cocounsel-legal:contract-analysis

Contract Analysis

Status: stub — This skill is ready for activation when the CoCounsel Legal MCP server adds contract analysis endpoints. The workflow below documents the intended behavior.

Analyze contracts using CoCounsel's AI-powered contract analysis, with research backing from Westlaw for enforceability and risk assessment.

Prerequisites

The cocounsel-legal MCP server must expose contract analysis tools. These tools are not yet available in the current MCP server version.

When to Use

• User wants to analyze a contract for risks and issues
• User needs key terms extracted from an agreement
• User wants to compare two contracts or compare a contract against a playbook
• User needs an obligation map or deadline extraction
• User wants enforceability analysis backed by current case law

When Not to Use

• Contract review against a firm's playbook with no Westlaw research needed — use the practice-area plugin's contract review skill (e.g., commercial-legal:contract-review)
• Pure legal research — use cocounsel-legal:deep-research
• Drafting a new contract — use cocounsel-legal:document-drafting

Planned Workflow

1. Ingest the contract

Accept the contract via:

• File upload (PDF, DOCX, or plain text)
• Pasted text in the conversation
• Reference to a document in a connected DMS

2. Extract structure

Identify and extract:

• Parties, effective date, term, governing law
• Key commercial terms (fees, caps, indemnities, IP)
• Obligations and deadlines
• Termination rights and notice requirements
• Unusual or non-standard clauses

3. Risk assessment

For each extracted clause:

• Compare against market standard (via Practical Law benchmarks)
• Identify departures from standard positions
• Flag enforceability risks based on jurisdiction
• Research supporting or adverse authority via Deep Research where relevant

4. Present analysis

Output a structured analysis with:

Clause	Market position	Contract position	Risk level	Notes
Liability cap	12 months fees	3 months fees	High	Below market; vendor-favorable

5. Offer follow-ups

• "Want me to research the enforceability of [clause] in [jurisdiction]?" (routes to cocounsel-legal:deep-research)
• "Want me to draft a redline with recommended changes?"
• "Want me to compare this against another contract?"
• "Want me to extract all obligations into a deadline tracker?"
• "Want me to verify all cited authorities?" (routes to cocounsel-legal:citation-verification)