Flag risky contract clauses before signing
Certant checks each incoming contract against your own positions, flags clauses outside them with the page they sit on, and sends risky ones to your risk or legal team.
Vendor MSA, received this morning
This clause caps liability at twelve months' fees, below the floor your policy sets.
Scored 4 of 5 for risk. Sent to the risk team, and nothing has gone back to the vendor.
Let lawyers start with risky contracts
When nobody trusts the triage, lawyers read every contract in full. That slows the business down, and when something is missed there's no record of what was checked.
A contract-risk agent reads each new contract against the positions you write down, such as your liability floor, payment terms and termination rights. Each flag carries the clause and page, so a reviewer can check the finding without rereading the contract.
- Vendor SOW 2026-114$2,000,000 · clause 9.2 · page 14
- Facilities agreement$500,000 · clause 12 · page 31
- Software licenceFees paid in 12 months · clause 8.1 · page 9
- Cleaning contractNot stated · no cap found
The same question, asked across contracts filed in different departments.
How a contract gets checked
The agent does the first pass and hands each decision that matters to a person.
- Connect contracts and policy Your contract repository and the positions you hold, such as caps, terms and termination rights.
- Score each contract The agent classifies the contract, scores the risk and writes down why, citing each clause.
- Route the risky ones Risky contracts go to the right person in Slack, Teams or email, with the citation attached.
- Keep the record Every run and every flag is logged, so you can see what was checked and why.
What changes for your legal team
You start from a template and change it on the canvas to match your own review.
| Feature | What it does |
|---|---|
| Each flag shows the clause and page | A reviewer opens the clause in one click and decides. |
| Questions across contracts | Ask for one term across hundreds of contracts and get a row for each contract and the page the term came from. |
| Approval steps | The agent can pause for a person before anything goes back to the vendor. |
| Your own tools | Connect Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira or your own APIs, with OAuth or a service account. |
| Versioned agents | Change the rules, test against real contracts, and roll back if needed. |
What legal and procurement ask
Is there a platform that flags non-compliant contract clauses before signing?
Yes. A Certant contract-risk agent reads each incoming contract against your own positions, flags clauses that fall outside them with the clause and page, and routes risky contracts to a person before signing.
Does it replace legal review?
It does the first pass. Lawyers spend their time on the contracts it flags, and every flag shows the clause so they can check it quickly.
What does it check contracts against?
The positions you write down, such as liability caps, payment terms, indemnities and termination rights, along with any policy documents you connect.
Can it find terms in contracts scattered across departments?
Yes. Connect the folders they live in, then ask for a term across all of them and get a table with a row for each contract and the page the term came from.
Test it on your own contracts
Book a call and we'll run the contract-risk template on your own agreements, or start free and try it yourself.
The termination clause needs 180 days' notice. Your position is 90 days or less.