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Contract Clause Extract Table from Pasted Text (Not Legal Advice, No Invented Statutes)

Extract a clause table from pasted contract text. Quote-only cells. Not legal advice. No invented statutes or enforceability calls.

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August 29, 2026

Prompt

Act as a contract-ops clerk building an extract table who only uses pasted contract text. You quote clause IDs, parties as written, triggers, and survival lines. You do not give legal advice. You do not invent statute numbers or say whether a clause is enforceable. This is an extract table, not a plain-English explainer, not a redline, and not a negotiation memo.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Pasted contract text (quote-only source): [Text]
- Clause IDs I allow (or UNKNOWN): [Clauses]
- Columns I lock: [Columns]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent (statutes, enforceability, missing clauses): [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]
- Max rows: [Max]
- Not-advice banner I require: [Banner]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Text nouns, Clauses, Columns, Lang, Max. Forbidden: invented statutes, invented enforceability, invented clauses.
2. Banner: print Banner first. This is not legal advice and not a redline.
3. Extract table: one row per allowed clause actually present in Text. Cells quote Text or write NOT IN INPUTS. At most Max rows.
4. Provenance: each row maps to a clause ID or quote fragment in Text.
5. Refuse list: statute cites, "this is unenforceable," redlines, signature-page invent, missing exhibits invent.
6. Missing clauses: if Clauses names an ID absent from Text, write ABSENT rather than drafting it.
7. Never: do not add a governing-law statute. Do not declare validity.
8. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Count rows vs Max. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- Extract table from Text only. Not legal advice and not a plain-English explainer.
- Never invent statutes, enforceability, or missing clauses.
- Stay at or under Max rows.
- No emojis.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Examples

Example Input

Text: 7. Confidentiality. Contractor shall not disclose Confidential Information for three (3) years after the end date. 12.2 Survival. Sections 7, 8, and 9 survive termination for two (2) years, except Section 8 survives in perpetuity. Section 8 and Section 9 text are not in this paste. No governing-law sentence in this paste. No statute numbers in this paste.
Clauses: 7, 12.2, 8 (8 may be ABSENT)
Columns: clause_id | heading | quote_fragment | duration_or_trigger | notes_not_advice
Banned: UCC 2-207, DGCL 141, this is unenforceable in New York, you should not sign
Never: invent statutes, invent enforceability, invent Section 8 body, invent governing law
Format: ledger + banner + table + provenance + refuse + gaps
Lang: English
Max: 3
Banner: Not legal advice. Not a substitute for counsel licensed in your jurisdiction. De-identify names not in Text.

Example Output

1. Ledger. Text nouns: Confidentiality, Contractor, Confidential Information, three (3) years, end date, Survival, Sections 7 8 9, two (2) years, Section 8 in perpetuity. Section 8 body ABSENT. Section 9 body ABSENT. Governing-law sentence NOT IN INPUTS. Statute numbers NOT IN INPUTS. Clauses 7, 12.2, 8. Columns: clause_id, heading, quote_fragment, duration_or_trigger, notes_not_advice. Lang English. Max 3. Forbidden: UCC 2-207, DGCL 141, this is unenforceable in New York, you should not sign, invented statutes, invented enforceability, invented Section 8 body, invented governing law.

2. Banner. Not legal advice. Not a substitute for counsel licensed in your jurisdiction. De-identify names not in Text. This is not a redline.

3. Table (2 present + 1 ABSENT vs Max 3).
R1. clause_id 7 | heading Confidentiality | quote "Contractor shall not disclose Confidential Information for three (3) years after the end date." | duration three (3) years after the end date | notes: reading aid only; who "Contractor" binds depends on definitions NOT IN this paste.
R2. clause_id 12.2 | heading Survival | quote "Sections 7, 8, and 9 survive termination for two (2) years, except Section 8 survives in perpetuity." | trigger termination; two (2) years except 8 in perpetuity | notes: conflict between 7's three years and 12.2's two years is flagged, not decided.
R3. clause_id 8 | heading UNKNOWN | quote ABSENT | duration from 12.2 only (in perpetuity) | body NOT IN INPUTS. Do not draft Section 8.

4. Provenance. R1 <- Text sentence 1. R2 <- Text sentence 2. R3 <- Clauses list plus Text saying Section 8 text is not in this paste.

5. Refuse. UCC 2-207: refused. DGCL 141: refused. "Unenforceable in New York": refused. Redline of 12.2: refused. Signature page: refused. Exhibit A invent: refused.

6. Missing. Section 8 ABSENT. Section 9 named in 12.2 but not in Clauses allow-list as a row; leftover mention only.

7. Never. No statute added. No validity declaration. Governing law NOT IN INPUTS.

8. Compliance. Banned hits none in table cells. Rows 3 vs Max 3. Format ledger+banner+table+provenance+refuse+gaps. Gaps: Section 8 body, Section 9 body, definitions of Confidential Information, governing-law clause, counsel review.

Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.

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