How do I identify impacting clauses in my contracts?

The DiliTrust Artificial Intelligence can help you identify the risky clauses in your contracts by comparing them to your referential clauses (defined in your clause library). 

To benefit the risky clause identification in your contracts, as a prerequisite, you must have created your clause library and have reference clauses in it. Beforehand, you also need to identify in your clause library the clauses that you consider risky to allow the Artificial Intelligence to identify the clauses in your contract that deviates from the reference. 

To learn more on how to create and organize your clause library, see the dedicated article.

In this article, learn how to: 

• Identify risky clauses in your contracts;
• Compare risky clauses with your reference clauses

Identify risky clauses in your contracts

Once your clause models are created in your clause library, you can label some clauses as risky (High risk, medium risk). From there, DiliTrust automatically identifies your risky clauses in your contracts by comparing them to those in your clause library.

To see the risky clauses in your contracts:

• Open the desired contract

DiliTrust automatically analyzes the clauses present in your contracts and compares them to those in your library contracts. 

• If your contract has clauses identified as risky or clauses that do not correspond to your reference clauses in your clause library, a little warning icon  will appear.
• Click on the icon to open the comparison and risk analysis module.

If the clauses in your contract are similar to those in the clause library, then the warning icon will not show.

Compare risky clauses with your reference clauses

When risky clauses are identified in your contract, you can compare them with your reference clauses (defined in your clause library).

DiliTrust indicates directly the risky clauses in your contract and their risk level.

• You can visualize all the risky clauses or choose to show the clauses with either a high or medium risk with the sections at the top of the module (Sections: High I Medium I All).
• Click on the magnifying glass to access the clause in question in the contract and see it contextualized.
• Click on the 'Compare to reference' to compare the clause in the contract with a reference clause in your clause library. You will be able to visualize the common parts and the differences between the clause in the contract and the reference one.

When you have many reference clauses in your clause library for the same type of contract, the Artificial Intelligence chooses the clause that comes the closest to the clause in your contract to compare them. 

React when facing a risky clause by either refusing or accepting it in your contract. 

Refuse the clause:

• A pop will appear to let you give an explanation on your refusal of the clause
• Click on 'Yes, refuse' to confirm your choice.

Once refused, the clause in the contract is indicated as such and is now gray.

If you want to find the justification for the refusal:

• Click on "Medium risk" (or high, depending on the clause) in the contract
• Click on "Compare with standard" in the comparison module. 

Accept the clause:

• Accept and add as a variant in your clause library
• Accept for this document and flag. A red flag  will appear on the left of the clause in the panel and in the contract to make it easier to monitor.
• Accept but just for this document. A green check signwill appear on the left of the clause in the panel and in the contract to indicate that it has been accepted for this contract.

At any time, you can come back to one of the risky clauses and choose to refuse or accept. No decision is permanent, you can modify your choice at any time.