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Spot risky clauses in a long contract before you sign

Idea + starter prompt, not run by us yet

For: Owners who sign supplier, lease or service contracts without a lawyer reading every page

The poster gave Claude a 50-page contract as a PDF and asked for a plain English read-through, a list of duties and risks, what a lawyer would find unusual and the top points to push back on. Claude pointed out an automatic renewal tucked near the end and a liability clause the poster would have missed.

Steps

1. Upload the full contract, not a summary.
2. Paste the starter prompt.
3. Check each flagged clause in the contract yourself.
4. Take the list to a lawyer for anything serious. This is preparation, not legal advice.

Starter prompt

I am uploading a [type of contract] I have been asked to sign. Read every page.

1. Explain in plain English what I would be agreeing to.
2. List my obligations and the risks to me, with the clause number for each.
3. Point out terms that look unusual or one-sided, such as auto-renewal, liability or termination terms.
4. Name the top [3] points I should try to change.

Quote the clause for each point. This is to prepare for a talk with my lawyer, not to replace one.

Original post: Reddit · found via agentusecases.ai. Written up in our own words. We haven't run it, so test it on made-up data first.