Upload a contract, get a video explaining it
A contract is written to be complete, not to be read. The price for year two is in a schedule at the back. The notice period is one sentence in the middle. What you promise to cover if something goes wrong is in a clause you have not reached yet. ZUQ is built to take the contract you upload, ask what you are worried about, and plan a narrated video walkthrough of exactly the clauses that answer you, in plain words.
This is an early build, and two things about it are worth knowing before you hand anything over. You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it.
No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. This page describes what the product is being built to do, so you can decide whether it is worth a request now. A request is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes.
StatusEarly build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes.
A contract video walkthrough is a narrated video, planned from a contract you upload and the question you ask about it, that goes through the clauses that answer that question in plain words and names each clause as it goes.
Five steps, from your own words to a build
The flow is the same for a supplier agreement, a lease, a term sheet or a settlement, and it is the same five steps that build a course. You say what you need, you answer the questions that come back, you attach the document, and you choose the runtime last.
- Describe. Pick the shape - one concept, a whole subject, or content you hand over - and say in your own words what you need. Rough notes are fine.
- Refine. Three to five questions, planned from what you just wrote: what you are deciding, who it is for, how much of it to cover, how careful the wording has to be. Every one of them is optional.
- Focus. Pick what this has to achieve, or write your own line instead. Selecting nothing is an allowed answer.
- Files. The step the agreement is attached at - step four, not step one, so the questions come from what you said rather than from the file.
- Review. Name it, pick the runtime and the depth, read what the build will cost in minutes against your balance, and send it.
What a walkthrough looks for
Every agreement has a few places where the money, the exit and the risk are decided. The walkthrough is planned around the ones your question points to. These are the four it is planned around.
- The price you agreed to is not the price in year two. That number lives in a schedule at the back.
- Getting out of it has a notice period, and the notice period has a date.
- Somewhere in here is what you promise to cover if something goes wrong, and how much of it.
- One clause decides whether this is exclusive. You will be asked about it later, by your board.
What comes back
A narrated video in chapters, one question each. A chapter states the finding in plain words and names the clause it came from, so you can open your own copy at that clause and read the words yourself.
The chapter titles are decided by the build worker when your job starts, from your own words and from whatever text it was handed. The shape named here is the fallback it uses when that call does not come back - not a list you are promised, and not one you approve before the build begins.
Minutes are the only meter, and a build costs exactly the runtime it produces: a 15-minute walkthrough spends 15 minutes of your monthly allowance. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. The pricing page lists what each plan grants and what a top-up adds.
If a chapter moves too fast, or you need a different clause covered, you say so in plain words and that starts a new build. The new build costs the full runtime of that video in minutes all over again, the video you already have is kept exactly as it is, and what the new build hands back is another sample file.
Not legal advice, and why that is the point
We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice. This is so that when you do talk to your lawyer, you already know which three pages to talk about.
A walkthrough does not tell you whether to sign, does not score the contract, and does not predict how a clause would play out for you. It shows you what your document says at the places that matter, and names the clause. What you do with that is between you and your lawyer, and the conversation starts further along.
Where this build stands
Four things are true of this build today, and each one is shown in the flow rather than in a footnote.
Early build: we save your request and plan the course. No course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course - and we will tell you the day that changes.
You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it.
Payments are live. A plan is a recurring monthly subscription and a top-up is a one-time charge, both taken through Stripe Checkout, and your card details never reach ZUQ.
Early build: an update request spends real minutes and hands back another sample file, not your rendered course. The video you have now is kept exactly as it is, and we will tell you the day real rendering begins.
Questions
Can I upload a contract and get a video explaining what I am agreeing to?
That is what ZUQ is being built to do. You upload the contract, answer three to five questions about what worries you, and the product plans a narrated walkthrough of the clauses that answer you. In this early build no course video is generated yet - a finished build hands you a sample file, not your course. Your request is saved, and we will tell you the day that changes.
Will it tell me whether I should sign?
No. A walkthrough shows you where the price, the exit, the liability and the exclusivity are decided, in the words of your own document. Whether to sign is a decision for you and your lawyer. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.
What kinds of contract can I upload?
Anything waiting for your signature: a supplier agreement, a lease, a term sheet, a settlement, an employment contract, a licensing agreement. The walkthrough is planned from your question, so the type of contract matters less than what you need to know about it. The picker takes PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, PDF, plain text and Markdown, and nothing else. Up to 5 files, each under 10 MB, and at most 20,000 characters are read out of any one PDF or text file.
How long is the video?
You pick the runtime on the last step, and that choice is the price: a build spends exactly the runtime it produces out of your monthly minutes. The content track opens at 15 minutes and the ladder runs to 30 hours. The chapters are only the ones that answer you.
What happens to the contract I upload?
You can attach up to 5 files, each with your own one-line note. An image is resized in your browser and uploaded to storage only our build worker can read. A PDF or a text file is never uploaded - its text is read in your browser, and only that text travels with your request, where the model that plans your course reads it. The privacy policy sets out what is stored, who can see it and for how long.
Is a video walkthrough a substitute for a lawyer?
No. It is preparation for one. The walkthrough shows you which clauses carry the price, the exit, the liability and the exclusivity, so the conversation with your lawyer can start at the three pages that matter to you rather than at page one.