--- title: AI Contract Search: Ask Questions, Get the Clause | Aavenir url: https://aavenir.com/platform/ai-contract-search/ description: Aavenir AI contract search answers plain language questions across clauses, obligations and amendments, cites the clause it used, and follows access roles. updated: 2026-11-07 --- [Home](https://aavenir.com/) / [Platform](https://aavenir.com/platform/aavenir-intelligence-platform/) / AI contract search AI contract search # Ask your contracts a question. Get the clause back. Type the question the way you would ask a colleague. Aavenir AI searches clauses, obligations and amendments across the repository, answers in plain language and cites the clause it used. Definition ## What is AI contract search? AI contract search lets people ask questions about their contracts in plain language and get an answer drawn from the clauses themselves, with the source cited, instead of matching keywords and opening documents one at a time. In Aavenir, search covers the repository in [Contractflow](https://aavenir.com/solutions/enterprise-contract-management-software/) and the obligations in Obligationflow. Role based access decides which contracts each person can query, and every answer points to a clause a reader can open and check before acting on it. For repository interrogation, one question answered across the whole portfolio and ranked by value, use [Aavenir Atlas](https://aavenir.com/solutions/ai-contract-intelligence/). - Questions in plain language, not search syntax - Metadata search across the fields extracted in contract lifecycle management - Covers clauses, extracted fields, obligations and amendments - Each answer cites the clause, so a reader can verify it - Role based access limits what each person can search Example questions ## The questions teams actually ask. Each one used to mean a week of opening PDFs. Each answer comes back with the clauses behind it. ### Which clauses in this MSA depart from our playbook? Returns each deviation with the playbook position beside it. ### Which supplier contracts auto renew next quarter without a price cap? Returns the contracts, their notice dates and the renewal clause. ### Which critical IT suppliers have no exit plan clause? Returns the suppliers with and without one, so the gap is a list, not a guess. ### Which contracts set payment terms longer than Net 45? Returns the contracts and the payment clause in each. ### Which suppliers still owe us evidence this month? Returns open obligations by supplier, with the due date and the clause. ### Which agreements need consent if we are acquired? Returns assignment and change of control clauses across the portfolio. How it works ## From question to an owned next step. - No field names or search operators Scope to one contract, one supplier or the whole repository Results limited to what your role can see. - Each result links to the clause it relies on Amendments that change the original are shown with it The reader checks the clause before acting. - Assign an owner to each contract that needs a decision Notice dates become due dates Renew, renegotiate or exit stays a business call. Watch ## See it in the product. [Demo AI powered contract search and analysis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuHgTpZbs7E)[0:25 Demo How to find relevant third party contracts in the repository](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svIEMONag58) Questions ## Talk to a contract expert Bring a few sample agreements. We will show you Aavenir AI reading them, on ServiceNow or standalone. Schedule a demo ## Beyond a single question [Atlas Start from an event, ranked by value Learn more](https://aavenir.com/solutions/ai-contract-intelligence/)[AI contract extraction The fields search runs on Learn more](https://aavenir.com/platform/ai-contract-extraction/)[Avy, the AI assistant The AI behind every answer Learn more](https://aavenir.com/platform/avy-ai-assistant/)[Contract repository One searchable store for every contract Learn more](https://aavenir.com/solutions/contract-repository-software/)[Contract renewal management Renewals in the next 90 days Learn more](https://aavenir.com/use-cases/contract-renewal-management/)[Change of control review Consent clauses in an acquisition Learn more](https://aavenir.com/use-cases/change-of-control-review/) Frequently asked questions (FAQ) ## Common questions ### ### How is AI contract search different from keyword search? Keyword search finds documents that contain a word, and you still read each one. AI contract search reads the clauses for you and answers the question, such as which contracts auto renew without a cap, with the clause cited so you can check it. [See the contract repository](https://aavenir.com/solutions/contract-repository-software/). ### ### Can AI search answer one question across many contracts? Yes. A question can cover one contract, one supplier or the whole repository, and the answer lists every matching agreement with its clause. For event driven questions ranked by value, such as a CPI move or an outage, Aavenir offers Atlas. [See Atlas](https://aavenir.com/solutions/ai-contract-intelligence/). ### ### Who can see AI search results? Only people whose role allows it. Search follows the same role based access as the repository, with SSO through OAuth 2.0 and SAML and audit logging, so a question never returns a contract the person could not open directly. [Read about security](https://aavenir.com/security/). Have a question we have not answered? [Ask the Expert](https://aavenir.com/contact/) Schedule a demo ## See your contracts run on one record. - **1****A 30 minute walkthrough**Built around your team, whether that is procurement, legal, IT or finance. - **2****Your contracts, not ours**Bring a few sample agreements and watch Aavenir AI extract and review them. - **3****ServiceNow or standalone**We show the deployment that fits the systems you already run. Prefer to talk first? [Contact the team](https://aavenir.com/contact/). The form did not load. [Contact the team](https://aavenir.com/contact/) instead, or refresh the page.