How to Analyze Legal Data in PDF Files Automatically
Analyze PDF agreements and compliance files on your own PC: red-flag clauses, risk scores, missing required sections, and drafting when gaps need filling.
Skills in this bundle
Agreement Lens
Deterministic red-flag clause scan for agreements and NDAs (level-filtered) + clause structure + risk score. (Action Co-pilot: generates next-best-actions (actions.json), follow-up tasks and calendar reminders on top of the analysis — what to act on today.)
Agreement Drafter
Agreement Drafter via runtime LLM orchestration (focus x detail params; NL->structured artifact). (Action Co-pilot: generates next-best-actions (actions.json), follow-up tasks and calendar reminders on top of the analysis — what to act on today.)
Compliance Lens
Deterministic compliance red-flag clause analysis (severity filter + structure + score). No LLM. (Action Co-pilot: generates next-best-actions (actions.json), follow-up tasks and calendar reminders on top of the analysis — what to act on today.)
Compliance Drafter
Compliance Drafter via runtime LLM orchestration (focus x detail params; NL->structured artifact). (Action Co-pilot: generates next-best-actions (actions.json), follow-up tasks and calendar reminders on top of the analysis — what to act on today.)
Compliance Maestro
Compliance Maestro via runtime LLM orchestration (focus x detail params; NL->structured artifact). (Action Co-pilot: generates next-best-actions (actions.json), follow-up tasks and calendar reminders on top of the analysis — what to act on today.)
Compliance Auditor
Deterministic compliance completeness check (internal/ISO required sections). No LLM. (Action Co-pilot: generates next-best-actions (actions.json), follow-up tasks and calendar reminders on top of the analysis — what to act on today.)
Open the PDF agreement or compliance file in Nexus Runner on your own PC and run Agreement Lens or Compliance Lens for a deterministic red-flag clause scan that returns level-filtered clauses, clause structure and a risk score, then run Compliance Auditor to list the internal or ISO required sections that are missing. Agreement Drafter and Compliance Drafter fill the gaps, Compliance Maestro turns the findings into staged remediation, and all six skills run locally so the PDF never leaves your machine.
- Agreement Lens and Compliance Lens use no LLM: rule-driven red-flag scanning with severity filtering, so the same PDF and the same parameters give the same result on every run.
- Compliance Auditor checks the file against internal and ISO required sections and returns a missing-item list plus a completeness score.
- When text is genuinely missing, Agreement Drafter and Compliance Drafter generate structured output by focus (standard, brief, detailed) and depth, and never invent facts the file does not contain.
- Compliance Maestro turns findings into an ordered set of stages, so remediation has a follow-up plan rather than an unsorted backlog.
- Everything runs in Nexus Runner 1.0.10 on Windows 10/11 x64. The free tier includes 200 Nex per month, reset at the start of each month.
What legal PDF analysis looks like in MCP Nexus
This is not one all-purpose contract bot. It is six skills with clear jobs. Agreement Lens and Compliance Lens read: they break the PDF into clause structure, flag red-flag clauses at the severity level you choose, and return a risk score. Compliance Auditor compares: it checks the file against internal or ISO required sections and reports what is missing. Agreement Drafter and Compliance Drafter write: they produce structured text at the focus and depth you select. Compliance Maestro sequences: it breaks remediation into stages. Agreement Lens, Compliance Lens and Compliance Auditor are pure code and call no LLM, so identical input yields identical output; the drafting and orchestration skills use a runtime LLM and will not fabricate data the source does not contain. MCP Nexus classifies everything as either a skill or an agent, and all six here are launched by your local Nexus Runner, with the PDF staying on your disk.
The full path for one PDF
One PDF, three ways to handle it
| MCP Nexus | Manual work | Generic cloud AI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red-flag detection | Agreement Lens and Compliance Lens scan by deterministic rules with severity filtering; rerunning the same file gives the same result | Page-by-page reading, where what gets missed depends on experience and the day | The model reads ad hoc, so asking twice about the same file can produce different conclusions |
| Missing required sections | Compliance Auditor checks internal and ISO required sections item by item and returns a missing list plus a score | Ticking boxes on a printed checklist that drifts out of sync with the document | You have to paste the checklist into the chat yourself, and item-by-item coverage is not guaranteed |
| Where the file goes | Skills run in local Nexus Runner and the PDF is never uploaded | Files travel through email and external drives, with versions hard to track | The file has to be uploaded to a third-party server first |
| From finding to fix | Scan, audit, draft and sequence chain together on the same machine | Analysis, drafting and follow-up are split across different people and tools | Mostly single-turn answers that are hard to feed into the next step |
| How it is billed | Per skill run: 5 Nex for the lens and drafter skills, 3 Nex for Compliance Auditor and Compliance Maestro, with 200 Nex free each month | Billed by the hour, regardless of how hard the document is | Billed by subscription or usage, with no link to a specific deliverable |
Real use cases
FAQ
Can risky clauses in a PDF contract be detected automatically?
Yes. Agreement Lens and Compliance Lens scan the PDF for red-flag clauses using deterministic rules, filter them by severity, and return clause structure and a risk score alongside. They call no LLM, so the same file with the same parameters produces the same conclusion on every run.
Does analyzing a PDF send it to the cloud?
No. All six skills run in Nexus Runner 1.0.10 on your own machine and the PDF stays on your disk. Nexus Runner supports Windows 10/11 x64 only.
How much Nex does analyzing one PDF cost?
Agreement Lens, Agreement Drafter, Compliance Lens and Compliance Drafter are 5 Nex per run; Compliance Maestro and Compliance Auditor are 3 Nex per run. The free tier includes 200 Nex per month, reset at the start of each month; Pro is 49 CNY per month with 3000 Nex; Enterprise is 299 CNY per month with 50000 Nex.
Do these skills replace a lawyer's review?
No. They produce a reviewable red-flag list, clause structure, risk score and missing-section list that narrow down what a person has to read. The judgment call still belongs to your legal team or counsel.
How reliable is the drafted text?
Agreement Drafter and Compliance Drafter use a runtime LLM with focus and depth parameters and will not invent facts the source does not contain. Treat the output as a draft for review, and confirm it before anything is signed.