Prompt: Client-Side Contract Risk Review and Redline List
Reviews a contract from your client's side. Every issue quotes its clause and number, tiers follow your client's stated goals, and the redline list never adds a burden for your client or a right for the other side.
The Prompt
Variables (7)
| Variable | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{client_name}} | Client Name | Northwind Logistics LLC |
| {{client_side}} | Client Side | the customer |
| {{current_date}} | Today's Date | 2026-10-02 |
| {{client_goals}} | Client Goals and Limits | Must keep the right to terminate for convenience. Annual fees must not exceed $60,000. |
| {{attorney_notes}} | Attorney Notes | Client says the vendor promised a 99.9% uptime commitment on a call. |
| {{governing_text}} | Governing Text (if any) | Section 9.2 of the parties' prior agreement: "Either party may terminate on written notice as stated in the Order Form." |
| {{contract_text}} | Contract Text | 1. Services. Vendor shall provide the services described in Exhibit A. 2. Fees. Customer shall pay $5,000 per month... |
Expected Output
Part 1, attorney-only: clause register, conflicts, defined-term and cross-reference findings, arithmetic, issues grouped Critical, Important and Minor with quotes, silent points not raised, cleared and held-back lists, declined requests, missing information. Part 2: a redline list by clause number. Ends with a Verification list.
Usage Notes
Use when you hold a full draft and your client's goals in writing. Paste the whole contract with clause numbers and the client's must-haves; without goals, no issue is ranked Critical. Watch for a proposed change that helps the other side, and for any statement that a clause is "standard" or "unusual" with no pasted source. Read the document part line by line before it leaves the office. Not legal advice. The attorney remains responsible for verifying every fact, figure and authority before use.
Double-check before use
- Where two clauses give different terms or periods, check that the redline does not strike or prefer one of them. In testing, one value was once kept without a decision from you.
These are the places where this prompt was seen to slip when tested on sample cases with a small AI model.
Originally featured in: ChatGPT Prompts for Lawyers: The Complete Guide
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* These prompts are drafting and analysis aids for licensed attorneys. They are not legal advice and do not replace professional judgment. AI output can contain errors, including invented citations and incorrect deadlines: verify every fact, figure, authority and deadline against primary sources before relying on it. Rules vary by jurisdiction, and you remain responsible for the final work product.