# Drafting — Niyam > AI contract drafting and review for India: generate first drafts from a clause library grounded in the Indian Contract Act, 1872, and red-line counterparty paper. Risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses flagged, every change cited to a primary source. Niyam writes a first draft from a clause library and marks up the other side's paper — flagging risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses and proposing balanced alternatives. Every edit comes with a citation you can open. You keep the judgment calls; Niyam does the first pass and shows its reasoning. ## What you can do - First drafts from a clause library, grounded in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Red-lines that flag risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses - Every suggested change explained with a citation you can open ## Capabilities - **Describe the deal, start from a working draft** — Tell Niyam the parties, the deal, and the terms that matter, and it assembles a first draft from a clause library grounded in Indian contract law. You start from a structured document with the standard clauses already in place — and refine from there. - **Mark up the counterparty's paper in minutes** — Paste or upload the other side's draft and Niyam reviews it clause by clause — flagging the terms that favour them, the protections you're missing, and the provisions worth pushing back on. The careful read still happens; you just don't do it from cold. - **The clauses that carry the risk, surfaced first** — Indemnity, limitation of liability, and governing law decide who pays when things go wrong — and they're the easiest to skim past. Niyam pulls them to the top, explains the exposure in plain English, and proposes a more balanced alternative you can take or leave. - **Every change explained, with the source one click away** — A red-line you can't justify is just an opinion. Every suggestion Niyam makes carries the statutory provision or judgment behind it, so you open the source, confirm the reasoning, and decide — because in drafting, the authority for a clause is the product. ## How it works 1. **Describe it or drop it in** — Tell Niyam the deal to generate a first draft from the clause library, or paste the counterparty's paper to red-line. Either way, you start from a working document. 2. **Read the flagged clauses** — Niyam surfaces the risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses first, explains the exposure, and suggests a balanced alternative with the citation behind it. 3. **Verify, accept, and finalise** — Open the cited source, confirm it, then accept, edit, or reject each change. Nothing is applied until you say so, and the final draft is yours to send. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Niyam write the contract for me? It writes the first draft. Describe the deal and Niyam assembles a draft from a clause library grounded in Indian contract law, with the standard clauses in place. You then review, edit, and finalise — Niyam does the first pass, but the document is yours and nothing goes out without you. ### How does the red-line review work? Paste or upload the counterparty's draft and Niyam marks it up clause by clause — surfacing the terms that favour them, the protections you're missing, and the risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses. Each flag is explained and, where useful, paired with a more balanced alternative you can accept, edit, or reject. ### What does it mean that every change is cited? Each suggestion links to the statutory provision or judgment it rests on, so you can open the source, confirm it says what Niyam says, and rely on your own reading. Niyam drafts and red-lines from real Indian law rather than free-text guessing, which is why it doesn't invent the authority for a clause the way a general chatbot can. ### Will Niyam ever send or sign a contract on its own? No. Niyam does the first pass and shows its reasoning, but it never signs, sends, or applies a change without you. Every edit waits for your acceptance, so the final call — and the responsibility — stays with you. ### Is the drafting legal advice? No. Niyam provides legal information and drafting tools grounded in primary sources. It does not create an advocate–client relationship or replace advice from a qualified advocate. You remain responsible for reviewing every clause, verifying every citation, and exercising professional judgment before you rely on a draft. ### Which laws does the drafting rely on? Indian contract law — principally the Indian Contract Act, 1872 — alongside related statutes such as the Companies Act, 2013 and the Specific Relief Act, 1963 where they bear on a clause, plus the Supreme Court and High Court judgments that interpret them. Every suggestion links back to the source so you can confirm it. ### Are my contracts private? Yes. Your drafts and the documents you upload stay private to your account. Niyam is built for the confidentiality legal work demands — your work product is never sold and never used to train public models. ## Get started Create your Niyam account in under a minute — ₹100 to start, 200 credits to try everything. Generate your first draft, or red-line the paper on your desk, and see the authority behind every change. Start your ₹100 trial at https://app.niyam.ai/register — 200 credits to begin, cancel anytime.