Turn a lease, job offer or contract into a one-page brief before you sign

Try it yourself

What you get

A one-page brief on any document you're about to sign: what you agree to, every fee and deadline with clause numbers, risky clauses quoted, what's missing, and 5 questions to ask first.

Tools

• Claude (or any assistant that can read an attached document)

Time / cost: Not stated in the source; one prompt per document

Steps

1. Attach the full document (not a summary) so every clause can be quoted.
2. Paste the prompt exactly as posted.
3. Verify each quoted clause and amount in the original document.
4. Ask the five questions, and take anything flagged as one-sided to a lawyer.

Copy-ready prompt

You are reviewing a document I'm about to sign. I am not a lawyer. Read the entire document before answering.

1. Summarize what I'm agreeing to in 5 plain-English bullet points.
2. List every payment, fee, deposit, penalty and automatic price increase, with the clause number and the exact amount or formula.
3. List every deadline and notice period I have to meet, and what happens if I miss it.
4. Flag clauses that are unusual, one-sided or hard to undo, such as auto-renewal, early termination, liability, arbitration and data sharing. Quote each clause and explain the risk in one sentence.
5. Tell me what a document like this would normally include that this one is missing.
6. Write the 5 questions I should ask before signing, most important first.

Rules: quote the document for every claim. If something is unclear or not in the document, say so instead of guessing. Don't give legal advice. Tell me where I should ask a lawyer.

Prompt quoted verbatim from @RoundtableSpace’s public post. Check the output yourself and approve before anything is sent or bought.

Watch out: Not legal advice. Models can misread or miss clauses: check every quote and number against the document, and ask a lawyer about anything flagged.

Proof / source

Self-reported Author's public X post with the full prompt (Oct 14, 2026). It is a prompt to copy, not a reported result.