Redlining an agreement
Turn review findings into concrete, tracked changes — with rationale you can stand behind.
Redlining is the natural next move after a review: instead of just naming the problems, you ask instaSpace to propose the actual edits — in tracked changes, with the reasoning to justify each one. In a few minutes you'll go from "these clauses are a problem" to "here's the wording I'd send back, and why."
By the end you'll have a marked-up agreement — proposed changes you can review, refine, and take into a negotiation.
You'll need a contract open in the assistant. If you haven't got one yet, start with Reviewing a contract.
Ask for changes, not just comments
Open the contract — or carry straight on in the same conversation as your review — and tell instaSpace what to change and from whose side. The more you anchor it (your position, your risk tolerance, the clauses you care about), the more useful the redline:
Acting for the receiving party, redline this NDA. Propose changes to the confidentiality definition and any uncapped liability — for each, show the revised wording and a one-line rationale I can send to the counterparty.
Read the tracked changes
instaSpace marks up the document itself: additions and deletions shown inline, just like track changes, with a navigator listing every change so nothing slips past you. Each edit carries the reasoning behind it.
Work through the changes one at a time. This is your draft, not the counterparty's, so weigh each edit before you accept it, and reword anything that doesn't sound like you.
Soften, harden, or add a fallback
A redline is a conversation. Push back on instaSpace the way you would a colleague:
Give me a more moderate fallback position for the liability cap.
Asking for a primary and a fallback in one go saves a round-trip when the counterparty inevitably pushes back.
Take it to the table
When you're happy, export the redline to Word to finish in your usual track-changes workflow — or keep working in the document itself with instaSpace for Word. If it's a redline you'll run often, save the prompt as a playbook so your standard positions apply in one click next time.
- A redline with no stated position is just a rewrite — always say which side you're on and how hard to push.
- Ask for the rationale with every change; it's what you'll paste into the covering email.