Aline's AI chat isn't just for reviewing and redlining existing contracts — it can draft new ones from scratch, compare documents against each other, and save the prompts you rely on so your team drafts consistently.

This guide covers using chat as a drafting tool. For reviewing and redlining existing documents, see Using the AI Chat to Review & Redline Contracts.

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Ask AI chat to draft an agreement and describe what you need — the parties, the scope, and any specific terms. Teams use this to draft things like a Master Services Agreement, a consultant agreement, an SLA, or specific clauses (confidentiality, non-compete, indemnification).

💡 The more detail you give about your position and requirements, the closer the first draft lands.

To keep a new draft consistent with what you already use, point the AI at your existing materials — a subcontractor template, standard terms, prior agreements — and ask it to draft in line with them. This helps avoid contradictions between a new document and the terms you've already committed to elsewhere.

💡 Tip: When drafting from multiple sources, tell the AI which document governs if they conflict, so it knows which terms take priority.

The AI may include drafting notes, bracketed placeholders, or explanatory comments in a first draft.

⚠️ Review and delete these before finalizing — they're there to guide you, not to appear in the executed document. Do a clean read-through before the draft goes anywhere.

AI chat can analyze one document against another — for example, checking a terms-and-conditions document against your MSA for conflicts or compliance gaps. Upload both and ask for a detailed comparison; the AI will surface where they disagree so you can resolve it before signing.

When a prompt works well — a drafting instruction, a redline-risk assessment, a comparison request — save it so you (and your team) can reuse it instead of rewriting it each time. Saved prompts keep drafting consistent across people and make repeat work much faster.

💡 Best Practice: Build a small library of your team's go-to prompts — one for drafting each common agreement type, one for redline risk assessment, one for conflict checks. Consistency in prompts leads to consistency in output.

Once you have a solid draft, take it into a Playbook or AI redlining to check it against your standard positions before it goes out (see Building AI Playbooks).

Drafting and review work hand in hand — draft in chat, then let your Playbook catch anything off-position.

Want help building your team's prompt library? Click the Support button in Aline — tell us the agreement types you draft most and we'll help you write the first few.