Product roadmap September 2026
Vern.
What’s next.
Better context. Clearer decisions. More help with the work between the first draft and the final agreement.
Explore the roadmap9 features and ideas
Coming soon
The next addition to the review.
Expert review is planned. Availability and service details will be confirmed before launch.
Specialist supportExpert judgement, alongside your review.Bring a specialist into the picture when a contract needs a closer look.
The aim is to make specialist review available alongside Vern’s AI analysis, so you have a route to further judgement when a finding needs it.
Help with the clauses and decisions that deserve more attention.
Coming soon. Reviewer access, scope, pricing and turnaround are still to be confirmed.
About expert review Link to this featureExploring
Where Vern could go further.
Directions we are considering. No release dates or delivery commitments; tell us which would help your team.
Templates & draftingFrom a few details to a first draft.Choose a reusable template and prepare an agreement in the browser.
We are considering a guided drafting experience outside Word: choose the agreement type, enter the deal details and use your approved positions to prepare a first draft you can review and take into Word.
Give colleagues a clear starting point for routine agreements.
Exploring. Contract drafting is currently available inside the Word add-in; a browser template library is not available yet.
Link to this featureDeal contextRead the whole deal together.Review an MSA, statement of work and data agreement as a connected set.
A proposed review across linked documents, highlighting where a schedule changes the main agreement, obligations conflict or an important term is missing between them.
See how the documents affect each other before agreeing the deal.
Proposed scope: linked-document checks with a reference back to each source clause.
Link to this featureNegotiationA helping hand in the email thread.Turn incoming changes into a proposed reply and redline, ready for your approval.
An extension of email intake that could follow the conversation, gather open points and prepare a response using your playbook and the latest draft.
Less work pulling the next response together, with your team making the decisions.
Proposed approach: a named person approves outgoing responses. Vern would not agree terms or sign contracts.
Link to this featureYour experiencePut past negotiations to work.Find relevant wording and concessions from agreements your team has already reviewed.
A proposed way to surface comparable clauses from your own contract history, show the deal they came from and suggest useful starting points for the negotiation in front of you.
Avoid starting from scratch when your team has handled a similar issue before.
Past concessions would be context for a decision, not an automatic change to your playbook.
Link to this featureTeam decisionsGive every exception an owner.Send a term outside your playbook to the right person, with the decision recorded.
A proposed approval step for exceptions: share the clause, its scores and your suggested fallback, then keep the approver’s decision with the negotiation.
Know who can accept a departure from your terms and why it was agreed.
Candidate workflow for discussion. Approval rules and supported integrations are not yet specified.
Link to this featureAvailable now
The foundation is already here.
Explore the product pages or bring a contract to a demo.
ReviewYour terms. Two separate scores.Review against your playbook, with position fit and enforceability assessed separately.
Build your own preferred positions and fallbacks, with optional help from the Vern team. Each review keeps the Playbook Score and Vern Score separate, with findings that explain what needs attention.
A consistent starting point for deciding what to challenge.
NegotiationFollow what changes, round by round.Compare clauses and re-score revised terms within the same negotiation.
Keep later drafts with their earlier rounds. Review the changed clauses, compare scores and see how the wording has moved against your positions.
A review history that stays with the deal.
Where you workDraft in Word. Review where you work.Draft and apply tracked changes in Word, or submit contracts from an approved email address.
Create a first contract draft inside the Word add-in, or apply suggested wording to an existing agreement. Approved email senders can forward an agreement without needing a seat.
A way into the review that fits the people sending the paper.
Help shape what comes next
What would make your
next negotiation easier?
Tell us where the work gets stuck. A real contract problem is the best starting point for a better feature.