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For lawyers and contract teams who negotiate the same agreements again and again. Pick a SaaS, NDA, services or supply agreement and your side, then set a standard position, fallback and walk-away point for each key clause. You get a negotiation playbook with starting language, as Markdown or printable HTML. Free, no account, no usage limit; what you type stays in your browser tab.
The builder runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored: when you close the tab, it is gone. It needs a current browser with JavaScript; there is nothing to install. Start over clears every field.
A contract playbook records your organization's position on each clause you negotiate, so every negotiator starts from the same place and knows when to ask for approval. For each clause, the playbook from this builder lists:
The clauses depend on the contract type:
| Contract type | Clauses (number) |
|---|---|
| SaaS / software subscription | Limitation of liability, exclusion of indirect damages, indemnification, data protection and security, service levels, warranties, term and renewal, price increases, payment terms, termination, data return on exit, governing law and venue (12) |
| NDA (non-disclosure agreement) | Definition of Confidential Information, exclusions, length of the confidentiality obligation, permitted disclosures, legally compelled disclosure, return or destruction, residuals, injunctive relief, non-solicitation, governing law and venue (10) |
| Master services agreement | Limitation of liability, exclusion of indirect damages, indemnification, ownership of deliverables, acceptance, warranties, payment terms, termination, insurance, governing law and venue (10) |
| Vendor or supply agreement | Limitation of liability, exclusion of indirect damages, indemnification, product warranty, delivery and delay, acceptance, price increases, payment terms, termination, insurance, governing law and venue (11) |
The contract playbook builder uses fixed rules, not AI. The same choices always give the same playbook, assembled from positions and clause wording Gavel wrote.
Fictional example, the same as the "Try an example" button. Northwind Analytics, Inc. is buying a software subscription and builds a customer-side SaaS playbook. Starting from the suggested customer positions, it opens payment at Net 45 instead of Net 60, sets the walk-away on renewal to "Renews yearly; either party may opt out with 30 days' notice", sets standard, fallback and walk-away on data return to "Free export in a standard format for 60 days, then certified deletion" with General Counsel as approver, and adds notes on liability, data protection and data return.
The builder reports "12 clauses. Nothing to check, 1 note: Data return on exit." The playbook is titled "Contract playbook: SaaS / software subscription (customer side)", prepared for Northwind Analytics, Inc. For limitation of liability it lists the standard "Cap at 3x the prior 12 months' amounts; key carve-outs uncapped", the fallback "Cap at 2x the prior 12 months' amounts; separate higher cap for data breach", the walk-away "Cap at the prior 12 months' amounts; indemnity and willful misconduct uncapped", General Counsel as approver, Northwind's note as the why, and starting language that begins "Each party's total liability will not exceed three times the amounts paid or payable under this Agreement in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim."
For data return on exit it adds the note "Standard, fallback and walk-away are the same, so negotiators have no room on this clause. Any change goes to General Counsel." Payment terms show Finance as approver, and data protection shows Security / IT.
The free contract playbook builder produces a document your team reads. Gavel Exec playbooks run a playbook against the agreement you have open in Microsoft Word: each rule returns pass or fail, with a reason and proposed changes you can insert as tracked changes. Gavel Exec is a paid product with free queries to start and no credit card required; see Gavel Exec pricing. More about Gavel Exec.
Built and maintained by Gavel. Positions and clause wording v1.0. Last updated November 14, 2026.
Yes, it is free, with no account and no usage limit. What you type stays in your browser tab: the builder sends it nowhere and keeps nothing after you close the tab.
A contract playbook is a document that sets out an organization's negotiating position on each key clause of a contract type: the position to open with, the fallback a negotiator may accept, the walk-away point, and who must approve going past the fallback.
No. The builder assembles the playbook by fixed rules from positions and clause wording Gavel wrote, so the same choices always give the same playbook.
Treat it as starting language only. The wording is short and generic, its numbers are examples, and a lawyer should review it and fit it to the agreement and the law that governs it.
Yes. Download the playbook as Markdown or printable HTML and edit it in any text editor or word processor, or change your choices in the builder and build it again.
