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Pick a contract type, describe the engagement in plain English. The AI parses every detail — parties, term, scope, compensation, IP — and builds a clean PDF in seconds. Routed across Claude and GPT-4 with structured-output schemas, so the result is valid every time. Free, no signup.
AI-generated drafts are starting points, not legal advice. Have a lawyer review before signing.
How AI contract generation works
Old-school contract drafting forces you to copy a template, then mechanically swap thirty fields by hand: party names, addresses, effective dates, compensation amounts, payment terms, IP language, jurisdiction. Twenty minutes per contract if you are fast — longer for anything past a one-page NDA.
AI contract generation collapses that into a single sentence. You write "Six-month freelance UX engagement for Acme Co at $8,400/month, IP transfers to Acme on full payment, mutual NDA, California jurisdiction" — the model parses every entity, fills every clause, formats the PDF, and hands you a draft a counterparty will accept on the first read. The tool above routes to frontier large language models (Claude and GPT-4 class) with strict structured-output schemas, so the result is always valid contract data — never free-text hallucination the page has to repair.
For ambiguous prompts the AI fills sensible defaults — Net 30 if you do not specify payment terms, mutual NDA if confidentiality is mentioned without direction, today as the effective date — and every field is editable after generation. The PDF renders entirely in your browser; we never see it.
- Structured output: the model returns JSON conforming to a contract schema, never raw text the page tries to re-parse.
- Multi-provider routing: if one AI provider is slow or unavailable, the request falls back through Anthropic → OpenAI → DeepSeek → Qianwen automatically.
- No data retention: your prompt is sent to the model for that one request and not retained on our servers; the rendered PDF lives only in your browser.
Anatomy of a great freelancer contract
Eight elements separate a contract that gets signed and honored from one that gets queried by counsel and dies in red-line. Missing any of them is the most common reason a freelance engagement falls apart before the first deliverable.
- Identified parties: legal entity name (not "Acme" but "Acme Holdings, LLC"), business address, contact email — for both sides.
- Effective date and term: when the agreement starts, when it ends, and what happens at end (auto-renew vs. manual vs. terminated).
- Scope of work: specific deliverables, not "consulting" — vague scope is the leading cause of disputes.
- Compensation and payment terms: amount, currency, schedule (fixed / hourly / milestone), Net 30 or whatever you negotiated.
- Intellectual property ownership: who owns what gets created — the freelancer until full payment, the client thereafter, or joint, with explicit transfer language.
- Confidentiality: if you will see the client’s strategy, financials, or unreleased product, this is non-negotiable.
- Termination clauses: how either side ends it (notice period, for-cause clauses), and what gets paid out.
- Jurisdiction and governing law: which state or country resolves disputes; matters more than freelancers usually realize.
MSA vs. SOW vs. service agreement — which do you need?
A Master Services Agreement (MSA) is the framework: it defines parties, IP rules, confidentiality, termination, jurisdiction — every reusable element. You sign one MSA per long-term client relationship. Specific projects are then scoped through a Statement of Work (SOW) that references the MSA, names the deliverables, sets the price, and inherits the framework. If the relationship is single-project and unlikely to repeat, skip the MSA entirely and use a Freelancer Agreement: it bundles framework + scope into one document that does the job in fewer pages.
For mutual or one-way information sharing before any commercial work begins (sales pitch, due diligence, technical scoping) — use an NDA. NDAs come before MSAs, not after. If your prospect insists on signing a service agreement before an NDA, that is a process bug; ask for an NDA first.
Rule of thumb: long-term retainer clients get MSA + ongoing SOWs. One-off projects get a single Freelancer Agreement. Pre-engagement information sharing gets an NDA. The AI generator above produces all four and lets you edit field-by-field after generation.
5 clauses that protect freelancers most
Most freelancer contracts are drafted by clients, for clients. The defaults favor whichever side wrote them. Five clauses, when added, swing the balance back. None of them are unreasonable, and any client willing to work in good faith will accept them.
- IP transfers on full payment, not on invoice: this single clause is your strongest leverage if a client tries to walk without paying — without payment they have no rights to use what you delivered.
- Kill fee on early termination: 25–50% of remaining contract value if the client cancels after work begins. Compensates the opportunity cost of clearing your calendar.
- Late-payment fees: 1.5% per month after Net 30 — standard, not aggressive, but most freelancer contracts omit it entirely.
- Liability cap: limit your liability to the total contract value. Without this clause a $5K bug fix could expose you to unbounded consequential damages.
- Termination for cause + notice period: 30-day written notice for at-will termination, immediate termination only for material breach with a 15-day cure period.
AI contracts vs. lawyer-drafted contracts — when to use which
AI contract generation is excellent for: the 80% of freelance / consulting work where contract value is under five figures, the relationship is straightforward, and both sides need a signed document fast. The boilerplate is well-understood, the precedents are solid, and an AI draft lets you skip the $400 lawyer-introduction fee. Edit the AI output, both sides sign, work begins.
AI contract generation is wrong for: deals over six figures, anything involving regulated industries (healthcare, finance, defense), cross-border contracts with tax or export-control implications, or any contract where the relationship is adversarial from the start. For those cases hire a lawyer. The cost of legal review is rounding error compared to the cost of getting a clause wrong.
- Use the AI draft as-is: when value is under $10K, both sides know each other, work has a clear deliverable, and disputes can be settled with a refund or partial payment.
- Use the AI draft + lawyer review (1–2 hours): when value is $10K–$50K, the relationship is new, or you are in a regulated industry — the AI does the heavy lifting and the lawyer sanity-checks.
- Skip the AI draft entirely: when value is over $50K, the deal involves equity / acquisition / IP licensing, or the counterparty is openly adversarial.
4 contract template snippets
01
Master Services Agreement (skeleton)
When to use: Use as the framework when you and a client expect multiple projects over time.
MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Master Services Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into on [Effective Date]
between [Provider Legal Name] ("Provider") and [Client Legal Name] ("Client").
1. SERVICES. Provider will perform the services described in one or more
Statements of Work executed under this Agreement.
2. COMPENSATION. Each SOW will set forth the fees and schedule. Standard
payment terms are Net 30 from the date of invoice.
3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. All deliverables become the property of Client upon
full payment. Provider retains the right to use general methodologies and
tools developed independently.
4. CONFIDENTIALITY. Each party will hold the other's confidential information
in confidence for the term plus three years.
5. TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement begins on the Effective Date and
continues until terminated. Either party may terminate on 30 days' written
notice, or immediately for material breach not cured within 15 days.
6. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction].
By: ____________________ ____________________
[Provider] [Client]02
Statement of Work (skeleton)
When to use: Use when defining a specific project under an existing MSA.
STATEMENT OF WORK NO. [###]
Reference: Master Services Agreement dated [MSA Date] between [Provider] and [Client].
1. SCOPE. Provider will deliver: [specific deliverables].
2. SCHEDULE. Work begins [Start Date] and is targeted for completion by
[End Date], with the following milestones:
- [Milestone 1] — [Date]
- [Milestone 2] — [Date]
3. COMPENSATION. Total fees: [Currency] [Amount], paid as follows:
[50% on signing, 50% on delivery] — or — [Hourly at rate, billed monthly]
— or — [Per milestone above]. Payment terms: Net 30.
4. ACCEPTANCE. Each deliverable is deemed accepted unless Client provides
written rejection within 10 business days, specifying the failure to
conform to the agreed scope.
This SOW incorporates by reference all terms of the MSA.
By: ____________________ ____________________
[Provider] [Client]03
Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (skeleton)
When to use: Use before sharing strategy, financials, or unreleased product details with a prospect.
MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into on [Effective Date] between [Party 1] and
[Party 2] (each a "Party").
1. DEFINITION. "Confidential Information" means any non-public information
disclosed by either Party in connection with the parties' discussions,
whether oral, written, or visual.
2. OBLIGATIONS. Each Party will (a) hold Confidential Information in strict
confidence, (b) use it solely for the purpose of evaluating a potential
business relationship, and (c) limit access to employees and advisors with
a need to know who are bound by similar obligations.
3. EXCLUSIONS. Information that is publicly known, independently developed,
or rightfully received from a third party is not Confidential Information.
4. TERM. Obligations under this Agreement continue for three (3) years from
the Effective Date.
5. NO LICENSE. Nothing in this Agreement grants either Party any rights to
the other's intellectual property.
By: ____________________ ____________________
[Party 1] [Party 2]04
Freelancer Agreement (skeleton)
When to use: Use for a single-project freelance engagement when no MSA exists.
FREELANCER AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into on [Effective Date] between [Freelancer Legal Name]
("Freelancer") and [Client Legal Name] ("Client").
1. SCOPE. Freelancer will deliver: [specific scope].
2. TERM. Work begins [Start Date] and ends on completion of all deliverables
in Section 1, no later than [End Date].
3. COMPENSATION. [Currency] [Amount], paid [50% on signing, 50% on delivery].
Payment terms: Net 30. Late payments accrue 1.5% per month interest.
4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. All deliverables transfer to Client on full payment.
Freelancer retains the right to display the work in portfolios.
5. CONFIDENTIALITY. Freelancer will hold Client's confidential information in
confidence for the term plus three years.
6. TERMINATION. Either party may terminate on 30 days' written notice. If
Client terminates after Freelancer has begun work, Client pays a kill fee
equal to 50% of the remaining contract value.
7. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. Freelancer is an independent contractor, not an
employee. Freelancer is responsible for all taxes on payments received.
8. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction].
By: ____________________ ____________________
[Freelancer] [Client]