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Rajat Ray
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How I built an AI shield to stop client Scope Creep and Uncapped Liability (+ 10 Free Pro Passes)

#freelance #webdev #showdev #ai

Every freelance developer knows this pain:
You quote a fixed price for a web app. Halfway through, the client drops a message on Slack: "Hey, can we also add dark mode and change the dashboard layout? Should be quick!"

Before you even get there, the contract you signed probably had an Uncapped Liability clause and Work Made for Hire wording that hands over your pre-existing helper libraries before the final invoice is even paid.

What I Built: ClauseRadar

I built ClauseRadar to protect independent devs at three stages:

  1. Before Signing (Contract Scanner): Drop a PDF, DOCX, or text. It flags high-risk clauses, scores the contract out of 100, and writes a polite counter-proposal email with a safer replacement clause.
  2. During the Project (Scope Guard): Save your project's key deliverables and revision cap to Contract Memory (your full contract is never stored). Paste any client message, and Scope Guard tells you if it's IN_SCOPE, OUT_OF_SCOPE (Billable), or GREY_AREA—complete with a ready-to-send Change Order quote.
  3. When Invoices Go Late (Payment Chaser): Calculates your cost of delayed capital and generates 3 levels of escalation notices.

🎁 Free Pro Giveaway for DEV Community

I'm giving away 10 Free 1-Month Pro subscriptions (worth ₹499).
To grab one:

  1. Test a scan or sign up at https://clauseradar.online
  2. Drop a comment below with your thoughts or say "Interested"!

Top comments (2)

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wolf Valencia •

Giving away 10 Pro passes is a smart way to get real contracts through it fast, and for a tool that sells protection from uncapped liability, the trust signals around the product matter about as much as the clause analysis.

As a Staff SDET I ran clauseradar.online through a structured QA preview, and the report card came back 98/100 (A). The one finding it unlocked: there's no SPF record on clauseradar.online. Your MX points at Zoho, but with no v=spf1 TXT record, receiving servers can't tell which hosts are allowed to send as @clauseradar.online. That makes spoofing your domain easier and pushes legit mail (signup confirmations, pass codes) toward spam. One TXT record with Zoho's include usually covers it. We found 3 other issues in the same pass.

Are the Pro passes going out by email, or redeemed in-app?

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Rajat Ray •

Appreciate the thorough QA pass, Wolf! Stoked to see it hit a 98/100 (A) right out of the gate.

Great catch on the missing Zoho SPF TXT record—just queued v=spf1 include:zoho.in ~all on our DNS so transactional emails stay clean and out of spam.

To answer your question: Pro passes are unlocked directly in-app on the account level! If you sign up with Google/Email on clauseradar.online and drop your login email (or DM it to me), I'll flip your account to Pro right away.

Also curious—what were the other 3 minor findings from your pass? Always happy to tighten up the security posture!