On their own
- Read and summarize each clause
- Flag risk and cost
- Draft redlines and questions
Operations and finance
Know what you’re signing before the lawyer bill starts.
Drop in a contract. A review team maps the risky clauses on payment, ownership and lock-in, suggests redlines, and lists the questions to take to your lawyer. It is a draft for review, not legal advice.
Free and open source. macOS, Windows and Ubuntu.
Contract first read
Read this vendor agreement. Map the clauses on payment, ownership, liability and lock-in, suggest redlines, and list what I should ask my lawyer. Not legal advice.
Your Chief of Staff put a team on it
- Counsel
- Numbers
- Sales
- Copy
Vendor agreement, first read
- 24 clauses, 4 rated high risk
- Renews for 24 months unless you cancel 90 days ahead
- Late fee: 1.5% a month
- 5 suggested redlines, 6 questions for your lawyer
DoneThe first read is ready, with the six questions for your lawyer listed at the end.
An example of the job. Your team works on your own work.
The team it puts on it.
Your Chief of Staff picks the specialists the job needs. Each one has its own role, instructions and engine.
Counsel
Maps each clause and flags where you carry the risk
Numbers
Works out what the payment and penalty terms cost you
Sales
Says which changes the other side is likely to accept
Copy
Writes the suggested redlines in plain language
How it runs.
- Step 1Add the contractDrop the file into a project. It is stored on your computer; the AI engine you chose reads its text.
- Step 2Clause by clauseEach clause is summarized in plain words, with the risk rated and explained.
- Step 3Redlines and questionsSuggested changes, and the questions to put to your lawyer.
- Step 4Your lawyer decidesTake the draft to a qualified professional. Nothing is signed or sent.
What the team does, and what waits for you.
Waits for you
- Sending anything to the other side
- Signing anything
Start from a ready-made team.
From Murage’s library. Import one, look inside, and give it your brief.
Skills the ready-made teams load.
What the library teams above bring with them. Skill Guard scans each one.
- Discovery callIf the deck comes first, push back: discovery before pitch.
- Objection handlingAnswer the objections buyers raise, such as price, timing or a boss's sign-off, by working out what each one says about the deal.
- Close and next stepEvery meaningful conversation ends in one of four outcomes; only two count.
What you need.
What it takes to run this job. The Murage app is free; your AI provider bills you as usual.
- Murage and an AI engine (your existing Claude or ChatGPT plan, or an API key)
- Nothing to connect: paste it in or add files to a project
Rather have it set up for you?
We build your first contract first read team with you, connect your tools and write your House Rules. Tell us what you need and we’ll quote before anything is booked.
Questions about contract first read.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is a first-pass draft to make your time with a lawyer shorter and sharper. A qualified professional must review it.
Where does my contract go?
The file stays on your computer. The text is read by the AI engine you chose, under that provider’s terms.
Contract first read: hand it to a team tonight.
Give your first job to Murage.
Download the free app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing. Plan on about ten minutes from install to a working team.
No account needed · Runs on the AI plan you already pay for