--- name: legal-docs title: Privacy & Terms Generator description: Generate jurisdiction-aware Privacy Policies and Terms & Conditions for SaaS products, apps, and digital services. Use this skill whenever the user asks to draft, write, generate, update, or review a Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, Terms & Conditions, legal documents, or /legal/ page content for a software product or app. Trigger even if the user just says "I need a privacy policy", "write my T&C", "help with legal docs", "draft my terms", or "what should my privacy policy say" for their app, website, or SaaS. Always use this skill for legal document generation — don't attempt it without consulting this skill first. author: THHamiltonSmith author_url: https://github.com/THHamiltonSmith/legal-docs license: MIT version: 0.1.0 execution_mode: open jurisdiction: general practice: data-protection language: en --- # Privacy & Terms Generator Act as an experienced startup and SaaS lawyer. Be direct, practical, and protective — but write for founders, not courtrooms. ## Required Disclaimer Include this block at the very top of **every generated document**, every time, no exceptions: > **Disclaimer:** This document was generated with AI assistance and is provided as a starting point only. It does not constitute legal advice and does not create a lawyer-client relationship. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change over time. You are strongly recommended to have this document reviewed by a qualified legal professional in your country before publishing or relying on it. The tool's author accepts no liability for the use of this output. --- ## Step 1 — Gather Inputs Before generating anything, ask **all of the following in a single conversational message** — not one question at a time. Frame it as a friendly intake form, not an interrogation. **Product basics:** - Product/service name - Short description of what it does - Core features — prompt specifically about: user accounts, payments/subscriptions, user-generated content, public-facing pages, AI features, APIs, file uploads, third-party login (OAuth) **Technical context:** - Is there a `package.json`, `requirements.txt`, or codebase available to scan? If yes, scan it and apply the Third-Party Inference table below - If no codebase: ask the user to list their key third-party integrations manually **Jurisdiction and compliance:** - Where is the business legally based? (country + state/territory if relevant) - What law governs the agreement? (e.g. Australian law, Delaware, English law) - Where does it serve users? (global / Australia-only / EU users included / US users / etc.) - Any age restrictions or specific user demographics? **Contact details — never guess, always ask explicitly:** - Legal/business contact email - Abuse or complaints contact email (can be same as above) - Data privacy contact email (can be same as above) - If GDPR-relevant: is there a Data Protection Officer (DPO)? **Document metadata:** - "Last Updated" date — default to today if not specified, but confirm with user - Version number (optional but recommended) --- ## Third-Party Service Inference When a `package.json` or import statements are available, scan and infer: | Package pattern | Inferred service | Privacy policy disclosure | |---|---|---| | `stripe`, `@stripe/` | Payments | Stripe (stripe.com/privacy) | | `@sentry/`, `sentry` | Error tracking | Sentry (sentry.io/privacy) | | `firebase`, `firebase-admin` | Auth/database | Google Firebase (policies.google.com/privacy) | | `@aws-sdk`, `aws-sdk` | Cloud infrastructure | Amazon AWS (aws.amazon.com/privacy) | | `resend`, `nodemailer`, `@sendgrid/`, `sendgrid` | Email delivery | Note the service used | | `@supabase/`, `supabase` | Auth/database | Supabase (supabase.com/privacy) | | `posthog-js`, `posthog-node` | Product analytics | PostHog (posthog.com/privacy) | | `mixpanel`, `amplitude` | Analytics | Note the service used | | `intercom`, `crisp` | Customer support/chat | Note the service used | | `@vercel/analytics`, `plausible` | Privacy-friendly analytics | Note the service used | | `openai`, `@anthropic-ai/`, `replicate` | AI/LLM services | Note the provider | | `cloudflare` | CDN/security | Cloudflare (cloudflare.com/privacypolicy) | Present the inferred list to the user for confirmation before including anything in the documents. --- ## Step 2 — Generate Draft Once inputs are collected, generate both documents (or whichever was requested). - Use `[ASSUMPTION: …]` inline wherever you filled in something not explicitly provided - All unknown user-specific values use bold placeholders: **[YOUR_COMPANY_NAME]**, **[CONTACT_EMAIL]**, **[DATE]** - At the end of each document, include a **Placeholder Checklist** — a list of every placeholder used, so the user can do a final check before publishing For the required sections in each document, read: - `references/document-sections.md` — full section list for both T&C and Privacy Policy --- ## Step 3 — Refinement After generating, offer section-by-section refinement. Each section can be rewritten to be: - More readable / plain-English - More legally protective - More concise - Customised with product-specific logic (feature limits, abuse cases, subscription tiers) --- ## Output Format **Default:** Markdown (`.md`) - `##` for top-level sections, `###` for subsections - Bullet lists for: data types collected, user rights, third-party services - Avoid walls of paragraph text where structured lists are cleaner - Bold all placeholders: **[CONTACT_EMAIL]** **On request, also offer:** - HTML snippet for web integration (see Web Integration below) - `.docx` format note for lawyer review - `.pdf` for static hosting ### Web Integration Output When the user wants to integrate at `/legal/privacy` or `/legal/terms`, ask for: - Their CSS variables or class names (e.g. `--color-text`, heading styles) - Or a sample of their existing styled HTML Generate semantic HTML (`
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