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AI-Assisted Negotiation - Configure and Use Playbooks

How to configure standard and internal Playbooks to structure the review of your contracts?

ThePlaybooksallowyoutodefinenegotiationrulestostructureandautomatethereviewofyourcontractsusingAI.

AdedicatedPlaybookstabisavailableonthehomepage,inthesidemenu,undertheWorkspacesection.

Thisfeatureisrestrictedtoadministrators.


AccessPlaybooks

  • Logintoyouraccount.

  • Intheleftsidemenu,undertheWorkspacesection,clickonPlaybooks.


ThePlaybookspageisdividedintotwoparts:StandardPlaybooks(providedbyTomorro)andyourInternalPlaybooks(createdbyyourteam).


StandardPlaybooks(Tomorro)

TheStandardPlaybookshavebeendesignedbyTomorro'slegalteamtomeetmarketstandards.Theycovervariouscommoncontracttypes(NDA,SaaS,commercialpartnership,etc.)andareavailableinFrench,EnglishandGerman.


Eachstandardplaybookcontainsasetofpredefinedrules.Arulecandetail:

  • Rule:thedescriptionofwhattheAIshouldcheckinthecontract,alongwiththeevaluationcriteria.

  • Riskifnotfollowed:thepotentialconsequencesofnon-compliance.

  • Remediation:therecommendedactionstocorrecttheclause.

  • Alternativepositions:exceptions(caseswheretherulecanberelaxed)andfallbackpositions(negotiationmarginiftheclauseisrejected).

TryaStandardPlaybook

Beforelinkingastandardplaybooktoacontracttype,youcantestit:

  • Clickonthestandardplaybookofyourchoicetodisplayitsrules.

  • ClickonTrythisplaybooktotestitonacontract.

LinkaStandardPlaybooktoacontracttype

Ifthetestissuccessful,youcanlinktheplaybooktoacontracttype:

  • ClickonLinktoacontracttypeatthetoprightoftheplaybook.

  • Selectthedesiredcontracttype.

Oncelinked,allcontractscreatedwiththiscontracttypewillautomaticallyusethisplaybookduringreview.

Aplaybookcanbelinkedtomultiplecontracttypes.However,acontracttypecanonlybeassociatedwithoneplaybookatatime:linkinganewonereplacesthepreviousone.

DuplicateaStandardPlaybook

Ifthestandardplaybookdoesnotfullymeetyourneeds,youcancustomizeit:

  • Clickonthemenu(threedots)atthetoprightoftheplaybook.

  • SelectDuplicate.

TheduplicatedplaybookwillappearintheInternalPlaybooksection.Youcanthenmodifyitsrulesaccordingtoyourneeds.


InternalPlaybooks

LesInternalPlaybookssontdesplaybookscreatedbyyourteam,eitherbyduplicatingastandardplaybookorbycreatingonefromscratch.

CreateanInternalPlaybook

Tocreateaplaybookfromscratch:

  • IntheInternalPlaybooksection,clickonCreateaplaybook.

  • Enterthetitleoftheplaybook.

  • Addadescription.

  • Selectthecontracttypeyouwanttolinkitto.

Addrules

Aplaybookcontainsoneormorerulesthatdefinethecheckpointsduringreview:

  • Clickon+Addarule.

  • Entertherulename.

  • Writetheruledescription:ittellstheAIwhattocheckinthecontract.

YoucanclickonImprovewithAItohavetheAIhelpyourephraseandenrichyourruledescription.

Thegeneratedrulewillbeinthesamelanguageastheoriginalrule.

Definealternativepositions

Foreachrule,youcandefinealternativepositionsthatspecifytheexpectedbehaviorinspecificsituations.

ClickonSeealternativepositionsbelowtheruledescriptiontoaccessthem.Thenumberofdefinedpositionsisdisplayedinparentheses.

Therearetwotypesofalternativepositions:

  • Exception:avariantoftherulethatappliesinaspecificcaseofthecontract.Forexample,iftherulerequiresalawfromaEuropeanUnionmemberstate,anexceptionmayindicatethatEnglishlawisacceptableifthecounterpartyislocatedoutsidetheEU.

  • Fallbackposition:iftheruleisrejectedbythecounterparty,thefallbackpositiondefinestheacceptablenegotiationmargin.
    Forexample,ifthe30-daypaymenttermisrefused,a45-dayend-of-monthtermmaybeacceptedasacompromise.

Toaddanalternativeposition:

  • ClickonSeealternativepositionsbelowtheruledescription.

  • ClickonAddexceptionorAddfallback.

  • Writethedescriptionoftheposition.

Duringcontractreview,exceptionsareindicatedbyanorangeindicatorandfallbackpositionsbyablueindicator.

PublishthePlaybook

Onceyourrulesaredefined:

  • ClickonPublishatthetoprighttoactivatetheplaybook.

  • Orclicksaveasdrafttofinditinyourlibraryuntilyouarereadytopublish.


Theplaybookisautomaticallylinkedtotheselectedcontracttype.

Aplaybooksavedasadraftisnotlinkedtocontracttypes,eveniftheywereselectedintheform.

Ifyouunpublishaplaybook,itwillbeautomaticallyremovedfromallcontracttypesitwaslinkedto.

Playbooksremainaccessiblefromthecontracttypesettings:

  • GotoContracttypesinthesidemenu.

  • Openthedesiredcontracttype.

  • ClickontheReviewtoviewandmanagetheassociatedplaybook.


UseaPlaybookduringreview(userside)

Whenauserlaunchesacontractreview,thebehaviordependsontheconfiguration:

  • Ifaplaybookislinkedtothecontracttype:itwillbeusedbydefaultautomatically.

  • Ifnoplaybookislinked:atthetimeofreview,theusercanchoosefromthelistofavailableplaybooks(internalorTomorrostandard).


Specialcases

  • Leavewithoutsaving:awarningmessagewillaskifyouwanttosave.

  • Attemptingtopublishwithemptyfields:thepublishbuttonwillbegreyedout,makesureallfieldsareproperlyfilledin.

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