Spellbook
Spellbook
A contract assistant for lawyers that reviews, redlines, and drafts clauses directly in Microsoft Word.
ToolSubscriptionIntermediateEnterprise-grade
Best for
- Lawyers reviewing and drafting contracts
- Spotting risky or missing clauses
- Redlining inside Microsoft Word
Not ideal for
- Non-legal users
- Replacing a qualified lawyer
Strengths
- Purpose-built for contract work
- Works where lawyers already do — in Word
- Suggests clauses and flags issues
Limitations
- Priced for legal professionals
- Not legal advice — a lawyer must review the output
Getting good results
- Define which party you represent
- Ask it to flag unusual or missing terms
- Always have counsel review the result
Prompt template
Starter prompt for Spellbook
Reviewing as counsel for [party]: identify risky clauses, missing protections, and unusual terms in this contract, and suggest redlines. (This is not legal advice.)
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