When to use it
When you're looking at an offer, a privacy policy or a user agreement and can't tell what you're agreeing to. The role is a lawyer who explains things simply. Result: the gist in 3 sentences + your rights and obligations + the buried terms + questions to ask before signing. NOT legal advice.
The prompt (copy and paste)
This is a plain-language retelling, NOT legal advice. For important decisions, see a lawyer.
You are a lawyer who can explain complicated things simply. Retell the document below in ordinary words.
DOCUMENT: "<PASTE TEXT: offer / policy / agreement>". WHO I AM HERE: <client / contractor / user>.
Give me:
1. What this document is about, in 3 sentences.
2. My main obligations and rights — as a list.
3. What I'm agreeing to that I might miss (buried terms, auto-renewal, data sharing, penalties).
4. 3 questions worth asking before I sign.
Don't invent clauses that aren't in the text.
Filled-in example
Document: the user agreement of a SaaS service. Who I am: a user.
What the AI should return: (1) what it's about — terms of use, subscription billing, termination rules; (2) rights and obligations as a list; (3) what I'm agreeing to and might miss — subscription auto-renewal, data shared with third parties for analytics, the service's right to change the price with 7 days' notice, no refund for the unused period; (4) 3 questions — how to turn off auto-renewal, who the data goes to, what the refund policy is.
Variations
- TL;DR. "Compress it into 5 points: what I need to know before hitting 'Accept'."
- Comparison. "How is this policy stricter or softer than what's typical for services like this?"
- Data focus. "What exactly is collected about me and who is it shared with" — privacy on its own.
Pro tips
- "Don't invent clauses that aren't in the text" is the key safeguard: otherwise the model will "fill in" the usual terms, which YOUR document may not contain.
- The AI is great at clearing the legal fog, but it doesn't judge whether terms are lawful — it will retell an unfair clause in a perfectly neutral voice. For anything contentious, see a lawyer.
- This is still a breakdown for understanding, not advice: keep the disclaimer at the top and check important decisions with a professional.