InkSafe - Know what you're really signing before you sign it
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Freelancers sign contracts without knowing what they're agreeing to. One bad clause can mean working for free or losing your tools forever.
InkSafe scans any freelance contract and flags dangerous clauses in plain English. Paste your contract, get a risk score, color coded issues, and negotiation tips you can send straight to your client.
No lawyer needed. Free to try.
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Hey Product Hunt! I'm Richie, the solo builder behind InkSafe.
I built this because I kept seeing freelancers get burned by contract clauses they didn't understand. Things like IP assignments that hand over tools they built years ago, or termination clauses that let clients walk away without paying for completed work.
Lawyers charge $300/hour to catch these. I built InkSafe to do it in seconds.
In testing it scored a nightmare contract 5 out of 100 and caught a clause that let the client change your pay just by sending an email, and continuing to work counted as legal acceptance.
Would love honest feedback from any freelancers who want to paste a real contract and tell me how the results look. Free beta access at inksafe.ai
Note: InkSafe is an AI tool and doesn't provide legal advice, it's a starting point, not a substitute for a lawyer.
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Nice idea Richie, the "continuing to work = acceptance" clause catch is wild. I've been building an AI chatbot platform for agencies and freelancers and contract gotchas are something my users deal with constantly. Are you planning to support scanning contractor SOWs too, or strictly employment-style contracts?
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@cuygun Yes absolutely, InkSafe handles SOWs too, not just standard contracts. Just tested it on a web redesign SOW this week and it caught a liquidated damages clause that would have left the contractor owing $52,000 on a $15,000 job, plus a 24-month PageSpeed warranty that held them responsible for Shopify API changes two years down the line.
Anything a freelancer or agency contractor gets asked to sign, MSAs, SOWs, retainer agreements, creative services contracts, InkSafe catches the dangerous clauses and adds negotiation tips they can send straight to the client.
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@richied5, that's great, $52K liability on a $15K job. The negotiation tips angle is smart, knowing something's bad is only half the problem. Good luck with the launch!
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Nice idea Richie, the "continuing to work = acceptance" clause catch is wild. I've been building an AI chatbot platform for agencies and freelancers and contract gotchas are something my users deal with constantly. Are you planning to support scanning contractor SOWs too, or strictly employment-style contracts?
@cuygun Yes absolutely, InkSafe handles SOWs too, not just standard contracts. Just tested it on a web redesign SOW this week and it caught a liquidated damages clause that would have left the contractor owing $52,000 on a $15,000 job, plus a 24-month PageSpeed warranty that held them responsible for Shopify API changes two years down the line.
Anything a freelancer or agency contractor gets asked to sign, MSAs, SOWs, retainer agreements, creative services contracts, InkSafe catches the dangerous clauses and adds negotiation tips they can send straight to the client.
@richied5, that's great, $52K liability on a $15K job. The negotiation tips angle is smart, knowing something's bad is only half the problem. Good luck with the launch!