We built Clause Shepherd because signing the wrong agreement can quietly wreck a month of work, and most people don't have a lawyer on speed dial. The product is simple: upload a contract, tell it your role, and get a plain English read on where you actually stand before you sign.
Contracts hide what matters most in dense, deliberately formal language. Indemnification, unilateral termination, automatic renewal. These clauses can cost you the most, and they're the ones most likely to be skimmed past.
A proper legal review fixes that, but it's slow and expensive. Paying a lawyer to read every freelance agreement, MSA, or NDA simply isn't realistic, so people make a quiet trade: sign now, understand later, and absorb the risk in between.
Clause Shepherd closes that gap. Not by replacing a lawyer but by giving you a careful, honest first read so you walk into the conversation knowing exactly what you're agreeing to.
Clause Shepherd is an AI-native contract reviewer. You upload a PDF or DOCX, choose your role, the contract type, and the governing law to read it under. Within a minute, it produces a plain English analysis: a verdict (sign, negotiate, or seek counsel), drafted pushback language, and a downloadable report you can share or take to a lawyer.
The product is built on one idea: understanding a contract should not depend on whether you can afford a $400 review. We translate the jargon; you make the call.
If a contract lands in your inbox and you're not quite sure what you're agreeing to, Clause Shepherd is for you. It works the same whether you sign one agreement a year or one a week.
Designers, photographers, and writers juggling client agreements between projects.
Consultants and agency owners negotiating scope, payment, and liability terms on every new client contract.
Owners signing client contracts, MSAs, and NDAs without an in-house legal team to check them first.
Anyone signing an NDA, a service agreement, or anything else with clauses.
3 principles run through every decision we make about the product: what to ship, what to charge for, what to leave out.
It translates jargon into language you'd actually use. Every flag comes with a plain English explanation of what the clause says, what it means in practice, and why it matters. No jargon left unexplained, no vagueness dressed up as advice.
Your contracts are private. The file never leaves your browser; only the text is sent, it is discarded once your review is written, and the review itself is deleted whenever you ask. Never sold, never used to train AI models. Your business stays your business.
Professional-grade contract review shouldn't depend on your budget. Every plan, including the free one, gets a genuinely careful read; paying more buys a deeper analysis pass, not a first look you'd otherwise be denied.
A short list of things you'll never see from us because they're how this kind of product usually goes wrong.
Clause Shepherd is a careful reader, not a substitute for counsel. We say so plainly, every time.
A 9/10 risk gets a calm, specific explanation, not red sirens and shouting copy.
We never use your documents, reviews, or questions to train AI models, ours or anyone else's.
Plans, limits, and renewal terms are on the pricing page in plain English.
Clause Shepherd helps you understand a contract. It does not and legally cannot make the final call for you. For decisions with real consequences, talk to a qualified lawyer in your jurisdiction. We try to be useful precisely because we know our limits.
Our analysis is informational and generated by AI. It is not a substitute for advice from a licensed attorney, and using Clause Shepherd does not create a lawyer–client relationship.
Got a question about the product, how we work, or anything else? Send an email to hello@clauseshepherd.com and a real person will get back to you.
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