Ironclad Assistant is becoming Ironclad Agent on October 8, 2026

On October 8, 2026, Ironclad Assistant will become Ironclad Agent.

Ironclad Agent will build on Ironclad Assistant’s search and question-answering capabilities and will also route requests to specialized agents. Users will be able to describe what they need in plain language, such as finding contracts up for renewal, starting a new contract request, reviewing a contract, or analyzing contract data.

For organizations that enable the Ironclad Agent homepage, Ironclad Agent will become the default homepage for users on October 8. Users can also access it from the sidebar and through a floating access button and side panel while working in Ironclad. Users can manage their own homepage preference with the Set Agent as my default home setting in personal settings.

Admins can manage the organization-wide homepage experience under Company Settings > Ironclad AI > Ironclad Agents:

• Disabling the homepage hides the Agent tab, but users can still access Ironclad Agent through the sidebar and via MCP.

• The Enable Ironclad Agent setting controls access at the company level. Turning it off disables Ironclad Agent, AI Search, and MCP access for all users in the organization.

Enable Ironclad Agent 

To enable Ironclad Agent:

1. Click your profile icon in the top right corner, and select Company Settings from the dropdown menu.
2. Click Ironclad AI in the left sidebar menu.
3. Under Ironclad Agents, toggle on the Enable Ironclad Agent setting.

Access Ironclad Agent

Assistant appears in the top navigation bar, alongside Dashboard, Insights, and Obligations.

To open Assistant, select Agent in the top navigation bar.

To open Agent automatically when you sign in, set it as your default home page. See Set Ironclad Agent as Your Default Home Page.

Use Ironclad Agent

The Ironclad Agent page opens to a single input where you enter your request in plain language. Enter your question or request, then submit it to receive a response.

Agent is conversational: you can follow up on a response to refine or narrow it, rather than starting over with a new request.

The panel on the left of the page lists your previous conversations. From this panel, you can:

• Start a new conversation
• Search your conversations
• Return to an earlier conversation to review it or continue it

How Ironclad Agent Handles Queries

Ironclad Agent handles a request in one of two ways:

• Answering directly.  Ironclad Agent finds the relevant contracts, workflows, and data and returns an answer, with the records and context behind it.
• Routing to an agent. When a request calls for a specific capability,  Ironclad Agent hands it to the Ironclad agent that handles it, so you can move from an answer to the next step without leaving the conversation. Admins may need to enable certain AI agents before it's available to users through this feature.

Example Questions

Ironclad Agent answers questions about your contracts, your workflows, and the data inside them. It finds the relevant records and returns a contextual answer, with summaries and snippets from the source.

Ironclad Agent capabilities include the ability to:

• Search your contract portfolio:

  • Which contracts are up for renewal in the next 90 days?
  • Show me all MSAs with a limitation-of-liability cap under $1M.
  • What's the governing law clause in the [counterparty] agreement?
  • Do we have any existing agreements with [vendor name]?
• Start a new contract or workflow:
  • I need to get an NDA signed with [counterparty]. Help me kick it off.
  • I need to buy [vendor]. How do I get this started?
• Manage renewals:
  • Tell me about my upcoming renewal with [vendor].
  • What do I need to know about my contract with [vendor] before going into the renewal?
  • How can I save money on my [vendor] contract when it renews?
• Review a contract:
  • Redline this NDA against our playbook.
  • What are the biggest risks in this vendor agreement?
  • Draft a mutual confidentiality clause and drop it into this contract.
• Analyze contract data:
  • How many active contracts do we have by contract type?
  • How many contracts are there by workflow stage?
• Explore contract relationships:
  • What SOWs and amendments are tied to the Acme MSA?
  • What is my relationship with [vendor]?

Ironclad Agents and Features

When a request calls for a specific capability,  Ironclad Agent routes it to the Ironclad agent that handles it. Which agents are available to you depends on which features are enabled for your company and on your permissions. Newly released Ironclad agents become available through  Ironclad Agent as they ship.

Individual agents may have their own scope, permission requirements, and limitations. See the agent's article for details.

Contract Family Agent is a separate experience from Ironclad Agent. It is not routed through Agent. For more information, see Contract Family Agent Overview.