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Know what the agreement asks of both sides

This is the second stage: translate the wording, identify practical surprises, and raise questions before anyone signs.

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  1. 01ScopeScoping & ProposalsTurn the work, timing, and responsibilities into a shared plan.
  2. 02AgreeContracts & TermsUnderstand the wording, tradeoffs, and questions before signing.Current stage
  3. 03DeliverScope & CommunicationCompare new requests with the agreement and respond clearly.
  4. 04InvoiceInvoicing & PaymentCheck the figures and follow up without unnecessary friction.
  5. 05ResolveDisputes & Wind-downOrganize the facts and consider proportionate next steps.
A contract clause with ambiguous details highlighted for review

Lucy’s Contracts & Terms tool

Contracts & Terms

See what contract language means in practice, what deserves attention, and which questions to raise before agreement.

Your perspective

What Lucy checks

  • Scope, revisions, and acceptance
  • Payment and expenses
  • Intellectual property and licensing
  • Confidentiality and warranties
  • Liability and indemnities
  • Termination and dispute terms

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Streamed as it is written

Lucy’s response

Lucy will organize the response into useful sections such as:

  • Plain-English meaning
  • What stands out
  • Practical effect for both sides
  • Questions to raise
  • Possible wording to discuss

Worked example

A revision rate that looks clearer than it is

Situation

“Two rounds of revisions are included. Additional revisions require written approval and are billed at $95 per hour.”

What stands out

The price is explicit, but the approval path is not. The clause does not identify who approves, whether email counts, when an extra round begins, or whether a changed direction is a revision.

Useful next step

Define one round as one consolidated set of comments, name the approver and accepted written channel, and separate revisions from additional scope.

Read the contract as a connected system

A clause can look reasonable alone and work differently beside another clause. Payment, acceptance, ownership, and termination often depend on one another.

  • Trace payment triggers to delivery and acceptance wording.
  • Check whether ownership transfers on creation, delivery, or full payment, and preserve needed licenses for pre-existing materials.
  • Compare liability, indemnity, warranties, and insurance instead of reading each risk clause in isolation.

Build the complete contract stack

The signed document may not be the whole agreement. An accepted proposal, statement of work, platform terms, policies, and later written changes can all affect the practical deal.

  • List incorporated documents and which one controls if wording conflicts.
  • Check notice, termination, dispute process, governing law, and duties that survive the end of the project.
  • Use Lucy’s questions as a preparation list; record any agreed answer in the contract stack itself.

What this tool cannot decide

Lucy explains supplied wording and practical tradeoffs. She cannot confirm enforceability, identify law that is absent from the document, or replace a complete review by a lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction.

When human expertise matters

Local legal advice may be worthwhile for high-value rights transfers, broad indemnities, regulated work, personal guarantees, restrictive covenants, foreign governing law, or active litigation threats.

Continue with the record

Check the platform guides →See how an offer, order, platform rules, and separate agreements may form one contract stack.Compare a later request →Use the agreed wording beside a new message when the work starts to change.

Common questions

Does Lucy provide legal advice about a contract?

No. Lucy explains supplied language in plain English, flags practical risks and ambiguities, and suggests questions to discuss. She does not determine enforceability or replace advice from a qualified lawyer.

Which freelance contract clauses can Lucy review?

Lucy can examine terms about scope, payment, revisions, intellectual property, confidentiality, warranties, liability, termination, dispute procedures, and governing law when they appear in the text you provide.

Will Lucy tell me which party is right?

No. She applies the same analysis for freelancers and clients, explains the practical effect for both sides, and distinguishes business questions from issues that need jurisdiction-specific legal review.