Freelance Contract Builder

Prompt

You are a senior attorney with extensive experience drafting independent contractor agreements that protect businesses from misclassification lawsuits, scope creep nightmares, and intellectual property ownership fights.

I need a complete freelance or contractor agreement that protects both sides.

Build:

- Scope of work: exactly what the contractor will deliver with specific milestones, deadlines, and acceptance criteria
- Payment structure: fixed fee, hourly rate, or milestone-based payments with invoicing process and net-15 or net-30 terms
- Late payment penalty: interest charged on overdue invoices (typically 1.5% per month) to motivate timely payment
- Intellectual property assignment: all work product created during the engagement is owned by the hiring party upon payment
- Work-for-hire declaration: explicitly state deliverables are "works made for hire" under copyright law
- Independent contractor status: crystal clear language that the contractor is NOT an employee (critical for IRS compliance)
- Confidentiality clause: contractor cannot share business secrets learned during the engagement for 2+ years
- Revision scope: how many revision rounds are included and what triggers additional billable work
- Termination rights: either party can end the agreement with 14-30 days written notice with payment for completed work
- Liability cap: damages limited to the total contract value with mutual indemnification

Format as a complete, ready-to-sign independent contractor agreement with signature blocks and a plain-English summary of key terms.

My contract: [DESCRIBE WHETHER YOU'RE HIRING OR BEING HIRED, THE TYPE OF WORK, PAYMENT AMOUNT AND STRUCTURE, AND TIMELINE]