How to Score and Route Contracts for Sign-Off with Eigent

How it works

1. Pass either the full contract text or the output from a previous review to /legal-risk-assessment — passing the full contract is more thorough, passing review output is faster.
2. Eigent returns a Contract Safety Score (0–100), a four-level severity breakdown, and a routing recommendation: sign, negotiate, or escalate.
3. Use the recommendation to action the decision — include the scoring card in your sign-off email as documentation of the basis for the decision.
4. If negotiation is needed, take the open issues into redlines and run scoring again on the revised draft.
5. Chain review and scoring in a single prompt using then between commands to save a round-trip when you need both outputs.

More prompts to try

• /review-contract then /legal-risk-assessment — Review this MSA [paste revised draft] against our playbook and then score it. I need a sign / negotiate / escalate recommendation by end of day.
• We've accepted the governing law deviation as a business decision. Score the contract treating §9.1 as resolved.
• Score this contract but weight data rights and liability issues more heavily than the others — those are our primary concerns on this vendor.
• The counterparty came back with a revised draft after negotiation [paste]. Re-score it and confirm the critical issue from the previous review is now resolved.

How to use

Always run scoring on the final draft after negotiation, not the original — conditions change and the score should reflect the current state of the agreement. Include the scoring card in your sign-off communication so the decision is documented. If you believe a flagged issue is acceptable given your business context, note it as an accepted risk in the prompt so the score reflects your actual position. A score above 70 with no critical issues means legal can proceed, but a high score still warrants counsel review when contract value is material or the counterparty is a strategic partner.

Expected output

A numeric Contract Safety Score (0–100), a severity breakdown with counts of critical / high / medium / low issues, a three-way routing recommendation (sign / negotiate / escalate), and the single most important reason for the routing call.

Limitations

• The score reflects identified clause risk, not business context — it does not account for your relationship with the counterparty, the strategic value of the deal, or the regulatory environment your business operates in.
• A legal opinion from qualified counsel includes all of those factors; the score is a structured brief, not a substitute.
• Scoring cold (without a prior full review) gives you a number without the underlying clause-level detail that makes it meaningful.