As of 13 August 2026, AI cannot draft a simple UK will.

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 gets you a draft, but you cannot verify it yourself. That is the catch.

   How to actually do it

   1. Choose the UK jurisdiction that applies to you and open the relevant will guidance on GOV.UK; if you are unsure whether England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland applies, record that as a question for a solicitor.
   2. Gather your full legal details, family and dependants, intended beneficiaries, proposed executors, possible guardians, major assets, ownership arrangements, overseas property, trusts and any previous will.
   3. Mark any situation involving a business, vulnerable beneficiary, second marriage or civil partnership, overseas assets, a family dispute, uncertain mental capacity or tax concern as a reason to seek a solicitor before relying on a draft.
   4. Paste the gathered information into the prompt and ask the chatbot to produce the labelled working draft, missing-information list and solicitor questions.
   5. Compare every name, relationship, asset and gift in the draft with your gathered information, then compare the execution and storage questions with the current GOV.UK guidance for your jurisdiction.
   6. Send the draft, the chatbot's warnings and your fact checklist to a wills solicitor, ask them to replace or amend unsuitable wording, and follow their instructions for signing, witnessing and storing the final will.

   Prompt

   I want a plain-English draft of a simple will for review by a UK solicitor, not a claim that the document is legally suitable or ready to sign.
   
   Jurisdiction within the UK: [England and Wales / Scotland / Northern Ireland]
   My full legal name: [name]
   My address: [address]
   My marital or civil-partnership status: [status]
   My children and any other dependants: [details, including whether any are under 18]
   People I want to benefit and what I want each to receive: [details]
   Specific gifts, if any: [details]
   What should happen to everything left over: [residuary wishes]
   People I would like to appoint to administer my estate: [names and relationship]
   Guardians I would like to nominate for children under 18, if relevant: [names]
   Any previous will or major complication: [details]
   Relevant assets, ownership arrangements, business interests, overseas property, trusts, vulnerable beneficiaries or inheritance-tax concerns: [details or none known]
   
   Draft a clearly labelled working document with separate sections for appointments, gifts, the residue of the estate, children and administrative wishes. Use placeholders where information is missing and do not invent facts, legal rules or tax outcomes. Explain in plain English what each section is intended to do, list every issue that could require a solicitor, and stop short of presenting the draft as final. Do not advise me that the will is valid. End with a checklist of facts to confirm with a solicitor and a separate checklist for witnessing, signing, storing and revoking any previous will, taking account of the stated UK jurisdiction.

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