Agreement templates

These guides explain 20 common agreements, what each one usually contains section by section, and how to send it for signature with docuinked from the app, by API or from an AI agent.

How to use these guides

Each guide describes a document. It does not give you contract text to copy. Bring your own PDF, ideally one a lawyer has reviewed, and use the guide to check it covers the usual ground. Then send it for signature. Your first 5 completed documents are free, then $9 a month. See pricing.

These pages are general information and not legal advice.

Confidentiality

• Mutual NDA: both sides share and both promise to keep it private.
• One-way NDA: one side shares, the other protects.

Work and hiring

• Independent contractor agreement: terms for a self-employed person doing ongoing work.
• Freelance contract: scope, price and revisions for one project.
• Consulting agreement: advice work on a retainer or project fee.
• Statement of work: one project's deliverables under a master agreement.
• Offer letter: the role, pay and start date for a chosen candidate.
• Employee handbook acknowledgement: proof a worker received a specific handbook version.

Property

• Residential lease agreement: rent, term and rules between landlord and tenants.
• Rental application: a would-be tenant's details and screening consent.

Media and events

• Photography release form: permission to take and use photos.
• Model release form: permission to use a person's likeness in commercial work.
• Liability waiver: a participant accepts the risks of an activity.

Buying and selling

• Service agreement: ongoing services from a provider to a client.
• Sales agreement: the sale of goods, with price and delivery.
• Purchase order: a buyer's formal order for goods or services.
• Invoice approval: an internal sign-off before an invoice is paid.
• Vendor agreement: terms with a supplier.

Deals and partnerships

• Partnership agreement: how partners share money, work and decisions.
• Letter of intent: the main terms of a deal before the final contract.

Three ways to send any of them

1. In the app. Upload the PDF, place fields and send. Save it as a template to reuse it.
2. By API. One call to create_document with send set to true. See the API reference and use a test key first.
3. From an agent. Connect the MCP server. The agent prepares the document and a named person approves it before it goes out. See approvals.

Some documents can't be signed this way in some places, such as wills and certain notices. Read is an electronic signature legal before you start.

• Consulting agreement template

  A consulting agreement is a contract in which a consultant agrees to give expert advice or services to a client, usually on a retainer, an hourly rate or a fixed project fee.

• Employee handbook acknowledgement form

  An employee handbook acknowledgement is a one-page form where an employee confirms they received the company handbook, had a chance to read it, and know where to find it.

• Freelance contract template

  A freelance contract is a project agreement between a freelancer and a client that fixes the scope, the price, the number of revisions, the payment schedule and who owns the finished work.

• Independent contractor agreement template

  An independent contractor agreement sets the terms for work done by a self-employed person or business, covering scope, pay, ownership of work and the fact that the contractor is not an employee.

• Invoice approval

  An invoice approval form is an internal record that a named person checked a supplier's invoice and agreed it should be paid.

• Letter of intent

  A letter of intent (LOI) is a short document in which parties set out the main terms of a deal they plan to make, usually stating that most of those terms are not yet binding.

• Liability waiver

  A liability waiver is a document in which a participant accepts the known risks of an activity and agrees, within limits set by law, not to hold the organiser responsible for certain injuries.

• Model release form

  A model release form is a signed permission from a person who appears in photos or video, letting the photographer or brand use those images for stated purposes.

• Mutual NDA template

  A mutual NDA is a short agreement where two parties both promise to keep each other's confidential information private, and it is usually signed before a first real conversation about a deal, a hire or a partnership.

• Offer letter template

  An offer letter is a short letter from an employer to a chosen candidate that states the job title, pay, start date and any conditions, and asks the candidate to accept by signing.

• One-way NDA template

  A one-way NDA, also called a unilateral NDA, is an agreement where only one party shares confidential information and only the receiving party promises to keep it private.

• Partnership agreement

  A partnership agreement is a contract among the owners of a business partnership that sets out what each puts in, how profits and decisions are shared, and what happens when someone leaves.

• Photography release form template

  A photography release form is a short permission document in which a person, or a property owner, allows a photographer or business to take and use photos for stated purposes.

• Purchase order

  A purchase order (PO) is a buyer's written order to a supplier, listing what it wants, how many, at what price and by when, and once the supplier accepts it, it usually forms the contract for that order.

• Rental application form template

  A rental application is the form a would-be tenant fills in and signs so a landlord can check their identity, income, rental history and references before offering a lease.

• Residential lease agreement template

  A residential lease agreement is a contract between a landlord and one or more tenants that sets the rent, the term, the deposit and the rules for living in a home, and in many places it can be signed electronically.

• Sales agreement

  A sales agreement is a contract in which a seller agrees to transfer goods to a buyer for a price, with the terms for delivery, payment, risk and warranties written down.

• Service agreement

  A service agreement is a contract that sets out what one business will do for another, how it will be paid, and the rules both sides follow while the work goes on.

• Statement of work

  A statement of work (SOW) is a document that defines one project's scope, deliverables, timeline and price, usually under a master agreement both sides already signed.

• Vendor agreement

  A vendor agreement is a contract between a business and a supplier that sets the standing terms for everything the supplier will provide over time.

Common questions

Does docuinked give me the contract text?

No. These guides describe what each document usually contains. You bring the PDF, from your lawyer or your own files, and docuinked handles the signing.

Can I save my own version of one of these as a reusable template?

Yes. Upload your PDF in the web app, place the fields and signer roles once, and save it. Then send it from the app or start it by API with create_from_template.

Which of these documents should I automate first?

Start with a short, standard document that you send often, like an NDA. Leave documents with money or personal terms, like offer letters, on an approval step.