Case study — Desktop Application2026

Ironclad

Contract review at reading speed

A desktop contract review workstation that keeps the document, the clause library and the negotiation history on one screen.

Industry
Legal, Enterprise
Year
2026
Screens
09
Ironclad review workspace with the document, extracted clauses and playbook position side by side

Overview

About the project

Ironclad is a concept desktop product for in-house legal teams reviewing the same twenty contract types over and over. It is desktop-class deliberately: the documents are long, the comparisons are side by side, and reviewers work offline on flights and in client offices. Clause extraction proposes what it found and where, always next to the source text, and the reviewer accepts or rejects — the tool never edits the document on its own.

The challenge

A reviewer opens a 60-page agreement in a word processor, a clause playbook in a second window and the last three negotiated versions in a third. Every deviation from standard has to be spotted by eye, and the reason a clause was accepted last time lives in an email nobody can find.

Our solution

We built a single desktop workspace around the document. Extracted clauses sit beside the paragraph they came from, the playbook position and every previously negotiated variant are one keystroke away, and each decision is recorded against the clause so the next reviewer inherits the reasoning. It runs offline and syncs when a connection returns.

What we built

  1. 01Split reviewDocument, extracted clauses and playbook position on one screen.
  2. 02Clause libraryStandard, fallback and unacceptable positions for every clause type.
  3. 03Deviation flagsAnything away from standard raised with the delta shown inline.
  4. 04Negotiation historyEvery previously agreed variant, with who accepted it and why.
  5. 05Offline workingFull review offline, syncing when a connection returns.
  6. 06Redline exportTracked changes back out in the format the other side expects.
  7. 07Mobile approvalsApprove or query a flagged clause away from the desk.

Desktop

Where the product doesits heaviest work.

The full-width interface, screen by screen.

Ironclad clause library with standard, fallback and unacceptable positions for each clause type
Fig. 01 — Clause library
Ironclad matter queue with each contract's stage, reviewer and deviation count
Fig. 02 — Matter queue
Ironclad negotiation history showing every previously agreed variant of a clause and who accepted it
Fig. 03 — Negotiation history
Ironclad redline export showing tracked changes ready to return to the counterparty
Fig. 04 — Redline export

Mobile

Rebuilt for onehand.

The same information hierarchy, rebuilt for a screen you hold in one hand.

Ironclad mobile matter queue with deviation counts and review stage
01 — Matter queue
Ironclad mobile clause review comparing the drafted clause with the playbook position
02 — Clause review
Ironclad mobile deviation list showing how far each clause sits from the playbook standard
03 — Deviations
Ironclad mobile approval list for escalated clauses awaiting a decision
04 — Approvals

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