Non-disclosure agreement (example)
A mutual or one-way confidentiality agreement in twelve building blocks — alternatives, defaults and a clause the form's answer adds. An example for learning, not for real-world use.
An example for learning the drafting library — not suitable for real-world use. The clauses are short illustrative sketches, not legal drafting. Every page of every export says Example document — not suitable for real-world use, and each document carries a draft banner until someone marks it reviewed.
What's inside
- A document type, Non-disclosure agreement (example): the parties, then Definitions, Obligations, Term and General, then the signatures. Clauses are numbered throughout, the title names both parties, and the footer reads Confidential with the page numbers.
- 12 building blocks, from Parties to Signatures.
- 9 fields, grouped on the form as The parties, The deal and Options. The term (2 years), how long the obligations survive (5 years), the governing law (England and Wales) and the non-solicitation period (12 months) arrive pre-filled, and a member may change them.
Templates and selection tests aren't in the pack, so the import adds only what the document type needs. Build a template and Build the selection tests describe the ones this example was designed around.
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Import it
- Download the zip and import it: Drafting → Drafting library → Document types → Import a library. How importing a library works covers each step. The agreement's fields are its own, so none of the other examples clashes with them.
- On the Blocks tab, open each of the twelve blocks and choose Publish.
- The document type arrives restricted to you. Widen its Who can use when others should try it.
Build one yourself
On the Drafting page choose New draft, pick Non-disclosure agreement (example), then Build it myself:
- Six blocks are already in the plan and can't be removed: Parties, Purpose, Confidential information, Term and survival, Governing law and Signatures.
- Tick Confidentiality obligations — mutual. Exceptions joins, marked as required by another block.
- Tick Confidentiality obligations — one-way as well. The plan keeps one and offers the other as an alternative; Swap exchanges them.
- Continue to the form. The term, the survival period and the governing law are pre-filled; change one and Reset to default brings the default back.
- Answer Include a non-solicitation clause with yes. Non-solicitation of staff joins the plan by itself, its period pre-filled at 12 months.
- Assemble. The obligations clause refers to Exceptions by its clause number, and the title names both parties.
Ask the AI
Choose New draft → Ask the AI, pick the agreement and paste one of the briefs below. Each lists the blocks a good selection picks. The six blocks the document type always includes, and the blocks the rules add, come in either way.
A mutual agreement for a joint bid
Two software companies, Northgate Systems Ltd and Bristol Data Ltd, exploring a joint bid for a council contract. Both will share pricing and technical details. Keep it to two years, and neither side should poach the other's engineers.
- Picks: Confidentiality obligations — mutual and No licence, no warranty. The rules add Exceptions.
- Leaves out: Confidentiality obligations — one-way, which appears under Set aside by the AI with its reason.
- From your brief offers the two parties, a term of 2 years, the purpose (a joint bid for a council contract) and, usually, yes to Include a non-solicitation clause, quoted from "neither side should poach". Accept it and Non-solicitation of staff joins the plan.
A one-way agreement with a consultant
Our client Harbour Finance plc is sharing its management accounts with a consultant, Jane Okoro, for a valuation. One-way. She must return everything when the work ends.
- Picks: Confidentiality obligations — one-way and Return or destruction of materials. The rules add Exceptions.
- Leaves out: Confidentiality obligations — mutual and Non-solicitation of staff.
- From your brief: Harbour Finance plc as the first party, Jane Okoro as the second, and a valuation as the purpose. The first party is the one disclosing.
Leave the document type to the AI
With another example library imported as well, choose Let the AI choose from your document types instead of a document type, and paste:
Confidential discussions before we acquire a competitor — both sides will open their books.
- The type choice names Non-disclosure agreement (example), with its reason on the Brief card.
- Picks: as for the joint bid — Confidentiality obligations — mutual and No licence, no warranty — without the non-solicitation clause.
The AI chooses from each block's description and Use when note, and from the document type's guidance; it never sees a block's text. When it picks the wrong block, the fix is usually a sharper Use when note, or a line in the document type's guidance.
Build a template
A template fixes the blocks a document starts with, so a member goes straight to the form. Once the blocks are published, choose + New template on the library's Templates tab:
- Name: Standard one-way NDA.
- Document type: Non-disclosure agreement (example).
- Blocks: Confidentiality obligations — one-way, Return or destruction of materials and No licence, no warranty. The six blocks the type always includes are added for you, and the rules add Exceptions.
- Require a review before export: on.
Save it, then choose New draft → Use a template: the plan is fixed, and the draft opens on the form. Templates in the user guide covers the editor.
With the review switched on, documents from the template need a review before they can be exported. Assemble one and try to export it: the export waits. Mark the document reviewed on its Draft tab and the export goes through; change an answer and the review is cleared again.
Build the selection tests
A selection test checks the AI's picks for a brief. Once the blocks are published, create each test below with + New selection test on the library's Selection tests tab: give it the name shown, paste the brief from the section it links to, and fill in Must pick and Must not pick.
Mutual, joint bid — the brief from A mutual agreement for a joint bid:
- Must pick: Confidentiality obligations — mutual and No licence, no warranty.
- Must not pick: Confidentiality obligations — one-way.
One-way, consultant — the brief from A one-way agreement with a consultant:
- Must pick: Confidentiality obligations — one-way and Return or destruction of materials.
- Must not pick: Confidentiality obligations — mutual and Non-solicitation of staff.
Then choose Run all; both should pass. Each run is one model call on your workspace's allowance. A failing test lists what was missing and what was picked but should not have been. Selection tests in the user guide explains the scores.
What it shows
| Feature | Where to look |
|---|---|
| Blocks every document includes | Parties, Purpose, Confidential information, Term and survival, Governing law, Signatures |
| Alternatives, one at a time | Confidentiality obligations — mutual and — one-way |
| A block that brings another | either obligations block brings in Exceptions |
| A block the form's answer adds | Non-solicitation of staff, when the form says yes |
| Defaults a member may change | the term, the survival period, the governing law and the non-solicitation period |
| Defined terms | "the Purpose", "Confidential Information", "Party" and "Parties" |
| People with addresses | both parties, named in the title and the parties clause |
| A cross-reference | the obligations cite Exceptions by clause number |
| A review before export | the template you build, with Require a review before export on |
| Header and footer | the example marking on every page; Confidential and the page numbers in the footer |
Related: Ask the AI, producing a document and the drafting library in the user guide.