Contract Review
Contract Review is the engine that reads a subcontract or GC contract clause by clause and flags risky terms. It extracts every material clause, marks each one OK, risk or critical, detects missing standard clauses, and returns a risk score with a redline-ready summary. It is an analytical aid, not legal advice.
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What does Contract Review do?
Contract Review reads the full contract, extracts every material clause (LDs, indemnification, insurance limits, warranty, pay-if-paid, termination, change-order process, dispute resolution, etc.), and flags each one as OK, risk, or critical. It also detects missing standard clauses — things that should normally be there but aren't (e.g., no force majeure, no waiver of consequential damages).
The engine is role-aware: a clause that protects a GC may be the same clause that harms a sub. Set your role (GC / Sub / Material Supplier) before running so the flags reflect your side of the table.
When should I use Contract Review?
Use Contract Review when you are about to sign a contract and want a second look at the risky terms, when you need a documented clause-by-clause review for your risk register, or when a PM or owner needs a two-page summary instead of the full contract.
- You're about to sign a contract and want a second pair of eyes on the risky bits.
- You need a documented clause-by-clause review for your risk register.
- You want a 2-page summary for a PM or owner who isn't going to read 40 pages.
What do I upload to Contract Review?
One contract document. Supported: PDF (best), DOCX. Plain text works but loses formatting context. Contracts up to ~60,000 words analyze cleanly; longer ones trigger the partial-analysis truncation banner — split by section if needed.
How do I run Contract Review?
To run Contract Review, open it and set your role, upload the contract, run the analysis, check the risk score, review the flagged clauses and the missing clauses, then accept risks, annotate or export.
Open the engine + set role
Sidebar → Engines → Contract Review. Set your role before uploading — GC, Sub, or Material Supplier.
Upload the contract
One document. Multi-page contracts are expected.
Run analysis
60–150 seconds — contracts are the longest-prompt engine.
Check the risk score
Top of the result: overall risk rating (low / medium / high / critical) and a 0–100 risk score.
Review flagged clauses
Filter the clause table by risk level. Each flagged clause has its text, the risk note, and a recommended redline.
Check missing clauses
Below the main table — standard clauses this contract should have but doesn't.
Accept risks / annotate / export
For each flagged clause: click Accept risk (keep as-is and note who accepted), or add an annotation for your lawyer. Export PDF when you're done.
Chain forward
Chain to PM Contract Summary for a 2-page brief, or PM Handoff for a full handoff bundle. Chain to COI Tracker to verify insurance against what this contract requires.
How do I read the Contract Review results?
The result opens with a risk banner and score for your role, followed by a clause table, the list of missing clauses, any truncation banner and an AI summary.
Overall risk rating + 0–100 score + risk breakdown (# critical / # risk / # OK).
Reminds you which perspective the analysis was run from.
Every material clause extracted: text, clause ID, risk level (pill), and a short note. Click any row to see the full clause excerpt and the recommended redline.
Standard clauses that aren't present. Each can be marked Will address or N/A so you have a clean closeout record.
If the contract exceeded the model's context window, shown as an amber banner — the analysis is partial; split by section for full coverage.
Narrative paragraph at the bottom with the top 3–5 things that matter most.
Every control, explained
Role selectorGC / Sub / Material Supplier. Changes which clauses are favorable vs risky.
Run analysisOne run.
Filter (Critical / Risk / OK / All)Narrows the clause table to a risk level.
Accept risk buttonMarks a flagged clause as accepted with your name + timestamp. Useful when you've decided to take a specific risk.
Add annotationFree-text note on a specific clause. Appears in the PDF export — useful for passing redline requests to a lawyer.
Missing clause: Will address / N/ADisposition marker on each missing-clause row. Cleans up your review record.
Export PDFFormatted clause-by-clause review with risk score, all annotations, and accept-risk markers.
Export XLSXRaw data per clause — useful for pasting into a client risk register.
Chain to Contract SummaryGenerates a 2-page PM-level executive brief of the same contract.
Chain to PM HandoffFull handoff bundle including risks, deadlines, contacts.
Chain to COI TrackerPre-populates the COI Tracker with this contract's insurance requirements as the target for vendor compliance.
Chains
Chains into
Chained from
Exports
- PDF — formatted review with risk score, clause table, annotations, accept-risk markers. Standard artifact for a risk register.
- XLSX — raw clause-by-clause data.
- CSV — flat clause list.
Troubleshooting
Split by section: General Conditions separately, Scope separately, Supplementary Conditions separately. Run each as its own review, then reconcile.
Check the role setting. A neutral-to-GC clause can look risk-level-critical from a Sub perspective.
There is no OCR on this path — text is read from the PDF's own text layer, so a scanned contract yields nothing to review. Upload the original Word or digital PDF, or paste the clause text.
Use the chat: "Clause 14.3 is standard in our market — re-evaluate." The engine respects expert context from chat.
Contract Review is an analytical aid. It flags risks a human reviewer would probably catch, but it doesn't replace a lawyer's review. Always have significant contracts reviewed by counsel before signing.
Sources
- Summary: A201-2017, General Conditions of the Contract for ConstructionAIA Contract DocumentsThe AIA overview of the general conditions that set out the rights and duties of owner, contractor and architect.
- The Complete ConsensusDocs Contract CatalogConsensusDocsThe standard contract series published by the ConsensusDocs coalition: general contracting, design-build, construction management at-risk, subcontracting and others.
- California Civil Code section 2782California Legislative InformationCalifornia’s limits on indemnity clauses in construction contracts.