Dan Trapp

Workflow solution / Legal operations

NDA Deal Triage

A legal workflow prototype for quickly separating routine NDA work from real deal risk.

A triage surface that reframes NDA review as a business-risk workflow rather than a document-reading task.

Status

Prototype

Timeline

Built as a workflow prototype

Domain

Legal operations

Why

Workflow solution

Legal AI Intelligence Brief NDA review interface
NDA review, risk flags, and trial activation flowPrototype

Stack

Languages, services, data sources, and operating pieces behind the build.

JavaScriptCSSDocument workflow

Code Proof

What The Build Actually Contains

Surface

Legal triage

Flow

NDA -> risk

Flags

Clause-level

Output

Fix path

Product proof

Legal AI Intelligence Brief NDA review interface
NDA review, risk flags, and trial activation flow

Implementation

Code Behind The Surface

Mapping deal context to review priority

js

The core move behind the product surface.

const priority = scoreNda({
  dealValue,
  counterpartyType,
  nonStandardTerms,
  urgency,
  dataExposure,
});

Product Model

ts

The useful answer has to be modeled before the UI can make it obvious.

type ProductSurface = {
  input: "Legal operations";
  signal: "Can a legal intake tool help business teams understand which NDAs deserve attention ";
  proof: string[];
};

const surface: ProductSurface = {
  input: "Legal operations",
  signal: "Risk level, urgency, clause flags, and missing business context.",
  proof: [
  "Deal-context intake",
  "Clause-risk prompts",
  "Priority scoring",
  "Reviewer-ready summary"
],
};

Hard Part

ts

Every build has a constraint: data quality, workflow shape, trust, speed, or operational risk.

const constraint = {
  project: "NDA Deal Triage",
  status: "Prototype",
  category: "Workflow solution",
  hardPart: "A better intake surface can reduce low-value review cycles and help counsel focus on the agreements that actua...",
};

shipSurface(constraint);

Project Logic

Why This Exists

The point is not to show another screen. It is to show the gap, the build constraint, and the proof of work.

Mission

Can a legal intake tool help business teams understand which NDAs deserve attention before counsel reads every word?

NDA review mixes routine language, business context, and deal urgency. The bottleneck is getting the right context in front of the right reviewer.

Build

What Had To Work

I built a triage prototype that frames NDA review around deal context, clause risk, and reviewer priority.

Why It Matters

Mutual NDA / vendor diligence

Separates routine NDA review from real deal risk before legal time gets spent.

Hard Parts

Make The Signal Useful

Reduce cycle time and internal friction by making the business context visible before legal review starts.

Turn The Work Into A System

I built a triage prototype that frames NDA review around deal context, clause risk, and reviewer priority.

Prove The Wedge

A better intake surface can reduce low-value review cycles and help counsel focus on the agreements that actually carry deal or operational risk.

Decisions

Deal-context intake
Clause-risk prompts
Priority scoring
Reviewer-ready summary

Next Move

I would connect document parsing, add clause libraries, and create escalation paths for business, legal, and finance reviewers.

Tell Me About Your Project

Bring Me The Bottleneck.
I’ll Build The Answer.

Tell me what people are trying to do, where the current path breaks, and what kind of useful answer should exist.

Market Gap

Demand exists, but the answer is missing.

Workflow Drag

The work is still too manual, slow, or scattered.

Product Wedge

A small surface could prove the larger opportunity.

Quick Note