What it means, why it matters, where it appears, and how to spot bad wording.
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The clause library
Each card maps to a clause that ships in BizDraft's agreements. Detail pages cover bad-wording examples, safer patterns, and which agreement types it appears in.
Money
When you get paid, how, and what happens if they're late. The clause most often missing when payment goes sideways.
Read clause →Money
Interest, late fees, suspension of work. The friction that gets clients to pay on time.
Read clause →Money
Compensation if the client cancels before completion. Common in creative work, missing in most templates.
Read clause →Scope
What's in, what's out, what counts as a change. The line between the project and scope creep.
Read clause →Scope
How many rounds, what counts as a round, what happens after. The clause that defines 'done'.
Read clause →Scope
Concrete artifacts, formats, acceptance criteria. The list the client signs off on.
Read clause →Scope
How long the client has to approve. If they don't respond, what happens.
Read clause →IP
Who owns the deliverables, the work in progress, the underlying tools and methods.
Read clause →IP
Federal copyright doctrine. When work-for-hire applies, when it doesn't, what to do about it.
Read clause →Risk
What's secret, for how long, what the recipient can and can't do with it.
Read clause →Risk
How either side can end the agreement, what happens to in-progress work, fee for pre-termination work.
Read clause →Risk
The cap on damages. The clause that decides what a small mistake costs.
Read clause →Risk
Who covers who when a third party sues. The clause that gets overlooked until it matters.
Read clause →Risk
When the client can ask for money back, how much, on what terms.
Read clause →Dispute
Arbitration vs court, venue, governing law. The clause that decides the cost of a fight.
Read clause →Dispute
Which state's law applies. The clause that quietly decides the rest.
Read clause →Restriction
Who can hire whom after the deal ends. Different from non-compete; often the right one.
Read clause →Restriction
Whether you can take competing work during the engagement.
Read clause →Responsibility
What the client must do for the work to proceed — access, content, decisions.
Read clause →Responsibility
Whether and how you can bring in help. Flow-down terms, confidentiality, approval rights.
Read clause →No need to assemble it yourself. Pick a template; the clauses follow.
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