, or building something? Quote any exclusivity, non-compete, or non-solicit language. 19. Review the data and privacy terms. Where is my data stored, who can access it, and is there a GDPR Data Processing Agreement? 20. What happens to my data and IP if this contract ends? Quote the return/deletion and IP-ownership clauses. 21. Compare the termination rights of each party. Are they symmetric? If not, explain the imbalance. 22. Score this contract's overall risk to me from 1 (very favorable) to 10 (very risky), and justify the score with specific clauses. ## Section 3 — Compare and verify (prompts 23–32) 23. Compare this contract against the version I signed last year `[paste old version]`. List every substantive change and whether it helps or hurts me. 24. Here are two vendor contracts `[paste both]`. Build a comparison table of price, term, liability cap, SLA, and termination rights. 25. Does this contract conflict with the order form / SOW attached? Identify any contradictions and which document says it takes precedence. 26. Check this contract against the following requirements I must meet: `[paste your policy/requirements]`. Flag anything non-compliant. 27. Is the governing law and venue reasonable for a company based in `[your location]`? Explain the practical cost of disputes under it. 28. Verify the math: does the pricing section add up to the total stated elsewhere? Show your calculation. 29. Are all defined terms (capitalized words) actually defined somewhere in the document? List any used-but-undefined terms. 30. Does this contract reference exhibits, schedules, or URLs that aren't attached? List what's missing. 31. Is the limitation-of-liability cap consistent with the carve-outs? Identify any clause that quietly escapes the cap. 32. Cross-check the confidentiality term against the overall term — does protection lapse while the relationship is still active? ## Section 4 — Negotiate and redline (prompts 33–42) 33. Draft a short, professional email to the other party requesting changes to the three riskiest clauses. Be firm but collaborative. 34. Rewrite clause `[X]` to be fair to both parties. Show the original and your proposed redline side by side. 35. Suggest fallback positions for the liability cap: my ideal ask, a reasonable middle, and the minimum I should accept. 36. The other party rejected my redline on `[clause]`. Suggest three alternative compromises that still protect me. 37. Draft a mutual version of this one-sided indemnification clause. 38. Propose a price-increase cap clause I can insert to replace their open-ended "fees subject to change" language. 39. Write a termination-for-convenience clause favorable to me, matching the style of this contract. 40. Draft an SLA remedy clause with escalating service credits and a termination right for chronic failure. 41. List the five concessions that would most improve this contract for me, ranked by impact. 42. What would a seasoned negotiator on the other side push back on in my proposed changes? Prepare my counter-arguments. ## Section 5 — Specialized documents (prompts 43–50) 43. **(NDA)** Review this NDA. Is the definition of "Confidential Information" overbroad? How long do my obligations last, and is there a residuals clause I should worry about? 44. **(Employment)** Review this employment/contractor agreement. Flag the non-compete scope, IP-assignment language, and termination terms. 45. **(Lease)** Review this commercial lease. What are my obligations on repairs, rent increases, assignment, and early exit? 46. **(SaaS/Terms)** Review these SaaS terms of service. Focus on data ownership, uptime commitments, price changes, and the right to suspend my account. 47. **(Loan)** Review this loan or financing agreement. Identify the effective interest rate, covenants, default triggers, and personal-guarantee language. 48. **(Partnership)** Review this partnership/shareholder agreement. Explain how decisions are made, how profits split, and how a partner can exit or be removed. 49. **(Settlement)** Review this settlement agreement. What exactly am I releasing, what am I receiving, and are there confidentiality or non-disparagement terms? 50. **(Purchase/Supply)** Review this purchase or supply agreement. Flag the delivery terms, acceptance criteria, warranty, and what happens if goods are defective or late. --- ## A reusable prompt template When none of the above fits exactly, build your own with this structure: > *I am the `[your role]` in this `[document type]`. From my perspective, `[the specific task — e.g., "find and explain every clause about early termination"]`. For each point, quote the exact clause text and its number, then explain the practical consequence for me in one sentence.* --- ## These prompts are built into Attorly You can paste these into any AI tool — but Attorly — the AI Legal Document Assistant at **attorly.ai** — is purpose-built for exactly this. Upload a contract and chat with it directly: it already knows to quote clause numbers, score risk, and answer from your side of the deal, without you re-engineering the prompt each time. It also runs a full risk report automatically the moment you upload. Use this library to sharpen your questions. Use Attorly to get answers grounded in your actual document. Start a 7-day trial (card required) at **attorly.ai**.