AI Contract Simplifier

AI Contract Simplifier is an AI-powered tool that extracts, simplifies, and structures obligations and deadlines from legal and business documents, helping non-lawyers understand and act on contracts with clarity.

🚀 Features

• Upload or paste contract text
• View plain-English summaries of complex clauses
• Automatically extract obligations, responsibilities, and deadlines
• Export structured summaries to CSV or Markdown
• Secure login via Google OAuth

🛠 Tech Stack (MVP)

Frontend:

• React + TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS

Backend:

• Node.js + TypeScript + Express.js
• MongoDB Atlas
• OpenAI API
• Google OAuth (passport-google-oauth20)

Infrastructure:

• Docker + Docker Compose
• Local development only (hosted deployment post-MVP)

🔐 Security and Best Practices

• Secure headers via Helmet.js
• Input validation with express-validator
• OAuth-based login only (no passwords)

🗂 Planned Folder Structure

ai-contract-simplifier/
├── backend/
│   ├── routes/
│   ├── services/
│   ├── auth/
│   └── utils/
├── frontend/
│   ├── components/
│   ├── pages/
│   ├── hooks/
│   └── utils/
├── docker-compose.yml
└── README.md

🛣 Post-MVP Roadmap

• Logging with Pino
• Jest-based testing
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• Hosted deployment (Render, Railway)
• PDF ingestion
• Calendar + Slack integrations
• Role-based multi-user access