Agiloft Astra is an AI-powered contract review and analysis solution, originating from the acquisition by Agiloft of Screens, a UK-based legal technology company. The platform is designed to automate and standardize pre-signature contract review by applying configurable “playbooks” that evaluate agreements against defined legal, commercial, and compliance standards. Integrated with Agiloft’s broader Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform and also to as its “Data-first Agreement Platform,” Astra functions as an intelligence layer that enhances contract drafting, review, and negotiation workflows.

Astra is positioned to shift contract review from a manual, document-centric process to a structured, data-driven workflow. It enables legal teams to identify risks, enforce organizational standards, and generate suggested redlines based on preconfigured rules and AI models. While initially available as a standalone product following the acquisition, Astra is increasingly embedded within Agiloft’s CLM environment, enabling end-to-end contract lifecycle management from authoring through execution and analytics.

Key Features and Functions include:

• AI-Powered Contract Review and Redlining
  Analyzes contracts using machine learning models to identify deviations from standards, highlight risks, and suggest alternative language or redlines. Supports faster and more consistent pre-signature review workflows.
• Configurable Playbooks (“Screens”)
  Uses structured review frameworks (originally known as “Screens”) to define how contracts should be evaluated. Playbooks can encode legal standards, fallback positions, and negotiation rules, enabling repeatable and auditable review processes.
• Standards-Based Compliance and Risk Detection
  Evaluates contract clauses against predefined legal and commercial criteria, flagging non-compliant or high-risk provisions and supporting governance and policy enforcement.
• Community and Expert-Built Playbooks
  Includes a library of prebuilt playbooks created by legal experts, representing the evolution of the original Screens marketplace. These can be adopted, customized, and extended within the platform.
• Natural Language Processing and Clause Recognition
  Uses NLP to identify, classify, and interpret contract clauses across different document formats, enabling automated analysis without requiring standardized templates.
• Structured Data Extraction from Review Workflows
  Converts contract review outputs (e.g., clause compliance, deviations, negotiation positions) into structured data, supporting downstream analytics and reporting.
• Integration with Agiloft CLM
  Embeds directly into Agiloft’s CLM platform, enabling seamless workflows from contract authoring to AI review, approval, execution, and post-signature management. Eliminates the need for separate review tools.
• Workflow Automation and Approval Integration
  Integrates with approval workflows, allowing flagged issues and suggested changes to trigger tasks, escalations, or approvals within the broader CLM system.
• Auditability and Defensible Review Processes
  Maintains records of review decisions, applied playbooks, and changes made, supporting compliance, audit readiness, and defensibility in regulated environments.
• Benchmarking and Insights (Emerging Capability)
  Aggregates review outcomes across contracts to provide insights into clause usage, deviation patterns, and negotiation trends, supporting data-driven contract strategy.