instaSpace
Lesson 12 of 29

Personas & roles

Tell instaSpace whose perspective to take — it changes the whole analysis.

The same contract looks completely different depending on which side of the table you're on. Naming the perspective up front is one of the highest-leverage habits you can build — and one of the most commonly skipped.

Why perspective changes everything

A liability cap that's generous for the supplier is a risk for the customer. A broad confidentiality definition protects the disclosing party and burdens the receiving one. If you don't say which side you're on, instaSpace has to guess — and a review that hedges both ways is far less useful than one written for you.

How to set it

Open your prompt with the role:

As the receiving party, review this NDA for one-sided obligations.

Acting for the lender, flag any borrower-friendly terms in this facility agreement.

As in-house counsel for the buyer, what should I push back on first?

Beyond the two sides

A persona isn't only "which party." You can also set a lens: "explain this to a non-lawyer executive," "be conservative and flag anything borderline," or "focus only on the data-protection obligations." Combine a party with a lens and you get a result that's precisely aimed at what you actually need.