As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly draft a service agreement.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   Someone with a licence or accountable authority has to sign this before it counts.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 2 hours until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open a blank document and gather the legal names, addresses and company details for both parties from Companies House records or the parties’ existing paperwork.
   2. Gather the statement of work, current price list, payment arrangements, delivery dates, client responsibilities and any agreed emails or proposals.
   3. Decide the commercial positions before drafting, including ownership of new work, confidentiality, subcontracting, termination notice, insurance and the proposed liability cap.
   4. Paste the prompt and the confirmed information into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, then ask it to produce the agreement, schedule, confirmation list and solicitor-check list in one response.
   5. Paste the draft into your document template and compare every name, address, fee, VAT treatment, date, deliverable and payment term against the source paperwork.
   6. Send the checked draft and the solicitor-check list to a UK solicitor before either party signs, then make the solicitor-approved changes in the final document and circulate that version for signature.

   Prompt

   Draft a UK service agreement from the information below. Treat this as a drafting aid, not a substitute for a solicitor. Use plain, precise British English and do not invent facts, prices, dates, legal requirements or protections. If information is missing, insert [TO CONFIRM] rather than guessing.
   
   Parties:
   - Client legal name and address: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Supplier legal name and address: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Company numbers, if relevant: [TO CONFIRM]
   
   Services:
   - Services to be provided: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Deliverables and acceptance criteria: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Client responsibilities: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Start date, milestones and end date: [TO CONFIRM]
   
   Commercial terms:
   - Fees and VAT treatment: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Invoicing dates and payment period: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Expenses: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Late payment position: [TO CONFIRM]
   
   Contract terms:
   - Contract length and renewal: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Termination rights and notice: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Ownership of pre-existing materials and new work: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Licence rights, if any: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Confidential information: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Personal data and each party’s data protection responsibilities: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Subcontracting: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Insurance requirements: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Liability cap and exclusions: [TO CONFIRM]
   - Governing law and courts: [TO CONFIRM]
   
   Produce:
   1. A complete draft with numbered clauses and a signature section.
   2. A schedule that states the services, deliverables, milestones and fees.
   3. A list of every [TO CONFIRM] item.
   4. A separate list of clauses that a UK solicitor should check before signature, especially liability, intellectual property, confidentiality, data protection, termination and any restrictions on the parties.
   5. A short plain-English summary of the main obligations for each party.
   
   Do not claim that the agreement is legally suitable, enforceable or compliant without a qualified solicitor checking it.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.