Contract drafting
Your template. Your wording. Filled, not rewritten.
Import the Word file you already draft from. Blanks are found, never invented. Answers are spliced into your own runs — styles, numbering and schedules untouched.
My templates · Northwind_Consulting_Agreement_v7.docxReading structure
your .docx · byte-verbatim0 of 5 blanks
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
Northwind Trading Co. · Form CA-7 · rev. March 2026
This Consulting Agreement is entered into on ____________ between Northwind Trading Co. (“Client”) and [CONSULTANT] (“Consultant”).
1. Services
Consultant shall provide [describe services] as further described in Schedule A.
2. Fees
Client shall pay Consultant [FEE], invoiced monthly and payable within thirty (30) days.
3. Term
This Agreement begins on the Effective Date and continues for [TERM] unless terminated earlier under Section 8.
4A. Non-solicitation optional clause · kept
During the Term and for twelve (12) months after, neither party shall solicit the other's employees engaged in the Services.
Schedule A · Schedule B (Rates) · signature blocks · your headers and footers · unchanged
Blanks detected0 of 5
Effective dateblankDetected from “entered into on ____”
Consultant legal nameblankBracketed default [CONSULTANT] in your file
Services descriptionblankFree text · your Schedule A stays as written
FeeblankCurrency + cadence · validated as money
TermblankDuration · validated as a period
Optional clause · 4A Non-solicitationBracketed in your template · detected, not invented
Reading your document structure…
Surgical fill · values spliced into your original runsWorks in any language your paper is written in
Import a file · from a template · or describe it — three doors, one desk
Starts from paper you already trust.
Legal · procurement · sales ops
The business drafts on your standard paper without waiting on Legal.
Import the company NDA and MSA once. Sales fills the blanks from a questionnaire; the wording never moves.
Playbook and completeness checks run as the draft assembles — Legal only sees the ones that deviate.
The deadlines this draft would create are previewed before signature, and tracked the moment it is signed.
Lawyers · firms
Your precedents, your house style, your name on the clause.
Your .docx is the template — kept byte-verbatim. Blanks, bracketed defaults and optional clauses are detected, never guessed.
Describe a document in plain language and get a first draft grounded in your own reference library — never freeform.
Attest each clause when you are satisfied. Edit the wording later and the attestation lapses — by design.
02One spine
A drafted clause and a tracked deadline are the same thing.
Most drafting tools stop at signature. Most trackers start there. Here the commitments you preview while drafting become live obligations the moment the paper is signed — no re-upload, no handoff.
Contract · Consulting Agreement — Brightline Analytics
1Draftfrom your template
2NegotiateWord redline round trip
3Executesigned copy filed
4Tracksame object · now live
Commitments · previewnot yet tracked
Renewal noticeJul 9, 2027§3 Term · 60 days before Sep 7, 2027
Monthly invoice · Net 30USD 12,000§2 Fees · first due Oct 8, 2026
Non-solicit survives12 months§4A · standing · both parties
Sep 1Draft assembled. 3 commitments previewed while drafting · shown on the desk, not yet tracked.
Sep 4Redline round 2 accepted. Fee unchanged · Term stays 12 months · previews recomputed automatically.
Sep 8Signed copy filed. Draft becomes the governing document · nothing re-uploaded.
Sep 83 obligations tracked. Owners assigned · reminder ladder placed · calendar feed updated.
Assembling the draft…
Same Contract object end to end · draft → negotiate → execute → track → renew
03Checks
Checks run as you draft, not after you send.
Coverage against what this document type usually contains. Consistency between defined terms and the clauses that use them. Playbook. Law-bound flags. Everything lands as a suggestion you accept or reject — never a silent edit.
Checks · Consulting Agreement v1ran 4s ago · re-runs on every edit
✓Coverage · 11 of 11 usual clauses presentConsulting profileIP assignment, confidentiality, termination, non-solicit, insurance, limitation of liability…
!Consistency · “Deliverables” used in §5, defined nowhere§5.2Suggested definition from Northwind clause library
✓Playbook · 6 of 6 positions metNorthwind standardNet 30 · 12-month cap · Delaware · mutual indemnity · consent to assign · 30-day cure
iLaw-bound · non-compete in §9 is jurisdiction-sensitiveDelaware chosenFlagged for a lawyer's eye · general-terms note attached · not a legal opinion
✓Provenance · every clause names its source0 freeform14 template · 1 clause library · 1 adapted on request · report at /report/draft
Select any text → comment · rewrite with AI · both land as suggestions
04How it works
Three doors. One desk.
01Choose a doorImport a file, start from a template, or describe what you need. All three land on the same drafting desk.
02Gather the factsA questionnaire link to the client or the business, pasted notes, or a call transcript. Every answer is a proposal.
03Assemble and checkClauses fill from your paper and name their source. Playbook, coverage and consistency run on every edit.
04Review and attestSuggestions accepted or rejected; clauses attested one by one; a provenance report printed for the file.
05Before · after
Drafting used to start with a blank page or a stale copy.
The way it wasWith ClauseMinds
Copy last year’s agreement and find-replace the name.Blanks detected in your template; values validated as dates, money and periods.
Ask a general AI to “write an NDA” and hope.Assembled from your own library. Every clause names its source. Zero freeform.
Send to Legal and wait.Checks run as the draft assembles. Only deviations reach Legal.
The signed PDF goes to a folder.The draft becomes the tracked contract. Nothing is re-uploaded or re-keyed.
06When this happens
When the template isn’t enough.
WhenYou have no template for this document.ThenA built-in library of fourteen vetted types with guided intake, conditional clauses and law-bound flags carries you until you import your own.general-terms note attached
WhenYour template has an optional clause in brackets.ThenIt is detected, never invented, and offered as keep-or-drop per draft. Your wording is untouched either way.optional clauses
WhenThe counterparty wants to edit the draft.ThenThey join the turn-based rail. Their edits land as suggestions with authorship recorded; you apply or reject.turn enforcement · append-only
07Principle
A first draft you would have written — because you did.
01Your paper, byte-verbatim.The imported template is never regenerated. Fill happens inside your own text runs.
02Your positions, checked as the draft assembles.The playbook, coverage and consistency checks re-run on every edit and land as suggestions.
03Your name, one clause at a time.Attestation is per clause, fingerprinted and lapses when the words change.
08Said plainly
What it does not do.
Describe → draft will refuse rather than invent.If your reference library has nothing to ground a clause on, the draft says so instead of writing freeform text.
Non-English templates work; non-English checks don’t yet.Blanks detect and fill in the document’s language. AI legal checks are marked unsupported until a gold corpus clears review.
Templates are governed on the template, not the draft.Versioning, revert and lawyer approval live on the template so every draft inherits a reviewed baseline.
Everything on the desk
What ships with drafting
Firm template importYour .docx is the template, byte-verbatim. Blanks, bracketed defaults and optional clauses detected — never invented.
Surgical fillConfirmed values spliced into your original runs. Styles, numbering, headers, footers and schedules intact.
Describe → draftPlain language in, a grounded draft out — assembled from your reference library, in the language you wrote it in. Never freeform.
Built-in vetted library14 document types with guided intake, conditional clauses and law-bound flags when you have no paper of your own.
Clause librarySeeded and workspace-own clauses; coverage shows what this type usually includes vs what is here.
Live checksPlaybook, completeness, consistency, market benchmark, deadline preview — re-run on every edit.
Suggestions, never silent editsAI rewrite on a selection or a whole-draft review both land as accept / reject suggestions.
Template editor with versionsVersion, revert and record lawyer approval on the template itself.
Commitments previewThe deadlines and standing terms this draft would create, visible on the desk before signature.
Provenance reportDeterministic, per draft: who touched it, what was checked — and what was explicitly not.
Questions people ask
No. The file is kept byte-verbatim. Fill happens surgically inside your original text runs, so styles, numbering, headers, footers, schedules and signature blocks stay exactly as you saved them.
Not freeform. Describe → draft assembles from your workspace reference library and records what each clause was grounded on. Where nothing suitable exists it says so, rather than inventing wording.
Your own document works in the language it is written in — blanks are detected and filled, and casing follows the document. Automated legal checks are offered on English text only today; other languages are marked unsupported rather than guessed.
It stays the same object. The commitments previewed while drafting become tracked obligations with owners and reminders the moment the signed copy is filed. No re-upload, no second system.
Import the template you draft from today.
One .docx. Blanks found in a minute. Nothing about your paper changes.
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