| name | nda-snapshot |
| title | NDA Snapshot |
| description | Use when the user wants to compare the substantive NDA-specific terms across N non-disclosure agreements side-by-side — the definition of Confidential Information, permitted recipients, return/destruction obligation, and remedies clause across each agreement. Returns a row-per-document × column-per-question grid with citations per cell. NDA-tuned reference skill for the M3-C `output_format - table` mode; intended as a fork-and-tune starting point for operators reviewing NDA portfolios. |
| author | LegalQuants |
| author_url | https://github.com/LegalQuants/lq-ai/tree/main/skills/nda-snapshot |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | general |
| practice | contracts |
| language | en |
NDA Snapshot
A reference skill for the M3-C output_format: table mode, tuned for non-disclosure agreement portfolios. Produces a side-by-side grid of NDA-specific terms across N agreements — the in-house lawyer's "compare these NDAs we have with vendors / counterparties / candidates" workflow. Each cell carries a citation back to the source document; failed extractions render as not found rather than confidently-wrong text.
When this skill applies
Apply when the user has a portfolio of NDAs and wants to see how key substantive terms compare across them. Examples:
- "I have NDAs with our top 20 vendors — show me how the definition of Confidential Information varies and where the carveouts are tightest."
- "Compare the return/destruction obligations across these 10 candidate NDAs before we standardize our template."
- "What remedies are available across the 5 mutual NDAs in this M&A diligence box?"
Do not apply this skill to:
- Single-NDA review — use
nda-review for one document at a time.
- General contract comparison across mixed types — use
contract-snapshot for the general Term/Survival/Carveouts/Governing-Law grid.
- Free-form Q&A about an NDA — that's the regular Chat surface.
Pairing with the synthetic corpus
This skill ships paired with the synthetic NDA corpus in docs/quickstart/sample-ndas/ (5 mutual NDAs with varying terms). Operators trying LQ.AI for the first time can attach those 5 PDFs to a Knowledge Base and run this skill to see the tabular workflow end-to-end without committing real documents to the system.
Fork-and-tune notes
The four columns here are deliberately NDA-specific — they don't overlap with the general contract-snapshot columns (Term, Survival, Carveouts, Governing Law). Operators who want both can run the two skills in sequence, or fork this skill and add a Term/Governing-Law column for a combined view.
When forking for your own NDA template / counterparty patterns, common modifications include:
- Adding a Term column if you care about NDA duration (often 2–5 years).
- Adding a Notice of Compelled Disclosure column if you negotiate that provision frequently.
- Replacing the Permitted Recipients column with a narrower Affiliate Permission column if your business has a specific affiliate-sharing pattern.
- Bumping
minimum_inference_tier to 3 on all columns if you need higher-fidelity extraction for high-stakes deals.
The four columns chosen here reflect the questions a junior associate or paralegal would most often be asked to extract during NDA portfolio review — they are the highest-frequency, highest-value comparison points across typical mutual-NDA practice.
