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Open Agreements

Fill standard legal agreement templates (NDAs, SAFEs, NVCA docs, employment) as DOCX files.

Generates standard legal agreement templates as DOCX files for NDAs, SAFEs, and employment.

Topics

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Captured live from the server via tools/list.

list_templates

List all available legal agreement templates as a paginated compact catalog. Returns lightweight metadata for discovery — call get_template for full per-field detail. Templates are returned in stable lexicographic order by template_id. For finding templates by topic, jurisdiction, or source, use search_templates instead.

Parameters (2)

cursorstring
Opaque pagination cursor returned by a prior call. Omit on the first page.
limitinteger
Page size (default 25, max 100).

search_templates

Search for legal agreement templates by keyword. Uses BM25 ranking to find the most relevant templates matching your query. Searches across template names, descriptions, categories, sources, and field definitions. Use this instead of list_templates when you know what kind of agreement you need.

Parameters (4)

querystringrequired
Search query. Examples: "NDA", "employment offer letter", "NVCA stock purchase", "data processing GDPR", "non-compete Wyoming".
categorystring
Optional category filter (exact, case-insensitive). Values: confidentiality, employment, sales-licensing, data-compliance, deals-partnerships, professional-services, venture-financing, other.
sourcestring
Optional source filter (exact, case-insensitive). Values: "Common Paper", "Bonterms", "Y Combinator", "NVCA", "OpenAgreements".
max_resultsnumber
Maximum results to return (1-50, default 10).

get_template

Fetch a single template definition with full field metadata.

Parameters (1)

template_idstringrequired
Template ID, e.g. "common-paper-mutual-nda".

fill_template

Fill a legal agreement template with field values and return a document via URL or MCP resource preview metadata. For recipe templates (e.g. NVCA), also generates a redline (track-changes) document comparing the filled output against the standard form.

Parameters (5)

templatestringrequired
Template ID, e.g. "common-paper-mutual-nda".
valuesobject
Field values to fill in the template.
return_modestring
Artifact return mode. Defaults to "url".
include_redlineboolean
Generate a redline (track-changes) document. Defaults to true for recipes.
redline_basestring
Base document for redline comparison. "source" = raw standard form (default), "clean" = cleaned intermediate.

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OpenAgreements

Open, primary-source-backed U.S. legal content and standard agreement templates — built for legal teams of any size and the agents helping them.

Legal Practice Library — jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction practice guides (non-compete & restrictive covenants, consumer data privacy, AI employment law), every claim cited to primary law.
Templates — 40+ fillable forms across NDAs, cloud service agreements, employment docs, SAFEs, and NVCA financing documents.
Checklists — clause-by-clause reviewer checklists.
Law Surveys — 50-state and international comparison tables.

This repository mirrors the OpenAgreements public legal content library for GitHub, local AI agents, and contributor pull requests. Everything ships as plain markdown here and as machine-readable twins on openagreements.org. Accepted content changes are reviewed and synchronized into the publishing workflow for openagreements.org.

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Who this is for

The practice guides, surveys, and checklists answer jurisdiction-specific questions with citations to primary law; the templates start from standard forms teams already recognize — Common Paper, Bonterms, NVCA model documents, and YC SAFE templates — keeping source, license, and validation context close to the document. It does not provide legal advice; consult an attorney.

Legal Practice Library
Templates
Checklists
Law Surveys
Available Skills
Use it with AI agents & the CLI
Packages
Documentation
Privacy
See Also
Roadmap
Contributing
Built With OpenAgreements
License

Legal Practice Library

Primary-source-backed legal practice guides, projected from openagreements.org as plain markdown under legal-practice-library/. Each guide cites primary law and links to its canonical page (with machine-readable twins — see Use it with AI agents & the CLI).

Topic	What it covers	Coverage	Markdown	HTML
Non-Compete & Restrictive Covenants	Enforceability, blue-pencil reformation, tolling, choice of law, and FTC-rule status.	56 U.S. states + international	Markdown	HTML
Consumer Data Privacy	CCPA/CPRA and every comprehensive state privacy act — who's covered, consumer rights, opt-outs, and who enforces.	51 U.S. states	Markdown	HTML
AI Vendors	Zero-data-retention, data residency, and the terms that matter in AI vendor contracts.	9 practice guides	Markdown	HTML
AI & the Workforce	AI in hiring and adverse-action, workforce AI policies, and outside-counsel transitions.	20 practice guides	Markdown	HTML
Privacy-Policy Requirement Phrasings	Preferred phrasings for what a U.S. consumer privacy policy must disclose.	8 practice guides	Markdown	HTML

Backed by 519 verbatim case excerpts — the passages our practice guides rely on, each linked to the full opinion on CourtListener. Supporting evidence, not a case database.

Available Templates

Fill standard legal agreement templates and get signable DOCX files — party info, dates, and terms in, formatting-preserving Word document out. The Source column links to the upstream standard or canonical project page (varies by publisher); the License column shows redistribution terms; Repo links point to the GitHub content directory for each template or field-selector. To fill one with an agent or the CLI, see Template Filling via MCP.

SAFEs

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Valuation Cap	HTML	Y Combinator	Creative Commons, no derivatives (CC-BY-ND)	Repo
Pro Rata Side Letter	HTML	Y Combinator	Creative Commons, no derivatives (CC-BY-ND)	Repo
MFN	HTML	Y Combinator	Creative Commons, no derivatives (CC-BY-ND)	Repo
Discount	HTML	Y Combinator	Creative Commons, no derivatives (CC-BY-ND)	Repo

Venture Financing

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
ROFR Co Sale Agreement	HTML	NVCA	Field-selector	—
Investors Rights Agreement	HTML	NVCA	Field-selector	—
Voting Agreement	HTML	NVCA	Field-selector	—
Stock Purchase Agreement	HTML	NVCA	Field-selector	—
Certificate Of Incorporation	HTML	NVCA	Field-selector	—
Indemnification Agreement	HTML	NVCA	Field-selector	—
Management Rights Letter	HTML	NVCA	Field-selector	—

Deals & Partnerships

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Design Partner Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Term Sheet	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Partnership Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Pilot Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Amendment	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Letter Of Intent	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Sales & Licensing

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
CSA Click Through	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
CSA Without SLA	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
CSA With SLA	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Order Form	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Cloud Service Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Software License Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Order Form With SLA	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
CSA With AI	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Confidentiality

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Common Paper Mutual NDA	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Bonterms Mutual NDA	HTML	Bonterms	Public domain (CC0)	Repo
One Way NDA	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Board & Stockholder Consents

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Stockholder Consent SAFE	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Board Consent SAFE	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Employment

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Employment Offer Letter	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Restrictive Covenant Wyoming	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Restrictive Covenant Florida	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Restrictive Covenant Massachusetts	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Restrictive Covenant California	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Restrictive Covenant Illinois	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Restrictive Covenant Texas	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Professional Services

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Independent Contractor Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Common Paper Professional Services Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Bonterms Professional Services Agreement	HTML	Bonterms	Public domain (CC0)	Repo
Statement Of Work	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Data & Compliance

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Data Processing Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
AI Addendum	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
AI Addendum In App	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Business Associate Agreement	HTML	Common Paper	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Deal Process

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Working Group List	HTML	OpenAgreements	Public domain (CC0)	Repo
Due Diligence Request List	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo
Closing Checklist	HTML	OpenAgreements	Public domain (CC0)	Repo

Other

Template	HTML	Source	License	Repo
Confidentiality Invention Assignment Agreement	HTML	OpenAgreements	Creative Commons (CC-BY)	Repo

Checklists

Clause-by-clause reviewer checklists. Each has .json and .docx twins on the web, and contract checklists also emit a contract-api.json for template integrations.

Topic	What it covers	Markdown	HTML
Non-Compete review	Clause-by-clause reviewer checklists — a baseline plus 50-state overlays.	Markdown	HTML
Privacy-Policy review	What a compliant U.S. consumer privacy policy must contain.	Markdown	HTML
Venture Financing review	NVCA model-document review (e.g. the Stock Purchase Agreement).	Markdown	HTML

Law Surveys

Side-by-side comparison tables across jurisdictions. The web pages also publish machine-readable .json and .csv twins (append .json / .csv, e.g. /surveys/non-compete/us.csv).

Survey	Markdown	HTML
U.S. 50-State Non-Compete Survey	Markdown	HTML
U.S. invention-assignment survey	Markdown	HTML
U.S. State Consumer Privacy Survey	Markdown	HTML
Worldwide Non-Compete Survey	Markdown	HTML

Available Skills

Install any skill by name (paths below are for browsing only — installs are name-based and survive reorganization):

bash

npx skills add open-agreements/open-agreements --skill <skill-name>

Legal Explainers

Skill

Description

non-compete-contract-explainer

Explain U.S. state-by-state (and select international) non-compete and restrictive-covenant law — whether a non-compete is enforceable, blue-pencil reformation, tolling, choice of law, independent-contractor reach, and recent bans. Reads a bundled, source-cited snapshot per jurisdiction. Use when the user says "non-compete," "noncompete contract," "restrictive covenant," "non-solicit," "garden leave," "covenant not to compete," "employment agreement," asks "is my non-compete enforceable," or names a U.S. state.

data-privacy-law-explainer

Explain U.S. state-by-state consumer data-privacy law (CCPA/CPRA, TDPSA, VCDPA, CPA, and the other comprehensive state acts) — who a law covers, applicability thresholds, privacy-policy requirements, consumer rights and opt-outs, private rights of action, and who enforces. Reads a bundled, source-cited snapshot per state. Use when the user says "CCPA," "CPRA," "state privacy law," "privacy policy," "data subject request," "consumer rights request," "opt-out of sale," "data broker," "sensitive data," asks "do I need to comply with <state>'s privacy law," or names a U.S. state together with privacy.

Agreement Drafting And Filling

Skill	Description
open-agreements	Navigate and use the OpenAgreements legal content library — source-cited practice guides, review checklists, 50-state law surveys, and fill-ready agreement templates. Look up state-by-state legal guides, checklists, and law surveys, or fill standard templates (NDAs, cloud service agreements, SAFEs) into signable DOCX files. Supports Common Paper, Bonterms, and Y Combinator templates. Use when the user needs a practice guide, a review checklist, a law survey, to draft a legal agreement, create an NDA, fill a contract template, or generate a SAFE.
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 contract templates — offer letter, employment agreement, IP/inventions assignment (PIIA), and confidentiality acknowledgement — producing signable DOCX files from OpenAgreements standard forms for hiring employees. Use when the user says "employment contract," "employment agreement," "offer letter," "PIIA," "IP assignment," "hire someone," "new hire paperwork," or "onboarding paperwork." To explain non-compete or restrictive-covenant law rather than draft a document, see the non-compete-contract-explainer skill.
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." To understand a U.S. state's consumer privacy law (CCPA etc.) rather than draft, see data-privacy-law-explainer.
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."

Internal repo-maintenance skills (marked internal: true in their SKILL.md metadata) are excluded from this catalog and from default npx skills add installs.

Use it with AI agents & the CLI

Fill any template from a coding agent over MCP — local stdio or the hosted server at https://openagreements.org/api/mcp — or from the open-agreements CLI, and read every guide, survey, and checklist as machine-readable JSON/CSV twins.

→ Using OpenAgreements with AI agents & the CLI — setup for Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI; the CLI reference; and the machine-readable twins table.

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

Documentation

Start Here

Getting Started

Guides

Other Packages

Contracts Workspace CLI

Reference

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.org/api/mcp): template filling runs server-side. No filled documents are stored after the response is returned.

See the Privacy Policy for details.

Security policy: see SECURITY.md.

Roadmap

Planned work is tracked in open issues.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to add templates, field-selectors, and other improvements. The Legal Practice Library is generated upstream — see its index.md for where to send content fixes.

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.

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License

Project code is licensed under Apache License 2.0. The Apache license covers the code only — bundled template content retains its upstream licenses, set by its respective authors:

CC BY 4.0 for Common Paper, Bonterms, OpenAgreements-authored templates, and the Legal Practice Library
CC BY-ND 4.0 for Y Combinator SAFE templates vendored unchanged
proprietary or non-redistributable for NVCA source documents handled via field-selector workflows

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

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

Install

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-agreements": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@open-agreements/contract-templates-mcp@0.8.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}