Today's Agent Skill: Business Partnership Agreement First Drafter
What It Does
Starting a business with a partner without a written agreement is one of the most common — and costly — mistakes small business owners make. Disputes about money, roles, and equity almost always arise eventually, and a handshake deal resolves nothing. This skill drafts the core sections of a partnership agreement so you have a real document to review with an attorney instead of starting from a blank page.
How It Works
The agent works through a structured set of questions about your partnership: ownership split, each partner's contributions, decision-making authority, compensation structure, and what happens if a partner wants to exit. From those answers it drafts the key sections of a partnership agreement or LLC operating agreement in plain, legally informed language — not final legal advice, but a solid first draft that typically cuts attorney prep time in half.
How to Deploy It
Run in Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, or Windsurf by answering the skill's input questions about your partnership structure. Review the output draft with both partners, mark any sections where you disagree or have open questions, then take the annotated draft to a business attorney for finalization. The skill works equally well for general partnerships and LLCs — it adjusts its language to your entity type.
SKILL.md — Ready to Deploy
## Description
Drafts the core sections of a business partnership agreement or LLC operating agreement from partner-supplied inputs — for attorney review, not for use as a final legal document.
## Trigger
Invoke when the user says "draft a partnership agreement," "create a business partnership contract," "help us write an operating agreement," or describes a new business partnership needing documentation.
## Input
- Partner names, addresses, and ownership percentages (must total 100%)
- Business name, entity type (general partnership, LP, or LLC), and state of formation
- Each partner's initial capital contribution: cash amount, equipment, intellectual property, or labor — with agreed valuation
- Decision-making structure: unanimous vote, majority vote, managing partner, or other
- Profit and loss allocation: same as ownership percentage, or different?
- Partner compensation: salary, draw, or unpaid roles
- Exit provisions: what happens if a partner wants to leave (buyout formula, notice period, right of first refusal)
- Dissolution triggers: what events would end the business
- Non-compete or non-solicitation terms: yes or no, and if yes, duration and geographic scope
## Steps
Copy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.