--- id: KB-PS-001 url: https://app.codecontract.io/help/getting-started/what-is-code-contract idioma: en categoria: primeros-pasos subcategoria: empezar audiencia: usuario actualizado: 2026-08-12 tambienEn: [es, fr, pt] relacionados: [KB-PS-002, KB-TL-001, KB-CO-001, KB-SC-001] citadoPor: [KB-PS-002, KB-TL-001, KB-CO-001, KB-SC-001, KB-PR-001, KB-ET-001, KB-CD-001, KB-MA-001, KB-PS-003, KB-PS-004] enLaApp: https://app.codecontract.io/dashboard --- # What Code Contract is and what it is for _Three modules on one foundation: request documents, sign them and certify them as evidence._ **Responde a:** what is Code Contract · what is Code Contract used for · platform to request documents from suppliers · alternative to chasing documents by email · document management software with signature and traceability Code Contract is a platform for handling the documents that come in and out of your company whenever somebody else is involved: a supplier who owes you a certificate, a client who has to sign a contract, an inspector who in two years' time will ask you to prove you held a document on a specific date. **En corto** - Three modules — Trackline, Consigne and SmartCheck — solving three different problems, usable separately. - They share one foundation: your team, your contacts, your folders and the record of who did what. - Everything that happens is dated and logged, which is what turns a file into evidence. - The people who send you documents or sign them do not need an account. ## The problem it solves Most companies do all of this with three tools that do not talk to each other: email to ask, a signing service to sign, and a shared folder to store. It works until somebody asks "did the supplier ever send that certificate?" and you have to dig through an inbox — or until you have to prove to a third party that a document existed on a given date, and all you have is a file with a modification date anyone could change. Code Contract puts the three together in one place and, more importantly, leaves a trail of every step: who asked for what, when they were chased, when they replied, what they sent and what was done with it. ## The three modules **Three independent modules on a shared foundation** — Each module solves a different problem, but all three rest on the same team, contacts, folders and traceability. | Module | What it does | A typical case | | --- | --- | --- | | Trackline | Requests documents and data from other people, chases them if they go quiet, reads what arrives and organises the case into phases | Onboarding a supplier by asking for six different documents | | Consigne | Sends a document for signature, tracks who has signed and produces a signed PDF with its legal evidence | Getting a new hire to sign their contract before they start | | SmartCheck | Seals whatever you give it with a date that can be demonstrated and can no longer be altered | Keeping quality records for next year's audit | _You do not have to use all three. Many people start with one and add the others when they need them._ ## How the pieces fit The difference between the three is who acts. In Trackline the ball is in someone else's court: you ask and wait. Consigne also goes outward, but what you are waiting for is a signature, not a file. In SmartCheck nobody else is involved: you upload something of yours and leave it sealed. > [!NOTE] > If you have to pick a starting point, start with Trackline: it removes the most manual work from day one, because chasing documents is what eats the most time. ## What people outside your company need Nothing. No account, no password, nothing to install. Each person gets their own link, opens it on a phone or a computer, does their bit — upload a file, fill in some data, sign — and that is it. That is deliberate: most of the time the person who owes you a document is not going to sign up for a tool they have never heard of. ## Frequently asked questions **Do I have to use all three modules?** No. They are independent and can be bought and used separately. They share the platform foundation, so if you add another one later, your contacts, folders and team are already there. **Does the person I ask for a document need an account?** No. They get their own link by email, SMS or WhatsApp and upload what you asked for without registering anywhere. **How is this different from a shared folder?** A folder stores files. Code Contract also asks for what is missing, chases it if it does not arrive, reads what does arrive, and records every step with a date. When someone asks what happened, there is a logged answer instead of a reconstruction from emails. **What happens if I stop using the platform?** Documents signed with Consigne are ordinary PDFs with the signature and seal inside: they validate in any reader without depending on us. And you can export your data whenever you want. **Which languages does it support?** The product covers Spanish, English, French and Portuguese. Notices sent to your contacts go out in their own language. ## Ejemplos **An accounting firm onboards a new client, needs six documents from them, needs the engagement letter signed, and needs to keep it all in case the tax authority asks four years from now.** - Trackline requests the six documents and chases only what is missing - Consigne sends the engagement letter for signature - SmartCheck closes the case with a demonstrable date → A complete case file, with the signature proven and a date that can be demonstrated to a third party without relying on anyone's word. **A contractor must prove to their client that every subcontractor was current on the day they entered the site.** - Trackline requests each subcontractor's documentation and warns about expiries - SmartCheck seals each submission with its date → When the client asks about a specific date, the answer uses what applied that day rather than today. **A firm emails contracts for signature and never knows who has signed and who has not.** - Consigne sends each contract and shows each signer's status - Reminders go out on their own until it is signed → What is outstanding is visible at a glance, without writing to ask whether anyone received it. **A company receives a hundred invoices a month and somebody keys them in one by one.** - The data is read from the document and stays attached to it - Whatever the AI is unsure about is flagged for review → Keying becomes reviewing, and each figure stays tied to the document it came from. **A client calls an audit and two years of files scattered across folders and inboxes must be gathered.** - Everything requested, signed and sealed lives in one place - Only what is relevant is shared, with a trail of who saw it → Preparation goes from weeks to an afternoon, and nothing extra is handed over. **A company wants to start with the most urgent thing rather than a six-month project.** - One module is used for one real process - The other two are added when they are needed → Something is running in week one instead of a plan nobody has tried.