As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly prepare for a UK contract negotiation.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 1 hour until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open the latest contract and any schedules, amendments, statement of work or supplier terms, then remove unrelated personal data before pasting the relevant text into the prompt.
   2. Write down your role, signing or approval authority, desired outcome, minimum acceptable outcome, priorities and walk-away points in the bracketed fields.
   3. Add the known facts that affect the deal, including deadlines, delivery dependencies, payment constraints, renewal plans, internal approvals and what you believe the other side wants.
   4. Paste the completed prompt into a chatbot and ask it to produce the negotiation table, plan, questions, script and solicitor checklist in the requested order.
   5. Compare every quoted clause, defined term, date, amount and obligation in the response with the current contract and mark any extraction error before using the plan.
   6. Ask a colleague with commercial authority to confirm that the proposed priorities, concessions and walk-away points match what you are authorised to agree.
   7. Send the unresolved legal points and the draft negotiation plan to a solicitor before the meeting if the contract has significant financial, regulatory, liability, intellectual property, employment or data protection consequences.

   Prompt

   Prepare me for a negotiation about the UK contract below. This is not professional advice. Do not tell me that a clause is enforceable or unenforceable unless you clearly label the point as uncertain and explain that a solicitor must check it.
   
   My role and authority: [role, organisation, and what I can and cannot agree]
   My desired outcome: [outcome]
   My minimum acceptable outcome: [outcome]
   My priorities, in order: [priorities]
   My walk-away points: [points]
   Known facts and constraints: [facts, deadlines, dependencies, budget, internal approvals]
   The other side's likely priorities or concerns: [information or 'unknown']
   Contract or relevant extracts:
   [Paste the full contract or the relevant clauses here]
   
   Produce:
   1. A plain-English summary of the deal and the obligations that matter to this negotiation.
   2. A table of negotiation issues with the clause reference, what it does, why it matters commercially, my preferred position, a realistic fallback, and a question to ask.
   3. Any risks, ambiguities, missing information or internal approvals that could change the advice. Quote the relevant wording and do not invent facts.
   4. A negotiation plan in priority order, including an opening position, concessions to trade rather than give away, and points I should not concede without approval.
   5. A short script for opening the meeting and responding to pressure, without making threats or misrepresenting the law.
   6. A checklist of questions for the other side and a separate checklist for a solicitor.
   7. A final list of every statement I must verify against the contract, my records, current UK law or professional advice before relying on it.
   Ask up to five clarification questions first only if the missing information would materially change the plan.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.