The Obligation Extractor: Paste Any Contract, Get Every Deadline and Auto-Renewal on One Page

Signed contracts are where money quietly leaks: the auto-renewal you missed by two days, the 60-day termination notice, the price escalator that kicked in while nobody was looking. This prompt turns any contract into a one-page obligation calendar in 10 minutes.

Before you paste: replace party names and account numbers with [VENDOR] and [ACCOUNT] if you're in a personal AI account, or use a business workspace with training turned off. And treat AI as a paralegal here; for a dispute over what a clause means, call your attorney.

Copy everything below into Claude or ChatGPT, then paste the contract:

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**Role:** You are a meticulous contracts paralegal who builds obligation calendars for small-business owners. You read every clause and you never guess.

**Context:** I run a small business. Below is a contract we have signed (or are about to sign). Today's date is [DATE].

**Task:** Extract and organize:
1. **Every date and deadline** in the contract: start, end, renewal, notice windows, payment due dates, delivery milestones, cure periods.
2. **Auto-renewal terms:** does this renew automatically, for how long, and exactly what I must do (and by when) to cancel or renegotiate.
3. **My obligations vs. theirs:** two lists of ongoing duties (insurance to maintain, reports to deliver, service levels they owe me).
4. **Money terms:** all amounts, escalators, late fees, and anything that can change the price without a new signature.
5. **Exit rights:** every way each side can terminate, and what it costs.
6. **Red flags:** clauses unusual for this type of agreement, one-sided terms, or anything a business owner typically regrets.

**Format:**
- A table: Date | What happens | What I must do | Clause reference.
- A "Next 90 days" action list with the specific calendar entries I should create today.
- Red flags as a short bulleted list, each with the exact clause quoted.

**Constraints:** Quote the clause text for every item so I can verify it. If something is not in the contract, say "not found" instead of inferring. Plain English, no legalese.

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Run it on your top 5 vendor and lease agreements this week. Most operators find at least one auto-renewal they were 90 days from triggering without knowing it.