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Key Terms Checklist
Important terms to understand before signing
Items To Review Before Signing
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Watch ContractDecoder turn a confidentiality agreement into an organized starting point with key terms, provisions that may warrant closer review, questions to discuss, and plain-English requests.

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This sample preview shows the kind of organized overview ContractDecoder can create: key terms, obligations, provisions that may warrant closer review, neutral questions, and plain-English requests.

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Plain-English Summary
This sample NDA covers information shared while two businesses discuss a possible partnership. It limits how the receiving party may use the information, sets protection periods, and includes restrictions that may affect future business activity.
What This Contract Covers

Permitted use

The receiving party may use protected information only to evaluate a possible business relationship.

Found in: Purpose and Use

Protection period

Most protected information must be kept confidential for 3 years after disclosure.

Found in: Confidentiality Obligations
Provisions That May Warrant Closer Review

Non-compete restriction

The agreement limits similar work for competing businesses for 12 months after the NDA ends.

Discussion pointWhether the restriction is intended to apply to all similar work or only work involving the same confidential information.
Plain-English request to discussCan we clarify which work this restriction applies to?General information only. Not legal advice.
Found in: Restrictive Covenants

Return or destruction request

Materials must be returned or destroyed within 10 days after a written request.

Found in: Return of Materials
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Plain-English Summary
This sample NDA covers information shared while two businesses discuss a possible partnership.
What This Contract Covers

Permitted use

The receiving party may use protected information only for evaluating the business relationship.

Found in: Purpose and Use
Provisions That May Warrant Closer Review

Non-compete restriction

The agreement limits similar work for competing businesses for 12 months after the NDA ends.

Discussion pointWhether the restriction is intended to apply to all similar work or only work involving confidential information.
Plain-English request to discussCan we clarify which work this restriction applies to?General information only. Not legal advice.
Found in: Restrictive Covenants

Return or destruction request

Materials must be returned or destroyed within 10 days after a written request.

Found in: Return of Materials
Why ContractDecoder exists

Built for the gap before a full contract review is realistic.

ContractDecoder was built with input from a licensed attorney after seeing the same pattern again and again: freelancers, early-stage founders, and small business owners often receive agreements before legal review is realistic.

Months later, the important terms may become clearer: payment timing, renewal language, ownership rights, termination rules, liability limits, or obligations they did not realize were there.

ContractDecoder gives people an organized starting point so they can understand contract terms faster, spot provisions that may warrant closer review, and prepare better questions before going back to the other side.

It is not a replacement for a lawyer. It is a practical first pass for people who need to get oriented before deciding what to do next.

General information only. Not legal advice.

Questions people ask

A few quick answers about what ContractDecoder does, what it does not do, and how it handles contract text.

How is this different from Copilot or ChatGPT?

Copilot and ChatGPT are general AI assistants. ContractDecoder is focused on contract-reading workflows, so users do not need to write prompts. It turns contract text into a structured overview with key terms, obligations, provisions that may warrant closer review, questions to discuss, plain-English requests, and a sensitive-information redaction prompt for pasted text and supported document uploads.

Is this legal advice?

No. ContractDecoder provides general information only. It was built with input from a licensed attorney, but it does not tell users whether to sign, what to do, or whether a provision is enforceable.

Do I need an account or payment?

No. ContractDecoder is free during early access and does not require an account or payment. Daily limits may apply so we can keep access available.

Do I need to download an app?

No app store download is required. You can use ContractDecoder in your browser. You can also choose to add it to your phone home screen.

What kinds of contracts can it read?

It can help users understand many common agreements faster, including leases, employment documents, NDAs, freelancer or client agreements, and small business contracts.

What happens to my contract?

Contract text or images are sent for AI processing to generate the result. For pasted text and supported document uploads, ContractDecoder checks for common sensitive-information patterns and can replace them with [REDACTED] before analysis. Users should still avoid uploading highly sensitive information unless they are comfortable submitting it for AI-assisted analysis.