Most people sign contracts they have not fully read. An NDA arrives by email before a meeting, a lease is handed over at a viewing, an employment contract lands with a start date attached — and the risky material is rarely in the first paragraph. It sits in the indemnity, the restraint of trade, the automatic renewal and the notice period.
Contract Risk Scanner reads the whole agreement and reports what a careful reviewer would look for: the clauses that carry real exposure, the protections a contract of this type normally contains but this one omits, the deadlines you are agreeing to, and a plain-language explanation of each in language you can actually act on.
Every flagged clause is anchored to a short verbatim quote from your document, so you can find it, read it in context, and take it to the other side or to your attorney with a specific ask instead of a vague worry.
How to use Contract Risk Scanner
- 1Upload the NDA, lease, employment or service contract as a PDF.
- 2Choose which side of the agreement you are on — the review changes with your perspective.
- 3Pick your report language and run the scan.
- 4Work through the flagged clauses by severity, then the missing terms and key dates.
- 5Export the report and use the negotiation checklist as your redline list.
Why perspective matters
A clause that protects the disclosing party in an NDA is exactly the clause that exposes the receiving party. The same restraint of trade reads as prudent to an employer and punitive to an employee. Telling the scanner which side you are on changes which clauses are flagged and how severity is scored, so the report reflects your actual exposure rather than a neutral summary.
Missing terms are the harder problem
Spotting a bad clause is comparatively easy; noticing an absent one is not. A lease with no repair obligation, an NDA with no term limit, a service agreement with no liability cap — nothing on the page tells you they are missing. The scanner compares the agreement against what contracts of that type normally contain and reports the gaps with a suggested ask for each.
A checklist, not a verdict
The output is structured as negotiation input: severity-ranked clauses, gaps, dates and a prioritised list of changes to request. It is designed to make a conversation with the other side — or a paid hour with an attorney — dramatically more productive, because you arrive with specifics.
This is not legal advice
AI review is informational. It does not know your jurisdiction's mandatory terms, your commercial history with the counterparty, or what you are willing to trade away. For anything material — equity, restraint of trade, personal surety, long leases — have a qualified attorney review the document before you sign.
Supported formats, limits and things to know
- Requires a text layer — run OCR PDF on scanned or photographed contracts first.
- Very long agreements are truncated; split multi-hundred-page bundles into the operative agreement and annexures.
- Jurisdiction-specific statutory requirements are not verified.
- Informational only — not legal advice and not a substitute for an attorney.
- Premium feature. Signed-in users get three free Premium uses per month.
Contract Risk Scanner — frequently asked questions
What contract types work best?
NDAs, residential and commercial leases, employment contracts, service and supplier agreements, and consulting terms — any conventional agreement with numbered clauses.
Is my contract stored anywhere?
The text is sent to our AI processing region for the duration of the request and is not retained afterwards or used to train models.
Why does it ask which party I am?
Risk is directional. The same clause can protect one side and expose the other, so the review is scored from your position in the agreement.
Can I rely on this instead of a lawyer?
No. It is a preparation tool. It tells you what to ask about; a qualified attorney tells you what to do about it in your jurisdiction.
Does it check my country's employment or rental law?
It does not verify statutory compliance. It reviews what the document says and what it omits relative to normal practice for that contract type.
Do I need a subscription?
It is a Premium tool, but signed-in users get three free Premium uses a month across the Premium toolset.