Use Case · Contract Cleanup

From scattered to searchable, faster than you'd think possible.

Get your entire contract portfolio organized and searchable in as little as a day. No manual uploads, no IT involvement, no lengthy implementation.

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Problem

The cleanup project that never quite happens.

Your contracts are scattered across inboxes, drives, and systems — and you've probably already tried to fix it. The trouble with manual cleanups, CLMs, and AI point solutions is that they all have one thing in common: they still require significant time and human effort to get up and running. So the mess persists.

Contracts in too many places

Email attachments, cloud storage, local drives, old systems — your agreements are everywhere except where you need them.

You can't act on what you can't find

Renewals get missed. Obligations go untracked. Key terms stay buried in documents no one can locate quickly.

Manual cleanup never quite happens

Organizing everything by hand means weeks of effort, a high chance of missing something, and errors introduced along the way. So it keeps getting deprioritized.

Other tools still need human setup

CLMs and AI tools can help — but most still require significant manual effort to get your contracts in, categorized, and clean before they're useful.

Solution

Contract cleanup is a fresh start, and with Recital, you can get there without the months of effort it normally takes.

Recital connects directly to wherever your contracts live, finds and organizes them into a clean, searchable repository. What used to take a team weeks can happen in a single day.

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Your sources connect in minutes

Connect Recital to wherever your contracts might live — Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, SharePoint, Gmail, Outlook, local or network drives. The connectors are built in, so there's nothing to configure and no IT involvement required. Just connect and let it run.

Setup
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Automatic discovery and organization

Recital goes well beyond finding your files. It understands what it's looking at and builds an intelligent, structured picture of your contract portfolio — automatically, without touching your original files.

  • Duplicates are recognized and consolidated — if the same contract exists in multiple places, you'll see one clean record instead of multiple copies.

  • Non-contract documents are filtered out, so there's no need to clean up your source folders beforehand.

  • Parent-child relationships are mapped for you, so amendments, schedules, and exhibits are connected to their parent agreements.

  • Signatures are detected, so you always know which contracts have been executed and which haven't.

Organize
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A repository you can actually work with

Once everything is organized, you have a searchable, accessible contract portfolio at your fingertips. Find any agreement in seconds. Spot upcoming renewals. Answer questions about your contracts without digging. It's the kind of visibility that changes how your team works day-to-day.

Use
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Export and share freely

Your contract data is yours. Export it at any time and use it in your other systems, share it with stakeholders, or pull it into reports. Nothing is locked in — Recital organizes your data, it doesn't hold it hostage.

Your data

How fast? From scattered to searchable — in a day

The speed is one of the things people find hardest to believe, until they see it. Here's what the timeline typically looks like.


DAY 1 · AM

Create your account and connect your sources: cloud storage, email, drives.


DAY 1 · PM

Recital discovers and organizes your contracts automatically.


DAY 2

You have a clean, searchable repository ready to use.

What else is included

Who is this for

Is contract cleanup right for you?

When you're the only lawyer in the building, a contract hunt is time you simply don't have. Contract cleanup gives you full visibility across your portfolio fast — so you can spend your time on actual legal work, not admin.

Solo general counsel

The one-person legal team

A small team managing a large contract volume needs a system that works without a dedicated ops person to run it. Contract cleanup gets your house in order quickly, so your team is working from a clean foundation.

Small legal teams

Lean teams with a lot to manage

If you've been tasked with cleaning up your organization's contracts and you know the traditional approach takes too long, Recital gives you a faster path — and a defensible result.

Legal ops professionals

The person who owns the mess

Whether you're preparing for due diligence, integrating an acquisition, or just finally dealing with years of contract sprawl, contract cleanup gives you organized, accessible contracts when you need them most.

Companies in transition

M&A, audits, or rapid growth

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See how fast your cleanup could be

Book a short demo and we'll show you exactly how Recital works with your existing setup. No lengthy implementation, no IT involvement required.