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MCP Server Overview

Pactly’s MCP server lets you connect AI assistants directly to your contract data. Ask questions about your contracts, search for counterparties, look up playbooks, and more, all through natural language.

What is MCP?

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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that allows AI applications to securely access external tools and data. Instead of copying and pasting information between Pactly and your AI assistant, MCP gives the assistant direct, read-only access to your workspace.

Pactly’s MCP server provides a set of tools that AI clients can call on your behalf, scoped to your company’s data and authenticated with your API key.

What can you do with it?

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With Pactly’s MCP server, your AI assistant can:

  • Search contracts by status, category, owner, counterparty, date range, or keyword
  • Read contract text to summarize, compare, or analyze clause language
  • Look up contract details including parties, approval history, and metadata
  • Find counterparties to discover who your company works with
  • Browse playbooks and review positions, keywords, and fallback clauses
  • Search the clause library to find standard language by title or tag

Sample prompts

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Here are some things you can ask your AI assistant once connected:

Contract search and analysis

  • “Find all NDAs that are pending signature”
  • “Show me contracts with Acme Corp created in 2025”
  • “What contracts does Jane own that are still in negotiation?”
  • “Get the full text of contract [ID] and summarize the termination clause”

Counterparty discovery

  • “What counterparties do we work with?”
  • “Find all entities matching ‘NParks’”
  • “How many contracts do we have with [counterparty name]?”

Playbook and clause lookup

  • “List all production playbooks”
  • “Show me the positions in our NDA playbook”
  • “Find clauses related to indemnity”

Available tools

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Pactly’s MCP server exposes 8 tools across three categories:

CategoryTools
Contractsfind_contracts, get_contract_details, get_contract_text
Partiesfind_parties
Knowledgelist_playbooks, get_playbook, list_clauses
Accountget_profile

For detailed parameter documentation, see MCP Tools Reference.

Security

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  • API key authentication: All requests are authenticated with your Pactly API key
  • Company-scoped: You can only access data belonging to your company
  • Read-only: MCP tools can read contract data but cannot create, modify, or delete anything
  • No data storage: Pactly’s MCP server does not store queries or results beyond the request lifecycle

Next steps

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