OpenAgreements

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Fill standard legal agreement templates and get signable DOCX files. OpenAgreements includes 40+ templates across NDAs, cloud service agreements, employment docs, contractor agreements, SAFEs, and NVCA financing documents.

Works with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and local MCP or CLI workflows.

Contents

• Install
• Quick Start
• Available Skills
• Available Templates
• Packages
• Documentation
• Privacy
• See Also
• Contributing
• Built With OpenAgreements
• License

Demo: Claude fills a Common Paper Mutual NDA in under 2 minutes. Sped up for brevity.

Install

Agent Skill (recommended)

npx skills add open-agreements/open-agreements

Claude Hosted MCP

claude mcp add --transport http open-agreements https://openagreements.ai/api/mcp

Gemini CLI Extension

gemini extensions install https://github.com/open-agreements/open-agreements

CLI

npm install -g open-agreements

Or run directly with zero install:

npx -y open-agreements@latest list

Quick Start

With Claude Code

Ask Claude:

Fill the Common Paper mutual NDA for my company

Claude can discover templates, interview you for field values, and render a signed-ready DOCX.

With the CLI

# See all available templates
open-agreements list

# Fill a template from a JSON data file
open-agreements fill common-paper-mutual-nda -d values.json -o my-nda.docx

# Fill with inline values
open-agreements fill common-paper-mutual-nda --set party_1_name="Acme Corp" --set governing_law="Delaware"

Example Prompts

• "Draft an NDA for our construction subcontractor"
• "Create a consulting agreement for our insurance agency"
• "Fill the independent contractor agreement for a freelance designer"
• "Generate a SAFE with a $5M valuation cap"

What Happens

1. The agent runs list --json to discover templates and their fields.
2. It interviews you for field values grouped by section.
3. It runs fill <template> to render a DOCX preserving the source formatting.
4. You review and sign the output document.

Available Skills

Agreement Drafting And Filling

Skill	Description
open-agreements	Fill standard legal agreement templates (NDAs, cloud service agreements, SAFEs) and produce signable DOCX files. Supports Common Paper, Bonterms, and Y Combinator templates. Use when the user needs to draft a legal agreement, create an NDA, fill a contract template, or generate a SAFE. Can also send agreements for electronic signature via DocuSign.
nda	Draft and fill NDA templates — mutual NDA, one-way NDA, confidentiality agreement. Produces signable DOCX files from Common Paper and Bonterms standard forms. Use when user says "NDA," "non-disclosure agreement," "confidentiality agreement," "mutual NDA," or "one-way NDA."
cloud-service-agreement	Draft and fill SaaS agreement templates — cloud contract, MSA, order form, software license, pilot agreement, design partner agreement. Includes variants with SLAs and AI terms. Produces signable DOCX from Common Paper standard forms. Use when user says "SaaS agreement," "cloud contract," "MSA," "order form," "software license," "pilot agreement," or "design partner agreement."
services-agreement	Draft and fill services agreement templates — consulting contract, contractor agreement, SOW, statement of work, professional services agreement. Produces signable DOCX files from Common Paper and Bonterms standard forms. Use when user says "consulting contract," "contractor agreement," "SOW," "statement of work," "services agreement," or "freelancer contract."
employment-contract	Draft and fill employment agreement templates — offer letter, IP assignment, PIIA, confidentiality acknowledgement. Produces signable DOCX files from OpenAgreements standard forms for hiring employees. Use when user says "offer letter," "employment agreement," "PIIA," "IP assignment," "hire someone," or "onboarding paperwork."
data-privacy-agreement	Draft and fill data privacy agreement templates — DPA, data processing agreement, GDPR, HIPAA BAA, business associate agreement, AI addendum. Produces signable DOCX files from Common Paper standard forms. Use when user says "DPA," "data processing agreement," "HIPAA BAA," "business associate agreement," or "AI addendum."
safe	Draft and fill Y Combinator SAFE templates — valuation cap, discount, MFN, pro rata side letter. Standard startup fundraising documents for convertible equity. Produces signable DOCX files. Use when user says "SAFE," "simple agreement for future equity," "YC SAFE," "valuation cap," "seed round documents," or "fundraising paperwork."
venture-financing	Draft and fill NVCA model documents — stock purchase agreement, certificate of incorporation, investors rights agreement, voting agreement, ROFR, co-sale, indemnification, management rights letter. Series A and venture financing templates. Produces signable DOCX files. Use when user says "Series A documents," "NVCA," "stock purchase agreement," "investors rights agreement," "voting agreement," or "venture financing docs."

Editing And Client Workflows

Skill	Description
edit-docx-agreement	Make bespoke edits to a DOCX agreement generated by OpenAgreements (or any existing DOCX), using Safe Docx MCP tools for surgical, formatting-preserving edits and tracked-changes outputs. Use when user says "edit this contract," "change a clause," "modify the agreement," "custom edits to the docx," or "bespoke changes to the document."
client-email	Draft client-facing emails for legal services — cover notes for contract deliverables, redline summaries, deal status updates, and follow-ups. Use when composing or revising outbound emails to clients about legal work product. Triggers on "draft reply," "email to client," "cover note," "write back to," or any outbound email accompanying a legal deliverable.
delaware-franchise-tax	File your Delaware annual franchise tax and annual report. Guides you through tax calculation (Authorized Shares and Assumed Par Value Capital methods), the eCorp portal filing process, and payment. For Delaware C-Corps (March 1 deadline) and LLCs/LPs/GPs (June 1 deadline). Use when user says "Delaware franchise tax," "annual report Delaware," "file franchise tax," or "eCorp portal."

Compliance And Audit

Skill	Description
soc2-readiness	Assess SOC 2 Type II readiness. Map Trust Services Criteria to controls, identify gaps, and build a remediation plan. Uses NIST SP 800-53 (public domain) as canonical reference with SOC 2 criterion cross-mapping. Use when user says "SOC 2 readiness," "SOC 2 preparation," "SOC 2 gap analysis," or "prepare for SOC 2 audit."
iso-27001-internal-audit	Run an ISO 27001 internal audit. Walk through controls by domain, identify gaps, collect evidence, and generate findings with corrective action recommendations. Uses NIST SP 800-53 (public domain) as canonical reference. Use when user says "run internal audit," "ISO 27001 audit," "control assessment," "audit findings," or "ISMS assessment."
iso-27001-evidence-collection	Collect, organize, and validate evidence for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audits. API-first approach with CLI commands for major cloud platforms. Produces timestamped, auditor-ready evidence packages. Use when user says "collect audit evidence," "prepare evidence package," "evidence for the auditor," "refresh evidence," or "evidence gap analysis."

Developer Workflows

Skill	Description
recipe-quality-audit	Audit NVCA recipe quality: check file inventory, metadata schema, field-to-replacement coverage, ambiguous keys, smart quotes, test fixtures, and fill quality. Produces a structured scorecard per recipe with maturity tier classification. Use when user says "audit recipe quality," "check recipe coverage," "recipe scorecard," or "NVCA recipe quality."
unit-test-philosophy	Risk-based unit testing and Allure-readable behavioral spec style for open-agreements. Use when user says "add tests," "test quality," "coverage expansion," "unit test style," or "Allure test spec." Applies when adding/updating tests, expanding coverage, or reviewing test quality across src, integration-tests, and workspace packages.

Available Templates

Website links open a dedicated template page when one exists, or a preselected install flow when it does not. Repo links point to the GitHub content directory for that template or recipe.

Confidentiality

Template	Website	Repo
Bonterms Mutual NDA	Website	Repo
Common Paper Mutual NDA	Website	Repo
One Way NDA	Website	Repo

Sales & Licensing

Template	Website	Repo
Cloud Service Agreement	Website	Repo
CSA Click Through	Website	Repo
CSA With AI	Website	Repo
CSA With SLA	Website	Repo
CSA Without SLA	Website	Repo
Order Form	Website	Repo
Order Form With SLA	Website	Repo
Software License Agreement	Website	Repo

Data & Compliance

Template	Website	Repo
AI Addendum	Website	Repo
AI Addendum In App	Website	Repo
Business Associate Agreement	Website	Repo
Data Processing Agreement	Website	Repo

Professional Services

Template	Website	Repo
Bonterms Professional Services Agreement	Website	Repo
Independent Contractor Agreement	Website	Repo
Common Paper Professional Services Agreement	Website	Repo
Statement Of Work	Website	Repo

Deals & Partnerships

Template	Website	Repo
Amendment	Website	Repo
Design Partner Agreement	Website	Repo
Letter Of Intent	Website	Repo
Partnership Agreement	Website	Repo
Pilot Agreement	Website	Repo
Term Sheet	Website	Repo

Employment

Template	Website	Repo
Employee IP Inventions Assignment	Website	Repo
Employment Confidentiality Acknowledgement	Website	Repo
Employment Offer Letter	Website	Repo
Restrictive Covenant Wyoming	Website	Repo

SAFEs

Template	Website	Repo
Discount	Website	Repo
MFN	Website	Repo
Pro Rata Side Letter	Website	Repo
Valuation Cap	Website	Repo

Venture Financing

Template	Website	Repo
Certificate Of Incorporation	Website	Repo
Indemnification Agreement	Website	Repo
Investors Rights Agreement	Website	Repo
Management Rights Letter	Website	Repo
ROFR Co Sale Agreement	Website	Repo
Stock Purchase Agreement	Website	Repo
Voting Agreement	Website	Repo

Other

Template	Website	Repo
Closing Checklist	Website	Repo
Board Consent SAFE	Website	Repo
Stockholder Consent SAFE	Website	Repo
Working Group List	Website	Repo

Packages

Package	Description
open-agreements	Open-source legal template filling CLI and library
@open-agreements/contract-templates-mcp	Local stdio MCP server for OpenAgreements template discovery and filling
@open-agreements/contracts-workspace	Workspace-oriented CLI for organizing and tracking contract repositories
@open-agreements/contracts-workspace-mcp	Local stdio MCP server for contracts workspace operations
@open-agreements/checklist-mcp	Local stdio MCP server for OpenAgreements checklist memory operations

What Gets Installed

open-agreements/
  bin/                    # CLI entry point
  dist/                   # Compiled TypeScript
  content/
    templates/            # Fillable DOCX templates with {tag} placeholders
    external/             # YC SAFE templates vendored unchanged
    recipes/              # Recipe instructions for non-redistributable sources
  skills/                 # Agent skill definitions
  server.json             # MCP server manifest
  gemini-extension.json   # Gemini CLI extension config
  README.md, LICENSE

NVCA recipe templates are downloaded at runtime and are not bundled in the package.

list

Show available templates with license info and field counts.

open-agreements list

# Machine-readable JSON for agent skills and automation
open-agreements list --json

fill <template>

Render a filled DOCX from a template.

# From a JSON data file
open-agreements fill common-paper-mutual-nda -d data.json -o output.docx

# With inline --set flags
open-agreements fill common-paper-mutual-nda --set party_1_name="Acme Corp" --set governing_law="Delaware"

validate [template]

Run the validation pipeline on one or all templates.

open-agreements validate
open-agreements validate common-paper-mutual-nda

Claude Code

npx skills add open-agreements/open-agreements

Gemini CLI

gemini extensions install https://github.com/open-agreements/open-agreements

Cursor

This repository includes a Cursor plugin manifest at .cursor-plugin/plugin.json with MCP wiring in mcp.json.

Local Vs Hosted Execution

• Local: npx, global install, or stdio MCP. Processing happens on your machine.
• Hosted: https://openagreements.ai/api/mcp. Template filling runs server-side for faster setup.

Choose based on document sensitivity and internal policy. See the trust checklist below for the data-flow summary.

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Documentation

Start Here

• Getting Started

Guides

• Adding Templates
• Adding Recipes

Other Packages

• Contracts Workspace CLI

Reference

• Licensing
• Changelog & Release Process
• Trust Checklist
• Supported Tools
• Assumptions
• Employment Source Policy

Links: Website | Template Catalog | Docs | Trust | npm

Privacy

• Local mode (npx, global install, stdio MCP): all processing happens on your machine. No document content is sent externally.
• Hosted mode (https://openagreements.ai/api/mcp): template filling runs server-side. No filled documents are stored after the response is returned.

See the Privacy Policy for details.

See Also

• safe-docx — surgical editing of existing Word documents with coding agents

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to add templates, recipes, and other improvements.

Built With OpenAgreements

• Safe Clause — AI-powered contract platform for startups. #1 on vibecode.law, March 2026.

Building on OpenAgreements? Open a PR to add your project.

License

MIT. Template content is licensed by its respective authors:

• CC BY 4.0 for Common Paper, Bonterms, and OpenAgreements-authored templates
• CC BY-ND 4.0 for Y Combinator SAFE templates vendored unchanged
• proprietary or non-redistributable for NVCA source documents handled via recipe workflows

See each template's metadata.yaml for source-specific details.

This tool generates documents from standard templates. It does not provide legal advice. Consult an attorney for legal guidance.