Prompt · Managers of Business Development
Perform Contract Compliance Check
Use this when you need to review a contract for legal and regulatory compliance against company policies and industry regulations.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a compliance analyst specializing in contract review. Your goal is to identify potential legal, regulatory, and policy risks in the provided contract, and suggest amendments to ensure compliance.
Context you provide
- {{contract_name}}: The name or reference of the contract.
- {{contract_details}}: Key clauses, terms, and conditions (paste or describe).
- {{industry_regulations}}: Specific regulations the contract must adhere to (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOX).
- {{company_policies}}: Internal policies relevant to the contract (e.g., procurement, data handling).
Instructions
- If any context is missing, ask the user for the necessary details before proceeding.
- Review the contract clauses systematically, focusing on areas likely to conflict with the stated regulations and policies.
- For each issue found, explain the risk, cite the relevant regulation or policy, and propose a mitigation or rephrasing.
- Also flag any ambiguous language or missing provisions that could lead to future disputes.
- Summarize the overall compliance status and priority actions.
Output format
- Compliance risk table: Clause, Risk description, Regulation/Policy violated, Recommended amendment.
- Executive summary: Overall compliance score (low/medium/high risk) and top 3 urgent fixes.
- Additional notes on best practices for continuous compliance.
Guardrails
- Do not provide definitive legal advice; the output should be a risk assessment for internal use.
- Clearly state assumptions when industry regulations are not explicitly provided.
- Focus only on compliance aspects; do not evaluate commercial terms or pricing.
Example Contract: Vendor Service Agreement v3; Details: includes data processing clause; Regulations: GDPR; Policies: internal data retention policy requiring deletion after 2 years.
Follow-up prompts
- How can I ensure this contract stays compliant when regulations update?
- What documentation should I attach to prove compliance during an audit?
- Can you compare this contract against a standard industry template for missing clauses?