Getting started
Quick Start
Analyze your first contract with OutRiskAI in under 5 minutes.
Get up and running with OutRiskAI in 5 minutes. This guide walks you through logging in, uploading your first agreement, running AI risk analysis, and interacting with the Risk AI Assistant.
Ensure your development environment or hosted instance is running before proceeding. See the Installation Guide for full environment setup.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
Step 1: Create an Account & Sign In
- Open your browser and navigate to
http://localhost:3000(or your deployment URL). - Click Sign In / Register in the top navigation bar.
- Sign in using your Google account or create a credentials account with your email and password.
Step 2: Ingest Your Contract
- In the application sidebar or header, click Upload Contract.
- Select your upload mode:
- File Upload: Select or drag-and-drop a text-searchable PDF (
.pdf) or plain text file (.txt) up to 10 MB. - Text Paste: Copy and paste raw contract text directly into the editor.
- File Upload: Select or drag-and-drop a text-searchable PDF (
- Enter a descriptive title (e.g.,
SaaS Vendor Agreement - Acme Corp). - Click Upload & Analyze.
Step 3: Review AI Risk Analysis
Once processing completes, your contract analysis view will render:
- Executive Summary: High-level summary of contracting parties, effective term, and primary purpose.
- Overall Risk Score: Calculated composite risk index (0 - 100).
- Severity Breakdown:
- 🔴 High Severity: Critical issues (e.g., unlimited liability, one-sided termination).
- 🟡 Medium Severity: Operational concerns (e.g., Net-90 payment terms, vague deliverables).
- 🟢 Low Severity: Administrative or minor adjustments.
- Categorized Risks: Detailed cards showing original clause text, risk explanation, and recommended alternative clauses.
Step 4: Interact with Risk AI Assistant
- Open the Risk AI Assistant side drawer or page.
- Select your contract context.
- Ask contextual questions such as:
- "What is our termination notice requirement?"
- "Draft a counter-proposal clause for Section 7 payment terms."
- "Is the liability cap consistent with SaaS industry standards?"
Step 5: Generate Public API Key (Optional)
If you plan to automate contract submissions from your backend or CRM:
- Click your avatar in the top right corner and select Profile.
- Navigate to the API Credentials section.
- Click Generate Secret Key.
- Copy the key (
ork_live_...) and store it securely.
curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/public/v1/account \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ork_live_your_secret_key"