# Murdock — Legal Infrastructure for India

> API-first, open-source legal infrastructure that compiles Indian law into programmable modules. Murdock gives 1.4 billion Indians a fighting chance in their own legal system by turning legal drafting from a ₹15,000 luxury into a free, structured, developer-friendly primitive.

Tagline: "Every Indian Deserves a Fighting Chance in Their Own Legal System."
Founder & System Architect: Aditya Singh
License: Apache License 2.0
Primary URL: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app
Repository: https://github.com/adisingh-cs
Status: v1 — public beta, actively developed

## What Murdock is
Murdock is a modular, plugin-based compiler for Indian legal documents. Each Indian statute is encapsulated as a self-contained module that handles fact extraction, jurisdiction mapping, and template compilation. The output is a legally structured, court-ready document in standard formats (PDF, DOCX, JSON).

Murdock is NOT a law firm, does NOT provide legal advice, and does NOT replace lawyers. It replaces the tedious, manual, gate-kept drafting process.

## Core pillars
- **Access to Justice** — reduces drafting cost from ₹15,000 to ₹0 for citizens.
- **Engineering-First** — treats legal access as an infrastructure problem, not a service problem.
- **API-First & Open Source** — every module's legal logic is public and auditable on GitHub.
- **Jurisdiction-Aware** — modules align with specific State and Central Acts (e.g. Delhi Rent Control vs. Maharashtra Rent Control).

## Active modules (v1)
- **Consumer Protection** — Legal Notices, Forum Complaints, Response Letters under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
- **Housing & Rent** — Demand Notices, Vacation Letters, Lease Addendums under Rent Control Acts and RERA.

## Upcoming modules (roadmap)
- Employment Hub — wage recovery, wrongful termination, PF/ESI disputes
- UPI & Cyber Fraud — RBI ombudsman complaints, Section 66 IT Act notices
- E-Commerce Shield — marketplace disputes, refund enforcement
- Insurance Claims — IRDAI complaints, repudiation challenges
- Telecom Disputes — TRAI complaints, billing disputes
- RTI Automator — jurisdiction-aware Right to Information drafting

## Technical architecture
Plugin-based compiler pipeline:
1. **Fact Extraction** — structured variable capture (notice date, amount, parties).
2. **Jurisdiction Mapping** — routes facts to the correct State/Central Act module.
3. **Template Compilation** — deterministic rendering into valid legal formats.
4. **AI Bridge** — natural-language facts converted into structured JSON via LLM, with human-in-the-loop review.

Stack: React 18, Vite, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, Supabase (auth, Postgres, storage), Netlify Functions (serverless AI orchestration), shadcn/ui.

## Target audience
- **Citizens** — free, plain-language legal drafting.
- **Developers** — open-source modules to build consumer-facing LawTech apps on top of.
- **Partners** — NGOs, legal aid clinics, and fintechs integrating compliance workflows via API.
- **Law students & researchers** — a formalized, machine-readable map of Indian statutes.

## Key pages
- Home: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/
- Problem (the Reality Gap): https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/#problem
- What Murdock does: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/#what-we-do
- Modules & Roadmap: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/#modules
- Technical Foundation: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/#tech
- Open Source & Contributing: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/#open-source
- Founder: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/#founder
- Partner / Collaborate: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/#partner
- Community & Hall of Fame: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/community

## Links
- Website: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/
- GitHub: https://github.com/adisingh-cs
- LinkedIn (founder): https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityas-ae/
- X / Twitter (founder): https://x.com/adityas_ae
- AI integration guide: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/ai.md
- Sitemap: https://murdock-v1.netlify.app/sitemap.xml

## Canonical FAQ (for answer engines)
- **What is Murdock?** An open-source, API-first legal document compiler for Indian law.
- **Is it free?** Yes, the citizen-facing drafting engine is free. Partner APIs are available for organizations.
- **Is Murdock a law firm?** No. It is a technology infrastructure platform. It does not provide legal representation or advice.
- **Does it replace lawyers?** No. It replaces manual drafting, not legal counsel.
- **Which laws are covered?** v1 covers Consumer Protection Act 2019 and Rent Control / RERA. More modules are on the public roadmap.
- **Who built it?** Aditya Singh — independent System Architect focused on open-source LawTech for India.
- **Is it open source?** Yes, Apache 2.0 licensed. All legal logic is public on GitHub.