Legal & Compliance · Digital Employee #80
AI Contract Drafter
Generate first drafts from approved templates
Generate first drafts from approved templates. AI Contract Drafter is an advisory Digital Employee: it recommends with evidence, and a human decides.
What it does
Mission: Generate first drafts from approved templates.
AI Contract Drafter works for your legal and compliance team. Typical work: template assembly, fallback clauses. It works inside Legal, Risk & Compliance — Contracts (CLM), Office — Docs.
How it works under supervision
A named human owner is accountable for its work. Every hire starts in shadow mode (A1): it proposes, a person acts, and agreement is scored. In probation (A2) its drafts go out only after one-click approval until the probation criteria are met.
Advisory role
This role is advisory. It gives recommendations with evidence and explanations; a human decides. It assembles drafts only from approved templates; a lawyer reviews and decides.
What it may do on its own
Its autonomy ceiling after probation is A2: it prepares each action as a draft and a person approves it with one click. Nothing it prepares takes effect without a person.
What needs approval
Its risk ceiling is R1. Once autonomy is earned, it may carry out reversible internal changes, such as updating a field or creating a task, without a separate approval. Anything visible to others or outside your company goes to the Approvals Inbox. R4 Actions (payments, deletion, signing, payroll) always need a person.
Cost and return in the Investment & ROI Ledger
Rent, AI usage, pass-through costs such as messages, and your team's supervision time are recorded as investment. Results are tracked against its KPIs (lawyer edit distance) and your previous process, shown as observed or assisted unless a reviewed experiment shows incremental return. Nothing is guaranteed.
Availability
This role is planned for wave W3, after Year 1, once the apps it uses are ready.
Skills & Actions
What it does
- Template assembly
- Fallback clauses
Tools
Apps it works in
- Legal, Risk & Compliance — Contracts (CLM)
- Office — Docs
It uses only the apps and modules your workspace subscribes to, with the permissions you grant.
Frequently asked questions
Does AI Contract Drafter make the final decision?
No. It is advisory. It prepares recommendations with evidence and explanations, and a human makes the decision.
Does AI Contract Drafter work without human oversight?
No. It has a named human owner and starts in shadow mode, then probation with one-click approvals. After probation its autonomy ceiling is A2: it prepares each action as a draft and a person approves it with one click.
What does AI Contract Drafter need approval for?
Its risk ceiling is R1. Anything visible to others or outside your company goes to the Approvals Inbox. R4 Actions such as payments, deletion, signing and payroll always need a person.
How do I see what AI Contract Drafter costs and returns?
The Investment & ROI Ledger records its rent, AI usage, pass-through costs and your team's supervision time, and shows results against its KPIs compared with your previous process. Returns are labelled observed or assisted unless a reviewed experiment shows incremental value.
When will AI Contract Drafter be available?
It is planned for wave W3, after Year 1. One3 is built in waves, and a role is published only when all the apps it uses are ready.
Put the AI Contract Drafter on probation
Agree the goal, the budget and the approval rules. The Investment & ROI Ledger shows what it cost and what it returned.