Contract

Pre-built template for parsing service agreements, NDAs, MSAs, and similar legal contracts into structured data.

What gets extracted

json

{
  "title": "Master Services Agreement",
  "parties": [
    { "name": "Acme Corp", "role": "Customer", "address": "123 Main St, San Francisco, CA" },
    { "name": "DocParse Labs", "role": "Provider", "address": "456 Elm St, Boston, MA" }
  ],
  "effective_date": "2026-05-24",
  "term": {
    "duration_months": 12,
    "auto_renew": true,
    "notice_period_days": 30
  },
  "payment_terms": {
    "amount": 10000,
    "currency": "USD",
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "net_days": 30
  },
  "governing_law": "State of Delaware",
  "termination_for_cause_days": 30,
  "liability_cap": "12 months of fees paid",
  "exclusivity": false,
  "key_clauses": [
    { "name": "Confidentiality", "summary": "5-year mutual NDA." },
    { "name": "IP Assignment", "summary": "All deliverables work-for-hire to Customer." }
  ]
}

When to use

Contract management software ingesting third-party paperwork.
Pre-signing legal review pipelines.
Building a search index over an existing contracts archive.

Caveats

Confidence matters more here than for invoices. A wrong liability_cap extraction is a legal risk. Always surface confidence scores in your UI and treat anything below 0.85 as needing human review.
Long contracts trigger more pages. A 40-page MSA is 40 billable pages.
We don't redact PII. If you need PII redaction, post-process the extracted JSON in your own pipeline.

Customizing

Add fields specific to your domain — common additions:

data_processing_agreement_attached (boolean)
force_majeure_pandemic_covered (boolean)
audit_rights (string)
subprocessor_list (list<string>)

Tips

Use the classifier first. If you ingest mixed PDFs, route contracts to this template via a classification with a "Contract" category linked to this extraction.
Tighten descriptions for ambiguous fields. "Governing law" often gets confused with "Venue" — a clear description like "The state or country whose law governs interpretation, NOT the court venue" fixes it.