A standard pre-signing checklist works through the contract in order. First confirm the parties — their exact legal entity names, correctly spelled, and that you are dealing with the right entity (a parent, a subsidiary and an individual are different parties). Then the dates and duration: the effective/start date, the term, and whether it auto-renews and how to opt out. Next the commercial core: the payment amount, schedule (e.g. net 30), taxes, price increases and any late-payment interest, and how the contract can be terminated — for cause or for convenience — with the required notice. Then the risk clauses: the limitation-of-liability cap and what it excludes, who indemnifies whom, confidentiality and who owns the intellectual property. Then the legal framework: the governing law and how disputes are resolved. Finally, check that no blanks are left (no “___” or “[TBD]”) and every referenced exhibit or schedule is attached, and that each signer has authority to bind their party, with names and titles matching the opening paragraph. AnyTool’s Contract Review + Sign Pack turns all of this into a tickable checklist and pre-ticks the rows it found strong evidence for.

The Contract Review + Sign Pack runs completely client-side. The text you paste is scanned locally by a rule-based parser, and the review, checklist and signature blocks are assembled in the browser — nothing is uploaded, logged or stored on a server, and the page works offline once cached. That is the key difference from cloud “contract AI” and e-signature tools, which send your document to their servers and sometimes use it to train models. Because your contract never leaves the device, the tool is safe for confidential, NDA-bound or unsigned agreements. Only the review pack you choose to copy or export ever leaves the page, and closing the tab discards the text and the signers you entered.

The Contract Review + Sign Pack prepares a contract to be signed — it does not sign it. For each signer it generates a signature block (a signature line, printed name, title and date) and the standard signing instructions: sign all copies or counterparts, make each signer’s name and title match the opening paragraph, initial every page and every handwritten change, and keep a fully-signed copy. You then print and sign in ink, or send the document yourself. It is deliberately not an e-signature service: it does not capture a legally-binding electronic signature, verify identity, or build the tamper-evident audit trail that a binding e-signature needs. For that, use a dedicated e-sign provider.

No. The tool gives a rule-based review — plain-English explanations of common clause types, a missing-clause flag, a high-risk-term flag and a pre-signing checklist — plus a signature-block prep. It uses keyword and heading matching, so it is not an AI, not a lawyer and not specific to your situation: it can miss an unusually worded clause, flag a present clause as missing, and a “detected” clause or a ticked checklist row is never a statement that the clause is fair, enforceable or in your favour. Treat it as a fast first pass and a signing aid: read the full contract yourself and consult a qualified attorney before signing anything material.