# Token-Based MCP Example: Legal Contract Analysis

## Use Case

A legal AI assistant that analyzes long contracts (50-200 pages) and answers questions about specific clauses, obligations, and risks.

**Challenges**:
- Contracts exceed context window (200k tokens)
- Need to maintain context across multiple queries
- Must preserve exact wording for legal accuracy

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## Configuration

```json
{
  "mcp": {
    "type": "token",
    "contextWindow": {
      "modelMaxTokens": 200000,
      "outputBuffer": 4096,
      "systemPromptTokens": 500,
      "effectiveWindow": 195404
    },
    "chunking": {
      "strategy": "sliding_window",
      "chunkSize": 4096,
      "overlap": 512
    },
    "summarization": {
      "enabled": true,
      "hierarchical": true,
      "levels": 3
    },
    "entitySpotlighting": {
      "enabled": true,
      "entityTypes": ["PARTY", "OBLIGATION", "DATE", "AMOUNT"]
    }
  }
}
```

---

## Architecture

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Legal Contract (150k tokens)              │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            │
                            ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Hierarchical Summarization                      │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │ Level 1: Detailed Summary (75k tokens, 50%)          │  │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │ Level 2: Medium Summary (30k tokens, 20%)            │  │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │ Level 3: Gist (7.5k tokens, 5%)                      │  │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            │
                            ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Entity Spotlighting                             │
│  Parties: Acme Corp, Beta LLC                               │
│  Key Dates: 2024-01-15 (effective), 2026-01-15 (expiry)    │
│  Obligations: Payment terms, Delivery schedule              │
│  Amounts: $500,000 (total), $50,000 (monthly)               │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            │
                            ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Sliding Window Chunks (4096 tokens each)        │
│  Chunk 1: Sections 1-3 (overlap 512)                        │
│  Chunk 2: Sections 3-5 (overlap 512)                        │
│  Chunk 3: Sections 5-7 (overlap 512)                        │
│  ...                                                         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

---

## Implementation

### Step 1: Document Ingestion

```python
import tiktoken

class LegalContractAnalyzer:
    def __init__(self, config):
        self.config = config
        self.tokenizer = tiktoken.encoding_for_model("gpt-4o")
        self.summaries = {}
        self.entities = {}
        self.chunks = []
    
    def ingest_contract(self, contract_text: str):
        """Ingest and process contract"""
        # Step 1: Create hierarchical summaries
        self.summaries = self.create_hierarchical_summaries(contract_text)
        
        # Step 2: Extract entities
        self.entities = self.extract_entities(contract_text)
        
        # Step 3: Create sliding window chunks
        self.chunks = self.create_sliding_window_chunks(contract_text)
        
        print(f"Ingested contract:")
        print(f"  Original: {self.count_tokens(contract_text)} tokens")
        print(f"  Level 1 Summary: {self.count_tokens(self.summaries['level_1'])} tokens")
        print(f"  Level 2 Summary: {self.count_tokens(self.summaries['level_2'])} tokens")
        print(f"  Level 3 Gist: {self.count_tokens(self.summaries['gist'])} tokens")
        print(f"  Chunks: {len(self.chunks)}")
        print(f"  Entities: {len(self.entities)}")
    
    def count_tokens(self, text: str) -> int:
        """Count tokens in text"""
        return len(self.tokenizer.encode(text))
```

### Step 2: Hierarchical Summarization

```python
    def create_hierarchical_summaries(self, text: str):
        """Create multi-level summaries"""
        summaries = {}
        current_text = text
        
        # Level 1: 50% compression
        summaries['level_1'] = self.summarize(
            current_text,
            max_tokens=int(self.count_tokens(current_text) * 0.5)
        )
        
        # Level 2: 20% compression (of original)
        summaries['level_2'] = self.summarize(
            summaries['level_1'],
            max_tokens=int(self.count_tokens(text) * 0.2)
        )
        
        # Level 3: 5% compression (gist)
        summaries['gist'] = self.summarize(
            summaries['level_2'],
            max_tokens=int(self.count_tokens(text) * 0.05)
        )
        
        return summaries
    
    def summarize(self, text: str, max_tokens: int):
        """Summarize text to target token count"""
        prompt = f"""
        Summarize the following legal contract to approximately {max_tokens} tokens.
        Preserve key parties, obligations, dates, and amounts.
        Maintain legal precision.
        
        Contract: {text}
        
        Summary:
        """
        
        return llm_call(prompt, max_tokens=max_tokens)
```

### Step 3: Entity Extraction

```python
    def extract_entities(self, text: str):
        """Extract key entities"""
        prompt = f"""
        Extract key entities from this legal contract:
        - Parties (companies, individuals)
        - Obligations (what each party must do)
        - Dates (effective date, expiry, milestones)
        - Amounts (payments, penalties, limits)
        
        Contract: {text}
        
        Return as JSON:
        {{
          "parties": [...],
          "obligations": [...],
          "dates": [...],
          "amounts": [...]
        }}
        """
        
        response = llm_call(prompt)
        return json.loads(response)
```

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### Step 4: Sliding Window Chunks

```python
    def create_sliding_window_chunks(self, text: str):
        """Create overlapping chunks"""
        chunk_size = self.config['chunking']['chunkSize']
        overlap = self.config['chunking']['overlap']

        tokens = self.tokenizer.encode(text)
        chunks = []
        start = 0

        while start < len(tokens):
            end = start + chunk_size
            chunk_tokens = tokens[start:end]
            chunk_text = self.tokenizer.decode(chunk_tokens)

            chunks.append({
                'text': chunk_text,
                'start_token': start,
                'end_token': end,
                'token_count': len(chunk_tokens)
            })

            start = end - overlap

        return chunks
```

### Step 5: Query Processing

```python
    def answer_question(self, question: str):
        """Answer question about contract"""
        # Allocate token budget
        total_budget = self.config['contextWindow']['effectiveWindow']
        output_buffer = self.config['contextWindow']['outputBuffer']
        available_budget = total_budget - output_buffer

        # Budget allocation
        gist_budget = 500
        entities_budget = 1000
        relevant_chunks_budget = available_budget - gist_budget - entities_budget

        # Build context
        context_parts = []

        # 1. Add gist (always included)
        context_parts.append(f"Contract Overview:\n{self.summaries['gist']}")

        # 2. Add relevant entities
        relevant_entities = self.get_relevant_entities(question)
        context_parts.append(f"\nKey Entities:\n{self.format_entities(relevant_entities)}")

        # 3. Find and add relevant chunks
        relevant_chunks = self.find_relevant_chunks(question, relevant_chunks_budget)
        context_parts.append(f"\nRelevant Sections:\n{self.format_chunks(relevant_chunks)}")

        # Build final prompt
        context = '\n'.join(context_parts)
        prompt = f"""
        Based on the following contract information, answer the question.

        {context}

        Question: {question}

        Answer:
        """

        return llm_call(prompt, max_tokens=output_buffer)

    def get_relevant_entities(self, question: str):
        """Get entities relevant to question"""
        # Simple keyword matching (could use embeddings)
        relevant = {}
        question_lower = question.lower()

        for entity_type, entities in self.entities.items():
            relevant[entity_type] = [
                e for e in entities
                if any(word in question_lower for word in e.lower().split())
            ]

        return relevant

    def find_relevant_chunks(self, question: str, token_budget: int):
        """Find most relevant chunks within budget"""
        # Score chunks by keyword overlap (could use embeddings)
        question_words = set(question.lower().split())
        scored_chunks = []

        for chunk in self.chunks:
            chunk_words = set(chunk['text'].lower().split())
            overlap = len(question_words & chunk_words)
            scored_chunks.append((chunk, overlap))

        # Sort by score
        scored_chunks.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)

        # Select chunks within budget
        selected = []
        total_tokens = 0

        for chunk, score in scored_chunks:
            if total_tokens + chunk['token_count'] <= token_budget:
                selected.append(chunk)
                total_tokens += chunk['token_count']
            else:
                break

        return selected

    def format_entities(self, entities: dict):
        """Format entities for context"""
        lines = []
        for entity_type, entity_list in entities.items():
            if entity_list:
                lines.append(f"{entity_type}: {', '.join(entity_list)}")
        return '\n'.join(lines)

    def format_chunks(self, chunks: list):
        """Format chunks for context"""
        return '\n\n---\n\n'.join([c['text'] for c in chunks])
```

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## Example Usage

```python
# Initialize analyzer
config = {
    "contextWindow": {
        "modelMaxTokens": 200000,
        "outputBuffer": 4096,
        "systemPromptTokens": 500,
        "effectiveWindow": 195404
    },
    "chunking": {
        "chunkSize": 4096,
        "overlap": 512
    }
}

analyzer = LegalContractAnalyzer(config)

# Ingest contract
with open('contract.txt', 'r') as f:
    contract_text = f.read()

analyzer.ingest_contract(contract_text)

# Ask questions
questions = [
    "What are the payment terms?",
    "When does this contract expire?",
    "What are Acme Corp's obligations?",
    "What are the termination conditions?"
]

for question in questions:
    print(f"\nQ: {question}")
    answer = analyzer.answer_question(question)
    print(f"A: {answer}")
```

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## Key Rules Applied

### ✅ Context Window Management
- **Rule**: Calculate effective window (model max - output buffer - system prompt)
- **Implementation**: 200k - 4k - 500 = 195,404 tokens available

### ✅ Hierarchical Summarization
- **Rule**: Create multi-level summaries for long documents
- **Implementation**: 3 levels (50%, 20%, 5% compression)

### ✅ Entity Spotlighting
- **Rule**: Maintain entity reference tables
- **Implementation**: Extract parties, obligations, dates, amounts

### ✅ Sliding Windows
- **Rule**: Use overlapping chunks for context continuity
- **Implementation**: 4096 token chunks with 512 token overlap

### ✅ Token Budgeting
- **Rule**: Allocate budget across context components
- **Implementation**: Gist (500) + Entities (1000) + Chunks (remaining)

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## Performance Metrics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Original Contract | 150,000 tokens |
| Level 1 Summary | 75,000 tokens (50%) |
| Level 2 Summary | 30,000 tokens (20%) |
| Gist | 7,500 tokens (5%) |
| Number of Chunks | 37 chunks |
| Average Query Context | 8,000 tokens |
| Query Latency | 2-3 seconds |
| Accuracy | 95%+ (preserves exact wording) |

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## Benefits

✅ **Handles long contracts**: Up to 200k tokens
✅ **Maintains accuracy**: Preserves exact legal wording
✅ **Fast queries**: 2-3 second response time
✅ **Flexible context**: Adapts to question type
✅ **Cost-effective**: Minimizes token usage

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## Limitations

❌ **No cross-document analysis**: Single contract only
❌ **No relationship modeling**: Entities not linked
❌ **No long-term memory**: Each query is independent
❌ **Limited semantic search**: Keyword-based chunk selection

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## Extensions

To address limitations, consider:
- **Vector-based MCP**: For semantic chunk retrieval
- **Graph-augmented MCP**: For entity relationships
- **State-based MCP**: For multi-turn conversations
- **Hybrid MCP**: Combine all approaches

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