# legal_clause_extractor

Structured extraction of clauses, obligations and deadlines from legal documents (SaaS contracts, NDAs, employment agreements, loan agreements, leases, M&A deals, IP licences). Complements contract_risk_scanner with granular per-clause output. ICP: legal ops, M&A lawyers, paralegals, contract managers, compliance officers. Capabilities: • Auto-detects document type (7 types) and language (EN/FR/DE/ES/PT) • Extracts parties with roles (buyer, seller, licensor, employee, etc.) • Splits document into sections and classifies 16+ clause types • Per-clause: 20 obligation patterns (EN/FR/DE), 10 deadline patterns, 18 risk detectors • Document-level: red flags (liability cap, auto-renewal, IP overreach, etc.), missing clauses per doc type • Global deadline calendar with P0/P1/P2 severity • Cross-reference map between sections • Cache: 7 days (legal docs stable once provided) 100% pure compute — no external fetch required. Accepts 10k–100k char documents.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `legal_clause_extractor`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-getgapup-gapup-mcp/legal-clause-extractor

## Facts

- Tool: `legal_clause_extractor`
- Server: Gapup Mcp (`https://mcp.gapup.io/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-getgapup-gapup-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/getgapup/gapup-mcp-public
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 5 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `lang` | string | no | Optional. Language hint (e.g. 'en', 'fr', 'de'). Defaults to auto-detection. |
| `async` | boolean | no | If true, returns a job_id immediately (<200ms) instead of waiting for the result. Poll the result with job_result(job_id). Use for slow tools to avoid client ti |
| `document_text` | string | yes | Full text of the legal document (10k–100k chars typical). Plain text or lightly HTML-formatted. EN/FR/DE/ES/PT supported. |
| `document_type` | string | no | Optional. Document type hint. Defaults to auto-detection. Use "auto" or omit to let the tool detect from content. |
| `target_clauses` | array | no | Optional. Filter extraction to specific clause types. E.g. ["term", "termination", "liability", "ip", "confidentiality", "governing_law", "indemnification"]. If |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "legal_clause_extractor",
    "arguments": {
      "document_text": "<document_text>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why legal_clause_extractor is rated Low

The legal_clause_extractor is a document analysis and information retrieval tool. It extracts, classifies, and structures information from legal documents but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. The explicit mention of 'extraction' and 'output' paired with no side-effect capabilities places this squarely in the Read category.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool performs 'Structured extraction of clauses, obligations and deadlines from legal documents' with capabilities including 'Auto-detects document type', 'Extracts parties', and 'classifies clause types'."

## Use case

AI agents call legal_clause_extractor to retrieve information from Gapup Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Gapup Mcp:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "legal_clause_extractor": {}
  }
}
```

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