Risky Word Highlighter
Scan a contract for common terms worth a closer look — indemnification, auto-renewal, arbitration, and more — with the exact page and context for every match.
This is a rule-based keyword scanner, not legal advice and not an AI review. It flags common contract terms worth a closer look — it doesn't replace reading the document or consulting a lawyer.
Drop a contract or PDF here, or click to browse
How the contract keyword scanner works
The Risky Word Highlighter searches an uploaded PDF's text against a fixed list of terms that commonly appear in contracts and are worth a closer read — things like indemnification clauses, non-compete restrictions, auto-renewal terms, and arbitration requirements. Each match shows which page it's on, the surrounding sentence with the term highlighted, and a short, general explanation of why that type of term is often worth reviewing.
This is deliberately a plain rule-based keyword match, not an AI system and not legal advice — unlike the AI contract-review tools built for law firms, nothing here reads your document for meaning, compares it against a playbook, or scores overall risk. It has no understanding of your specific contract, its context, or whether a flagged clause is actually favorable or unfavorable to you, and it can miss risky language that isn't on its list. Treat it as a fast first pass — a way to find the sections worth reading twice — not a substitute for reading the full document or consulting a lawyer.
Common use cases
- Getting a quick first pass on a freelance or vendor contract before you sign
- Spotting auto-renewal or arbitration clauses buried in a subscription agreement
- Preparing a list of specific questions to bring to a lawyer before a paid review
- Double-checking a lease or employment agreement for common risk terms
- Getting a page-by-page list of liability and indemnification language in a long vendor agreement
Reading the results
- Use the category chips to narrow down to just liability, termination, financial, restriction, dispute, or renewal terms
- Search within the results to jump straight to a specific word, like "arbitration" or "penalty"
- Check the page number on each match so you can find it quickly in the original document
- Download the findings as a text report if you want to keep or share them without re-scanning
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Risky Word Highlighter — frequently asked questions
Neither. This is a plain rule-based keyword scanner — it checks your document's text against a fixed list of terms and returns exact matches, nothing more. It doesn't read for meaning, doesn't compare clauses against a playbook, and doesn't score risk the way AI contract-review tools do. That's a deliberate trade-off: no AI model reads your document, so there's nothing to hallucinate and nothing to send off your device. Always have a lawyer review anything that actually matters.
Common contract terms worth a closer look, grouped into six categories — liability, termination, financial penalties, restrictions, dispute resolution, and renewal terms — for example indemnify, non-compete, auto-renewal, and arbitration. Every match now shows which page it's on, plus a short surrounding snippet with the matched word highlighted, so you can find it in the actual document quickly.
No. It only checks against its fixed keyword list, so it can easily miss risky language phrased differently, or written in a way that doesn't use any of these exact terms. A clean scan means none of these specific words appear — it isn't a safety guarantee.
Yes. You can filter by category (all six shown as counted chips), search within the flagged terms and their context by keyword, and download a plain-text report of everything found — organized by category with the page number and explanation for each match — so you can keep or share the findings without re-scanning.
Not directly — it reads a PDF's actual embedded text, so a scanned page with no selectable text layer won't have anything to search. Run it through the site's OCR tool first to add a text layer, then scan the result here.
It's detected before scanning starts and you'll get a clear message pointing you to the Unlock PDF tool — remove the password there first, then come back and scan the unlocked copy.
No. The PDF is read, scanned, and the report is generated entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a server at any point, and closing the tab clears everything.