Contract Risk Review — Methodology

A method you cannot inspect is just an opinion. Contract Risk Review runs a fixed ten-section checklist over the document you upload. Every finding is tied back to the contract’s own wording; nothing is invented, nothing is judged good or bad, and no vendor is ever ranked.

The ten sections

1. What is promised — availability %, response times, degradation, output, warranty years
2. What is excluded — carve-outs and exclusions, which usually determine real value
3. Liability cap — is there one; annual vs aggregate; indirect damages excluded
4. Availability definition — how measured; which hours excluded; spare-parts delay allocation
5. Degradation clause — guarantee curve, measurement method, who measures, remedy
6. Spare-parts obligations — inventory list, delivery deadline, out-of-list items
7. Transferability — can the contract transfer to a next owner or lender
8. Termination & exit — cost of early exit, who can terminate
9. Governing law & dispute resolution — court country, arbitration seat
10. Missing clauses — common clauses this contract does not contain (stated neutrally, no judgment)

How findings are sourced

Each finding carries a verbatim excerpt from your document. If a section is not addressed, it is marked missing with no excerpt — we never fill the gap with an estimate.

Uncertainty

Anything that cannot be determined — a scanned document with no extractable text, a clause that references an annex you did not provide — is listed explicitly under Could not determine, with the reason.

What this tool is not

This is an automated first-pass screening. It is not legal advice, not investment advice, and it does not replace a qualified lawyer or a technical adviser. It exists to surface the clauses worth taking to one.

Versioning

Methodology v1.0 · ten-section checklist · published 2026-09-27. This page is public and versioned with the tool.