LegalEase

Problem

Indian startups and SMEs juggle contracts, ITR/GST filing, legal notices, and compliance deadlines across disconnected tools and manual paperwork - slow, error-prone, and easy to miss a filing that triggers penalties. They need legal and accounting automation trustworthy enough to act on real documents, with proof the documents weren't tampered with.

Approach

LegalEase is a microservices platform: a Next.js frontend, a FastAPI backend, MongoDB Atlas, and a Solidity contract on Base. Six specialized AI agents (Tax Filing Copilot, Compliance Health, Notice Responder, Document Generator, Trademark Assistant, General Assistant) automate filings, drafting, and monitoring instead of one general prompt. Documents are OCR'd, smart-categorized, and notarized on-chain - SHA-256 hashes stored via LegalEaseDocRegistry.sol on Base Sepolia for immutable verification. WebSockets stream live automation status, a GST Verification API validates returns, and a step-by-step onboarding flow sets up the entity, registrations, and required documents.

At a glance

Tech decisions

• On-chain notarization (hashes only) on Base

  Store SHA-256 hashes via LegalEaseDocRegistry.sol for immutable proof-of-existence - without putting sensitive legal documents on a public chain.

• Six role-scoped agents over one general LLM

  Tax, compliance, notices, and drafting need different tools and guardrails; scoped agents are more accurate and auditable than a single prompt.

• WebSocket live automation

  Filing and compliance runs are long-running; streaming status keeps users informed instead of blocking on a request.

• Microservices split (Next.js / FastAPI / Solidity / GST API)

  Keeps the Python automation services, the web app, and the on-chain layer independently deployable and scalable.