Step 1 of 8

Parties & Engagement

Who is involved and how this engagement will work?

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Legal backdrop & industry

Set the legal backdrop and broad type of work so we can tune examples and defaults in later steps.

Set this first

Jurisdiction

This affects certain clauses, like Non-Compete and Data Protection.

What kind of work is this?

This only shapes examples and guidance – it doesn't lock you into a template.

PartiesYou can fill this now or later

You can leave these blank for now if you prefer. The Agreement will fall back to generic placeholders.

Client name

Contractor name

Engagement basicsYou can fill this now or later

Engagement: Single project

A clear name, engagement type, and short description help generate a stronger Overview and Scope in the Agreement.

Project title

Start date

Services description

This feeds into the Overview and helps frame what the engagement covers.

Key deliverables (optional)You can fill this now or later

These appear as bullet points in the Scope section. You can keep this high-level for now and refine later.

I’ll use a separate Scope of Work / Statement of Work document

This is the most common setup. The ICA will treat your own Scope of Work document as part of the Agreement. If you leave this unticked, the details you enter here (services and deliverables) will form the Scope of Work inside the Agreement itself.