For Corporate Attorneys ·
What you'll accomplish
The business owner does not want forty pages. They want one page that says who the parties are, how long it runs, how it renews and ends, whether liability is capped, and what is still open. You will build a Gemini Gem that produces that page in the same format every time, so you stop rewriting the same summary by hand. You then check every field against the contract before the page goes anywhere.
A note on timing: Google is replacing Gems with skills. Personal Google accounts move from November 2026 and Workspace business accounts from March 2027, according to Google's help page. Google says it will recreate existing Gems as skills automatically, so a Gem you build now should carry over. The Gem steps below match Google's current Gems help page.
What you'll need
A caution before you paste. A counterparty's contract is usually covered by an NDA or confidentiality terms, and those terms decide whether a service provider may see it. Check them. Then check your Gemini account's data settings: whether activity is used to improve Google's models, how long it is kept, and who in your company can see it. Google notes that work and school accounts may be subject to different terms than personal ones. Before pasting, replace party names with "Customer" and "Vendor", delete pricing and deal values, and leave out any privileged note you wrote in the margin. Whether using an AI tool affects privilege is unsettled, so follow your company's policy and your state bar's guidance.
Decide exactly what the cover sheet holds. Fewer fields get read.
What you should see: A list of eight lines you could fit on one page. Troubleshooting: If your company already has a cover sheet template, use its field names exactly.
What you should see: A form with fields for a name and instructions, and a preview box on the right. Troubleshooting: If Gems does not appear, your account type may not include it. Ask your Workspace administrator.
You write one-page contract cover sheets for the legal department of [Company]. The reader is a business owner who wants the bottom line. The lawyer using you checks every field.
Use only the contract text I paste or upload. If something is not in the text, write "Not found in the text provided". Never fill a field from general knowledge. Never state what the law requires.
Return exactly this format:
CONTRACT COVER SHEET
Parties: [role] and [role]
Agreement type and date:
Term:
Renewal:
Termination rights: Customer: ... Vendor: ...
Liability cap: Present / Absent / Unclear. Say what the clause covers and quote its first sentence.
Governing law:
Open issues for the business owner: a list of no more than five items, most important first.
Where found: a section number for every field above.
Keep the whole sheet to one page. Use plain words. If two clauses seem to conflict, put that in Open issues and cite both.
What you should see: The Gem listed under My Gems. Troubleshooting: If the cap field says "Present" when you know there is none, add "Quote the clause sentence that creates the cap. If you cannot quote one, write Unclear."
What you should see: A one-page sheet with every field filled or marked "Not found in the text provided". Troubleshooting: Long contracts may need to be pasted in parts. Tell the Gem "This is part 1 of 3" and ask for the sheet only after the last part.
Add a follow-up for one field:
Quote the exact wording of the termination clauses you used and give the section numbers.
Compare two versions:
Here are two versions of the same agreement. List only the fields on the cover sheet that differ, with section numbers for both.
Turn the sheet into an email:
Rewrite the cover sheet as a short email to the business owner. Start with whether anything blocks signature. Keep it under 150 words.
What you should see: The instructions in the field. Troubleshooting: If you add your template as a knowledge file, put it under Knowledge and click Add files. Do not upload live contracts as knowledge.
Stress-test the cap:
List every sentence in the text that limits, excludes or caps either party's liability, with section numbers.