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AI Use Cases for Small Businessby Brendan Byrne
Operations · Use case 39 of 40

Review a contract for things to ask about

A practical way to use AI for this job in a small business, with a prompt you can copy.

The job
Review a contract for things to ask about
Tool(s)
ChatGPT or Claude
Time saved
1 hour per contract (estimate). My rough estimate, not a measured result.

The prompt

Here's a contract I've been sent: [paste, remove names if you like]. In plain English, summarise what I'm agreeing to, list anything unusual, auto-renewals, cancellation terms and costs, and give me questions to ask before signing. You're not giving legal advice.

Replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details. Don't paste in anything you wouldn't want stored by the AI provider.

Steps

  1. Paste the contract.
  2. Run the prompt.
  3. Take the questions to the other party.
  4. Get a lawyer for anything big.

My verdict

Great first pass. Not a substitute for legal advice.

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