Use Cases
Legal: Contract Repository and Obligation Tracking
One contract repository. Every clause extracted. Every obligation tracked. Every renewal flagged.
Legal: Contract Repository and Obligation Tracking
Most Legal teams in Kenyan organisations are still operating on email + a SharePoint folder + a manually-maintained Excel spreadsheet of “active contracts”. This is what a real contract repository should look like.
The structured contract record
Each contract uploaded to Papyrus becomes a structured record with:
- Document — the PDF / Word file, version-controlled
- Parties — extracted and linked to Counterparty records
- Effective dates — start, end, notice period, auto-renewal flag
- Value — total contract value, denominated currency
- Key clauses — termination, liability, indemnity, confidentiality, IP, force majeure, governing law
- Obligations — payment milestones, deliverable dates, notice deadlines
- Risk score — computed from clause analysis + counterparty history + value
- Linked documents — amendments, side letters, related POs, related invoices
The Obligations calendar
Every extracted obligation appears on the Obligations calendar:
- Sortable by date, party, value
- Filterable by contract, counterparty, type
- Each obligation has an owner (the user responsible for action)
- 30/14/7-day reminder cascade leading up to each obligation
- One-click “completed” or “cannot complete — escalate” actions
This view is what Legal teams open every Monday morning.
Contract comparison
Two contracts can be loaded side-by-side for diffing:
- Mark up clause-by-clause differences
- Highlight deviations from your standard template
- Show counterparty-requested changes that need review
- Capture the rationale for accepted changes as commentary
This is invaluable during negotiation cycles.
Counterparty intelligence
Aggregated per-counterparty view:
- All active contracts
- Total exposure (sum of contract values)
- Payment history quality
- Compliance status (KRA PIN, ID, DPA)
- Risk score trend
- Relationship documents (NDAs, MSAs, addenda)
When your CEO walks into a negotiation, this is the brief.