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# Playbooks

> AI-powered contract review that standardizes your negotiation positions

## 📖 What is a Playbook?

A **playbook** is a standardized guide for contract review that captures your company's preferred positions, fallback terms, and negotiation considerations. Think of it as a structured way to apply your positions, like a contract review checklist that your AI intern runs through for you.

### How Playbooks Work in GC AI

Playbooks in GC AI is an AI-powered contract review capability (currently in Preview) that applies standard negotiation positions, flags deviations, and suggests redlines and fallback language directly in Microsoft Word. Playbooks standardizes high-volume contract review, helping your team review contracts faster and more consistently.

![Playbook Summary Screenshot](https://docs-images-gcai.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/About-gc-ai/Playbooks-guide/Overview+of+the+Playbook+Summary1.png)

## ⚡ Key Features

* **Run standardized reviews** - Apply your company's positions consistently across all contracts
* **Smart position detection** - AI identifies when contract language deviates from your preferred terms
* **Automated redlines** - Get suggested changes to align contracts with your playbook
* **Smart Checks** - Detect unexpected provisions not covered in your playbook
* **Pass/Fallback/Flag system** - Clear categorization of provision status
* **Escalation rules** - Flag terms that need higher-level approval
* **Easy Playbooks** - Import your existing playbook documents or templates
* **Pre-built templates** - Start with GC AI's foundation playbooks for common agreements

## 📚 Available Playbooks

GC AI offers ready-to-use foundation playbooks that you can customize:

* **SaaS Master Service Agreement**
* **Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement**
* **Commercial Master Services Agreement (Non-SaaS)**
* **Data Processing Agreement**

## 🚀 Getting Started with Playbooks

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  <Card title="Create Your First Playbook" icon="file-circle-plus" href="/guides/playbooks/creating-playbooks">
    Learn how to create a playbook from scratch or customize a GC AI template
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run a Playbook" icon="play" href="/guides/playbooks/running-playbooks">
    Review a contract using your playbook and work with AI suggestions
  </Card>

  <Card title="Edit & Maintain" icon="pen-to-square" href="/guides/playbooks/editing-playbooks">
    Keep your playbooks up-to-date as your positions evolve
  </Card>

  <Card title="Share with Your Team" icon="users" href="/guides/playbooks/sharing-playbooks">
    Collaborate by sharing playbooks across your organization
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## ⚙️ How It Works

1. **Create or import** your playbook with your preferred positions and fallback terms
2. **Run the playbook** against any contract in Microsoft Word
3. **Review AI analysis** with Pass/Fallback/Flag categorization for each check
4. **Apply redlines** suggested by AI or customize them as needed
5. **Save Smart Checks** to continuously improve your playbook

## ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about Playbooks? Here are some key points:

* **GC AI Playbooks vs Easy Playbooks**: GC AI Playbooks are pre-built templates for common agreements (NDAs, DPAs, MSAs), while Easy Playbooks let you create custom playbooks from your own templates and documents.
* **No playbook required**: You can start immediately with four ready-to-use GC AI Playbooks without creating your own.
* **Fully customizable**: Copy and customize any GC AI Playbook to match your company's specific positions and fallback terms.
* **Works with marked-up contracts**: GC AI can review documents with track changes and apply appropriate fallback positions based on deal stage.
* **Smart Checks**: Automatically detect unexpected provisions not covered in your playbook and save them for future reviews.
* **Result categories**: Get clear categorization (Pass, Fallback, Flag) to quickly understand which provisions need attention.

For detailed answers to all your Playbooks questions, see our [comprehensive FAQ](/guides/playbooks/faq).