Upload a PDF or DOCX and it works through the document the way a careful lawyer would — clause by clause, in plain English, with the risky parts flagged before you sign.
PDF or DOCX · under 50 MB · only the text leaves your browser · no card requiredClause Shepherd reads the whole contract and explains what it finds in plain English — what you're agreeing to, what you owe, and by when. The terms that work against you come back as flags instead of slipping past you.
Reads obligations, liabilities, and deadlines4.1 Provider grants Client a perpetual, irrevocable license to all deliverables, including preliminary works and source files…
You hand over not just the final work but every draft and working file — forever, with no way to revoke it. That's broader than a standard usage license.
Every term it flags gets a low, medium, or high risk rating, and the contract as a whole gets a score out of 10. A 7 isn't a reason to walk away — it's a list of things to negotiate first.
Surfaces the most one-sided terms firstNo legal jargon — just clear explanations of what each part means for you, in words you'd actually use.
Every flag written in words you'd use8.3 Party of the first part shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Party of the second part from and against any and all claims arising hereunder…
Who pays if you get sued. You agree to cover the client's legal costs if a third party sues them over your work, with no cap on what you could owe — and no matching protection if you're the one sued.
Send a review to a client, a partner, or your lawyer without making them sign up for anything. Each review gets one live link that opens the full report in the browser and includes the PDF. Set it to expire, or revoke it and the link stops working for everyone immediately.
Revoked links are deleted, not just hiddenEvery analysis also comes as a PDF you download and keep — not a link that depends on staying live. Same verdict, risk ratings, and drafted pushback language, but it's yours: file it away, forward it, or hand it to your lawyer, even after a share link expires.
One-click export, ready to forwardService agreements, freelance creative, consulting and coaching, NDAs, and MSAs each come with their own playbook of clauses to check. Tell it your role and contract type and it knows exactly what "standard" looks like. Something else? Same treatment — read clause by clause, against your side of the deal.
Built for freelancers, consultants, and studio ownersClause Shepherd finds the governing law your contract names and reports it back. If you want to go further, pick one of 12 jurisdictions across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East, and it re-tests every clause under that law instead.
Flags when the contract's law isn't the one you expectedA flag tells you what a clause does. It doesn't tell you whether 60 days is normal, or how to push back without losing the deal. Open any flagged clause, ask in your own words, and get a plain English bottom line with the few points behind it — drawn from that clause's own analysis, never invented. Free on every plan.
Says so plainly when a question can't be answeredIs a 60-day payment term normal for a job this size?
No — 60 days is well outside the norm, and worth pushing back on.
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