Overview
With AI Redlining in Aline Associate, you can:
Compare third-party agreements against your templates
Identify substantive legal differences
Automatically generate redlines
Refine edits with follow-up AI instructions
Review, accept, reject, or keep redlines individually
The AI writes edits live into the document, making contract negotiation significantly faster and more collaborative.
Step 1: Open Your Third-Party Agreement
Start by opening the agreement you want to review.
Example:
A third-party NDA uploaded into the document editor
This will serve as the agreement Aline AI analyzes and redlines.
Step 2: Attach Your Template Agreement (optional)
Next, attach your preferred template agreement to the AI Chat.
For example:
Attach your organization’s standard NDA template
This gives the AI a comparison baseline for identifying differences and suggesting edits.
Step 3: Write Your Redlining Prompt
Enter a prompt instructing the AI what to do.
Example prompt:
“Compare this third-party NDA to my attached template, identify the substantive legal differences, and redline this NDA to be more consistent with my template NDA in legal substance. Make the minimal edits possible to achieve the goal.”
Once submitted, Aline AI will:
Analyze both agreements
Compare legal provisions
Identify substantive differences
Generate proposed edits
Step 4: Review the AI Comparison Analysis
Before redlining begins, Aline AI generates a detailed comparison summary.
Examples include:
Confidential information definitions
Mutual vs. one-sided obligations
Return/destruction provisions
Governing law differences
The AI presents:
Material legal differences
Risk areas
Recommended changes
Step 5: Watch AI Write Redlines Live
After analysis, the AI transitions into editing mode.
Aline will:
Insert redlines directly into the document
Write edits live on the page
Highlight proposed changes in real time
💡 The toolbar at the top tracks which edit is currently selected and how many edits remain.
Step 6: Review and Process Redlines
For each AI-generated edit, you have three options:
Option | Description |
Reject | Remove the AI-generated change |
Accept | Accept all track changes permanently |
Keep Redlines | Keep the edits as tracked redlines for review |
✅ “Keep Redlines” is the most commonly used option because it preserves the negotiation history while allowing human review.
Step 7: Refine AI Edits
If the AI gets close — but not exactly right — you can refine the edits.
Example:
“Great edits, but make confirmation of destruction 30 days.”
Aline AI will:
Preserve the rest of the edits
Modify only the requested section
Rewrite the updated language live in the document
This creates a fast, iterative editing workflow.
Step 8: Edit Specific Clauses or Selections
You can also highlight specific sections of text and ask the AI to revise only those sections.
Example requests:
“Can you make these warranties stronger?”
“Revise this clause to match Delaware law.”
“Align this section with my template NDA.”
To do this:
Highlight text in the document
Click the ⭐ AI toolbar button
Enter your request
The AI will:
Analyze only the selected text
Generate targeted redlines
Insert edits directly into the document
Step 9: View Legal Reasoning Behind Edits
For each proposed change, you can also:
View the AI’s legal reasoning
Understand why the edit was recommended
Review the supporting analysis before keeping the redline
This makes AI-assisted negotiation more transparent and defensible.