The CYNERSA Record · What you receive

What you hold when the review is done.

Every CYNERSA engagement ends with the same document. The CYNERSA Record shows what was found in your agreement, with the exact clause quoted. What each finding means, in plain English. The points worth raising with your attorney. And what your team decided about each one, with a name and a date. It is the page a contract manager hands the General Counsel, and the General Counsel hands the board.

What Is in It

Five parts, every time.

The format does not change whether the Record covers a $500 vendor agreement or a season-long sponsorship deal. That consistency is the point. Chat tools give a different answer every time and keep no record. The Record is the same shape every time, so your team learns to read it in a minute.

01

Findings with the clause cited

Each finding carries a risk level (High, Medium, Low), the exact quoted language it came from, and where in the document it sits. No finding without a source. Missing clauses are named as missing.

02

Plain English, no advice language

Two to four sentences on what the clause does and what it means for your side. The Record does not tell you what to do. It tells you what is there and what is not.

03

Points to raise with your attorney

A short, ordered list of the items worth a conversation with counsel or with the other side, so that conversation is faster and costs less.

04

Decisions, with names and dates

For teams on retainer or in an audit: each finding shows who reviewed it and whether it was accepted, changed, rejected, or escalated, and why. The judgment stays with your people, and the Record shows it.

05

A sealed summary

Counts, reviewer, dates, playbook version, and the uncertain spots called out. Once issued, the Record is not edited. If something changes, an addendum is added.

How it is produced today

Claude does the first read against the CYNERSA playbook for that contract type. A senior contract reviewer at CYNERSA checks every flag before it reaches you, removes what does not belong, adds what the first read missed, and writes the points for counsel. The Record is a document, not software you install. It arrives as a PDF.

Why a Record

Because "we looked at it" is not something you can hand to anyone.

Legal teams will let AI do a first pass on a contract, but almost none will let it make the final call, and professional rules now expect the output to be independently verified by a person. A Record answers the question that follows every AI-assisted review: who checked this, and what did they decide? It also makes the next review faster, because the playbook, the findings, and the decisions are written down instead of living in someone's head.

For a contract manager

Something to put in front of the General Counsel that shows the work, not just the conclusion.

For a business owner

A page to bring to your attorney so the meeting is thirty minutes instead of three hours, and a page to keep in the file.

For a creator or freelancer

A plain English account of what you are agreeing to, before you sign it, that you can share with a partner or a manager.

The Same Idea, in Print

The Record started as a publishing habit.

Every essay Debra Taylor publishes carries a short CYNERSA Record: what she originated, what the AI did, what she changed, and what she refused. In contracts, the Record does the same job for a review. A human decision, made visible. Read about the publishing version.

Three ways to get a Record.

Send one contract for a single review. Book an audit of how your team reviews. Or put CYNERSA on retainer and receive one every month.

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