Understanding Contract Properties in Recital
Recital automatically extracts key information from your contracts and transforms it into structured, actionable data. This process happens seamlessly in the background, giving you instant access to important contract details without manually reviewing contract text.
How Contract Property Extraction Works
When Recital first detects a contract—whether you send or receive it via a connected email account, save it to connected contract storage, or upload it directly to Recital—the platform immediately begins scanning the document's contents.
During this scanning process, Recital identifies key information contained in the contract using multiple signals to extract both straightforward details like title and parties, as well as complex unstructured data that typically requires manual extraction—things like auto-renewal provisions, dispute resolution mechanisms, and liability caps.
It then transforms this information into structured data, making it easy to find key details in individual contracts and search across your entire contract portfolio.
What Are Properties?
Collectively, we call all extracted information "properties." Each property has a corresponding value that represents what Recital found in your contract.
Property Notes
Some properties, like Assignment and Change of Control, include a secondary "Notes" property. These notes are short, AI-generated summaries that provide contextual explanations for the property's value.
Where to View Properties
You can access extracted properties in two key locations within Recital:
- Executed Contracts: View all properties for an individual contract under the Summary tab on any executed contract page.
- Reports: Use properties to filter and search across your entire contract portfolio. The Reports feature allows you to analyze contracts by any combination of properties, perform text searches, and export your data to CSV for further analysis.
Properties Recital Extracts
Recital extracts properties pre- and post-signature.
Pre-Signature
Property | Format |
|---|---|
Title | Record name |
Parties | Party name(s) |
Status | In negotiation / Executed |
Parent records | Record name(s) |
Child records | Record name(s) |
Post-Signature
Property | Format |
|---|---|
Effective date | Date |
Term | # of months / Indefinite |
Expiry date | Date |
Auto-renewal | On / Off |
Term of renewal | # of months |
Notice period | # of days |
Termination for convenience | Yes / No |
Termination provisions | List of provisions (e.g. For case, For Breach, With Notice) |
Dispute resolution | Litigation / Alternate dispute resolution (e.g. mediation, negotiation, arbitration) |
Governing law | Location |
Jurisdiction | Location |
Assignment | Unrestricted / Restricted |
Assignment Notes (Shows only if Assignment is Restricted) | Summary of the citation |
Change of control | Unrestricted / Restricted |
Change of control Notes (Shows only if Change of Control is Restricted) | Summary of the citation |
Liability cap | Numerical expression of fee (e.g. 5x the amount of monthly payment) |
Liability cap Notes (Shows only if Liability Cap exists) | Summary of citation |
Need help? If you notice properties that appear blank or incomplete, or if you think there's an error with extracted data, please reach out to our support team for assistance.
Updated on: 06/10/2025
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