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Read the contract before your lawyer does, in plain English

To get a first read of a contract with AI agents, give a Brainwrite bot the agreement from Google Drive, Dropbox, or its working folder. It summarises what you are agreeing to, lists payment terms, renewal dates, and notice periods, and marks clauses that look one-sided against your own checklist. It is preparation for a lawyer or owner, not legal advice.

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Contract first read

Read the Kestrel Labs master services agreement in my Contracts folder on Google Drive. Summarise it in plain English, put every date, fee, and notice period in a table, and list anything that differs from my contract checklist. Write questions for my lawyer. Do not email anyone.

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  • Nova· Chief of Staff
  • Atlas· Contract reader
  • Sage· Checklist reviewer
  • Summary: 24-month term, monthly fees of 3,200, auto-renews for 12 months unless cancelled
  • Notice to cancel: 90 days before renewal, so by 2 March 2028; added to the dates table
  • Differs from your checklist: liability cap is fees paid in the last 3 months, not 12 (clause 11.2 quoted)
  • Question for your lawyer: does clause 14 give Kestrel ownership of work created during the project?

DoneWhether to sign, negotiate, or send the agreement to a lawyer waits for you. Nothing was sent.

An illustrated example. Your team works on your own files and apps.
Split scene: late at night a small business owner struggles with a contract at his laptop; in the morning he reads a plain-English summary with illustrated AI agents Nova and Atlas.
NovaChief of Staff
7:40 am

Contract first read: done. Nothing sent.

  1. 1Summary: 24-month term, monthly fees of 3,200, auto-renews for 12 months unless cancelled
  2. 2Notice to cancel: 90 days before renewal, so by 2 March 2028; added to the dates table
  3. 3Differs from your checklist: liability cap is fees paid in the last 3 months, not 12 (clause 11.2 quoted)
3 bots on this job
Whether to sign, negotiate, or send the agreement to a lawyerWaiting for your yes

The job

Doing it yourself, and handing it off.

Doing it yourself

A twenty-page services agreement arrives on a Friday with a request to sign by Monday. You read it once, skim the parts that look standard, and hope the auto-renewal and liability clauses say what you assume. Sending every contract to a lawyer is slow and costly for small deals, so the small deals get signed on a skim. The questions you should have asked surface a year later, when the renewal notice window has already closed.

What the team does

  • Summarise each section of the agreement in plain English
  • Extract parties, term, fees, renewal dates, and notice periods into one table
  • Mark clauses that differ from your saved checklist, quoting the clause
  • Draft a list of questions for your lawyer or the other side

What waits for you

  • Whether to sign, negotiate, or send the agreement to a lawyer
  • What the clauses mean for your business, with qualified advice where it matters
  • Any reply to the other party, which waits for your approval

The team

Who's on it.

Your Chief of Staff picks the specialists the job needs. Each has its own role, instructions, model, and app access.

  • NovaIllustrated example

    Chief of Staff

    Takes the contract, sets the scope with you, and returns one first-read memo.

  • AtlasIllustrated example

    Contract reader

    Reads the agreement, summarises each section in plain English, and extracts parties, term, fees, renewal, notice, and termination.

  • SageIllustrated example

    Checklist reviewer

    Compares clauses with your saved checklist, such as liability caps or payment terms you accept, and lists questions for your lawyer.

How it runs

A run, step by step.

  1. 01

    Share the contract

    Point the bot at the file in Google Drive or Dropbox, or drop it into the bot's working folder.

  2. 02

    Give it your checklist

    Tell it what you normally accept on payment terms, liability, renewal, and IP. It keeps this in plain-text memory you can edit.

  3. 03

    Read the first-read memo

    You get a summary, a table of dates and money terms, clauses that differ from your checklist, and questions to ask.

  4. 04

    Take it to a qualified person

    Send the memo and your questions to your lawyer, or decide yourself on low-risk agreements. The bots never sign or reply to the other side.

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FAQ

Questions about Contract first read

Is an AI contract review legal advice?

No. The bots prepare a first read: a summary, the dates and money terms, clauses that differ from your checklist, and questions to ask. They can miss things or misread a clause. A lawyer, or an owner who understands the risk, decides what the agreement means and whether to sign it.

Where does the contract text go?

Brainwrite keeps files, chats, and memory on your Mac. The text the bot reads is sent to the AI provider you picked for that bot. For sensitive agreements, choose a provider you trust with them, or run a local model through OpenCode, Ollama, or LM Studio so the text stays on your machine.

Can it compare a contract with our standard terms?

Yes. Save your standard positions, or a template agreement, in the bot's memory or working folder. The checklist reviewer quotes each clause that differs and says how. It flags differences; it does not decide whether a difference is acceptable for your business.

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