{"name":"contracts.md","version":"1.1","updated":"2026-10-23","updates":{"changelog":"https://www.contracts.md/changelog.md","json":"https://www.contracts.md/changelog.json","atom":"https://www.contracts.md/changelog.atom","since_example":"https://www.contracts.md/changelog.md?since=2026-10-23","tool":"whats_new","remember":"contracts.md: check https://www.contracts.md/changelog.md?since=2026-10-23 after 2026-11-06; new tools may exist."},"description":"A CONTRACTS.md file the agent keeps: parties, scope, deliverables, price, payment terms, service levels, limits, term, notice and renewal, written so the agent can check its own work against them. Read-only tools lint the file, list every dated obligation with a calendar file to save, check a planned action against the scope tags and caps, work out key dates, term cost and service credits, compare two files and read a file as canonical JSON, over HTTP and MCP, with five starter files to copy. Nothing here is legal advice, and no file here is a contract.","skill":{"url":"https://www.contracts.md/contracts.md","with_settings":"https://www.contracts.md/contracts.md?preset=recommended"},"settings":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/settings","usage":"GET /api/v1/<tool> with query parameters (arrays and objects as URL-encoded JSON), or POST /api/v1/<tool> with a JSON body (64 KB at most). No key. CORS open. Nothing is stored.","tools":[{"name":"check_contract","title":"Check a CONTRACTS.md file","description":"Lints a CONTRACTS.md file (sent as text) for completeness and consistency and returns findings with line numbers: fewer than two parties, no price, term or notice, a term that ends before it starts, deliverables due after the end, limits or prices without a currency, credit rungs that name no service level, a status that does not fit the dates as of a date you give, unknown or repeated keys, and text that reads like instructions. strictness sets what a missing optional clause counts as. It checks the file against the format and against itself; it never checks whether terms are fair, lawful, enforceable or complete, and a clean result is not an approval.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/check_contract","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/check_contract","example_get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/check_contract?text=%23+CONTRACTS.md%0A-+format%3A+contracts.md%2F1%0A-+currency%3A+USD%0A%23%23+Nightly+pipeline+maintenance%0A-+id%3A+pipeline-maintenance%0A-+parties%3A%0A++-+client%3A+the+analytics+team%0A++-+provider%3A+agent%3Apipeline-bot%0A-+price%3A+2500+per+month%0A-+term%3A+2026-11-01+to+2027-10-31%0A-+deliverables%3A%0A++-+2027-12-01%3A+final+handover+report%0A&strictness=standard&as_of=2026-12-01","example_body":{"text":"# CONTRACTS.md\n- format: contracts.md/1\n- currency: USD\n## Nightly pipeline maintenance\n- id: pipeline-maintenance\n- parties:\n  - client: the analytics team\n  - provider: agent:pipeline-bot\n- price: 2500 per month\n- term: 2026-11-01 to 2027-10-31\n- deliverables:\n  - 2027-12-01: final handover report\n","strictness":"standard","as_of":"2026-12-01"},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"text":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"The CONTRACTS.md file, up to 60000 characters."},"strictness":{"type":"string","enum":["lenient","standard","strict"],"default":"standard","description":"Missing parties, price, term or notice are errors at every level. lenient: a missing status, scope, payment, renewal or dispute path is a note. standard (default): those are warnings. strict: those are errors, and so are a missing id, limits and service levels."},"as_of":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"The date to judge statuses against, YYYY-MM-DD. 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It does not know whether notice was given; the parties do.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/key_dates","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/key_dates","example_get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/key_dates?start=2026-11-01&end=2027-10-31&notice_days=30&renewal=auto&as_of=2026-12-01&warn_days=14","example_body":{"start":"2026-11-01","end":"2027-10-31","notice_days":30,"renewal":"auto","as_of":"2026-12-01","warn_days":14},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"text":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"A CONTRACTS.md file. Its term, notice and renewal are used unless the fields below override them."},"agreement":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"The id of the agreement in the file, when it holds more than one."},"start":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"First day of the term, YYYY-MM-DD."},"end":{"type":"string","maxLength":10,"description":"Last day of the term, YYYY-MM-DD, or \"open\"."},"notice_days":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":365,"description":"Days of notice the agreement requires."},"renewal":{"type":"string","enum":["auto","none","renegotiate"],"description":"auto: renews for the same length unless notice is given. none: ends on the end date. renegotiate: new terms before the end date."},"as_of":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"Count days from this date. Default: today (UTC)."},"warn_days":{"type":"integer","minimum":1,"maximum":180,"default":14,"description":"Alert when a key date is this close or closer. Default 14."}}}},{"name":"obligation_calendar","title":"Obligation calendar (.ics)","description":"Lists every dated obligation in one or more CONTRACTS.md files inside a window you set (as_of plus horizon_days, and lookback_days before it): deliverables due, last days to give notice, renewals (with the renewed terms' dates while they fall in the window, marked projected), expiries, and payment due dates from invoice dates you send plus the agreement's net days. Sorted by date, each with days from as_of and the line of the clause it comes from, plus the same list as iCalendar text (one all-day event per obligation, stable UIDs, optional reminders) to save as a .ics file. Calendar arithmetic on the file's dates only: it does not know whether notice was given, work was delivered or an invoice was paid.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/obligation_calendar","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/obligation_calendar","example_body":{"files":["# CONTRACTS.md\n- currency: USD\n## Research assistant subscription\n- id: research-subscription\n- status: active\n- price: 400 per month\n- payment: net 15\n- term: 2026-11-01 to 2027-01-31\n- notice: 30 days\n- renewal: auto\n- deliverables:\n  - 2026-12-15: quarterly usage summary\n"],"as_of":"2026-10-23","horizon_days":120,"invoices":[{"agreement":"research-subscription","date":"2026-11-30","amount":400,"ref":"inv-1"}]},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"files":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"},"maxItems":10,"description":"One to ten CONTRACTS.md files, each as text. 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It compares numbers and tags; it never approves an action, and within is not permission.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/scope_check","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/scope_check","example_body":{"text":"# CONTRACTS.md\n- currency: USD\n## Research assistant subscription\n- id: research-subscription\n- status: active\n- scope: Sourced research summaries for the client team.\n- in_scope: research, summaries, citations\n- out_of_scope: purchases, outbound-email\n- needs_approval: paid-sources\n- term: 2026-11-01 to 2027-10-31\n- limits:\n  - spend_cap: 600 USD per month\n  - approval_over: 100 USD\n","date":"2026-12-03","amount":120,"currency":"USD","tags":["research","paid-sources"],"spent_so_far":300},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"text":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"The CONTRACTS.md file."},"agreement":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"The id of the agreement, when the file holds more than one."},"date":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"The day the action happens, YYYY-MM-DD."},"amount":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"default":0,"description":"What the action spends. Default 0."},"currency":{"type":"string","pattern":"^[A-Za-z]{3}$","description":"The amount's currency, three letters. Default: the file's currency."},"tags":{"type":"array","maxItems":20,"items":{"type":"string"},"description":"What the action is, as tags in the file's words, like [\"research\", \"paid-sources\"]."},"spent_so_far":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"description":"Spent under the agreement before this action, in the cap's currency; for a per-month cap, this month's spend."},"usage":{"type":"array","maxItems":20,"items":{"type":"object"},"description":"Counts for other limits: each {\"limit\": \"<name>\", \"so_far\": 30, \"this_action\": 6}, in the limit's own unit or currency."},"warn_pct":{"type":"number","minimum":1,"maximum":100,"default":90,"description":"Add an alert when the spend after this action reaches this percent of the cap. Default 90."}},"required":["text","date"]}},{"name":"term_cost","title":"Cost of a term","description":"Adds up what an agreement costs over its term from its price (amount, currency, basis), start and end dates, an optional yearly escalator in percent compounded on each anniversary, an optional one-time fee and, for per hour or per unit prices, the quantity over the term. Partial months and years are prorated by days; terms up to 100 years. Send a CONTRACTS.md file as text (with the agreement id when it holds several) or the fields directly; fields override the file. Returns the total, a breakdown by contract year and the formula. It quotes no prices and ignores taxes, invoices and credits.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/term_cost","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/term_cost","example_get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/term_cost?amount=2500&currency=USD&basis=per+month&start=2026-11-01&end=2028-10-31&escalator_pct=5&one_time_fee=1000","example_body":{"amount":2500,"currency":"USD","basis":"per month","start":"2026-11-01","end":"2028-10-31","escalator_pct":5,"one_time_fee":1000},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"text":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"A CONTRACTS.md file. Its price, term, escalator and one_time lines are used unless the fields below override them."},"agreement":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"The id of the agreement in the file, when it holds more than one."},"amount":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":1000000000000,"description":"The price amount per basis period."},"currency":{"type":"string","pattern":"^[A-Za-z]{3}$","description":"A three-letter currency code. Only a label."},"basis":{"type":"string","enum":["once","per hour","per day","per month","per year","per unit"],"description":"once, per hour, per day, per month, per year or per unit."},"start":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"First day of the term."},"end":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"Last day of the term (inclusive). Terms up to 100 years."},"escalator_pct":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":100,"description":"Yearly increase in percent, applied on each anniversary of the start. Default 0, or the file's escalator line."},"one_time_fee":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":1000000000000,"description":"A one-time amount added once. Default 0, or the file's one_time line."},"quantity":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":1000000000000,"description":"Hours or units over the whole term, for per hour and per unit prices. Spread evenly over the term's days when an escalator applies."},"decimals":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":6,"default":2,"description":"Decimal places in amounts. Default 2."}}}},{"name":"compare_contracts","title":"Compare two CONTRACTS.md files","description":"Reads two CONTRACTS.md files, pairs their agreements by id (or compares the one agreement each holds), and tables every field that differs: price, payment terms, term, notice, renewal, escalator, limits, service levels, credit rungs, deliverables, parties, scope, status and dispute path, with the numeric change where both sides are numbers. Lists agreements only one file has. Text comparison and subtraction; it does not say which side is better or what to accept.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/compare_contracts","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/compare_contracts","example_get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/compare_contracts?a=%23+CONTRACTS.md%0A-+updated%3A+2026-10-22%0A%23%23+Nightly+pipeline+maintenance%0A-+id%3A+pipeline-maintenance%0A-+price%3A+2500+USD+per+month%0A-+term%3A+2026-11-01+to+2027-10-31%0A-+notice%3A+30+days%0A-+renewal%3A+renegotiate%0A-+service_levels%3A%0A++-+uptime%3A+at+least+99.5+%25%0A-+limits%3A%0A++-+spend_cap%3A+30000+USD%0A&b=%23+CONTRACTS.md%0A-+updated%3A+2026-10-23%0A%23%23+Nightly+pipeline+maintenance%0A-+id%3A+pipeline-maintenance%0A-+price%3A+3000+USD+per+month%0A-+term%3A+2026-11-01+to+2027-10-31%0A-+notice%3A+60+days%0A-+renewal%3A+auto%0A-+service_levels%3A%0A++-+uptime%3A+at+least+99.9+%25%0A-+limits%3A%0A++-+spend_cap%3A+36000+USD%0A","example_body":{"a":"# CONTRACTS.md\n- updated: 2026-10-22\n## Nightly pipeline maintenance\n- id: pipeline-maintenance\n- price: 2500 USD per month\n- term: 2026-11-01 to 2027-10-31\n- notice: 30 days\n- renewal: renegotiate\n- service_levels:\n  - uptime: at least 99.5 %\n- limits:\n  - spend_cap: 30000 USD\n","b":"# CONTRACTS.md\n- updated: 2026-10-23\n## Nightly pipeline maintenance\n- id: pipeline-maintenance\n- price: 3000 USD per month\n- term: 2026-11-01 to 2027-10-31\n- notice: 60 days\n- renewal: auto\n- service_levels:\n  - uptime: at least 99.9 %\n- limits:\n  - spend_cap: 36000 USD\n"},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"a":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"The first CONTRACTS.md file (for example your copy)."},"b":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"The second file (for example the other side's copy, or a newer version)."},"agreement":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"Compare only this agreement id. Default: every id both files share."}},"required":["a","b"]}},{"name":"sla_credit","title":"Service credit from targets, measurements and a ladder","description":"Compares measured numbers you send with the stated service-level targets (at least or at most), finds the credit rung each miss reaches on the stated ladder (the largest percent among the rungs the measurement crosses), adds the percents up to the stated cap and multiplies by the period fee. Targets, ladder, cap and fee come from a CONTRACTS.md file (sent as text, with the agreement id when it holds several) or from the arguments; arguments override the file. Arithmetic only: it does not decide whether a credit is owed, and the agreement itself governs.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/sla_credit","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/sla_credit","example_body":{"fee":2500,"currency":"USD","targets":[{"name":"uptime","direction":"at_least","target":99.5,"unit":"%"},{"name":"response_time","direction":"at_most","target":4,"unit":"hours"}],"measured":[{"name":"uptime","value":98.7},{"name":"response_time","value":6}],"ladder":[{"level":"uptime","when":"below","threshold":99.5,"credit_pct":10},{"level":"uptime","when":"below","threshold":99,"credit_pct":25},{"level":"uptime","when":"below","threshold":98,"credit_pct":50},{"level":"response_time","when":"above","threshold":4,"credit_pct":5},{"level":"response_time","when":"above","threshold":8,"credit_pct":15}],"cap_pct":50},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"text":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"A CONTRACTS.md file; its service_levels, credits (with cap) and price give the targets, ladder, cap and fee."},"agreement":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"description":"The id of the agreement in the file, when it holds more than one."},"measured":{"type":"array","minItems":1,"maxItems":50,"items":{"type":"object"},"description":"The measured numbers, one per service level: [{\"name\": \"uptime\", \"value\": 98.7}]."},"fee":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":1000000000000,"description":"The fee for the period the credit applies to. From the file's price when it is per month, per year or per day."},"currency":{"type":"string","pattern":"^[A-Za-z]{3}$","description":"A label for the amounts. From the file when sent."},"targets":{"type":"array","maxItems":50,"items":{"type":"object"},"description":"The targets, instead of a file: [{\"name\", \"direction\": \"at_least\" | \"at_most\", \"target\", \"unit\"}]."},"ladder":{"type":"array","maxItems":100,"items":{"type":"object"},"description":"The credit ladder, instead of a file: [{\"level\", \"when\": \"below\" | \"above\", \"threshold\", \"credit_pct\"}]."},"cap_pct":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":100,"description":"The most the credits can add up to, as a percent of the fee. Default: the file's cap, else 100."},"decimals":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":6,"default":2,"description":"Decimal places in amounts. Default 2."}},"required":["measured"]}},{"name":"contract_template","title":"A CONTRACTS.md file to save","description":"Builds a ready-to-save CONTRACTS.md file from a title, two parties, a price (amount, currency, basis), an optional one-time fee and yearly escalator, payment terms, a term, a notice period and a renewal rule, with commented placeholders for scope, deliverables, service levels, credits, limits and the dispute path when you do not send them. Runs check_contract on the result and returns its findings. The file is a record of terms in a plain format, not a contract: nothing is signed, sent or agreed, and the person must say yes before it is used.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/contract_template","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/contract_template","example_get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/contract_template?title=Nightly+pipeline+maintenance&client=the+analytics+team&provider=agent%3Apipeline-bot&owner=agent%3Apipeline-bot&scope=Keep+the+nightly+data+pipeline+running+and+fix+failures+within+the+service+levels.&amount=2500&currency=USD&basis=per+month&net_days=30&start=2026-11-01&end=2027-10-31&notice_days=30&renewal=renegotiate","example_body":{"title":"Nightly pipeline maintenance","client":"the analytics team","provider":"agent:pipeline-bot","owner":"agent:pipeline-bot","scope":"Keep the nightly data pipeline running and fix failures within the service levels.","amount":2500,"currency":"USD","basis":"per month","net_days":30,"start":"2026-11-01","end":"2027-10-31","notice_days":30,"renewal":"renegotiate"},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"title":{"type":"string","maxLength":120,"description":"The agreement's title; the id is made from it unless you send one."},"id":{"type":"string","maxLength":64,"pattern":"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,63}$","description":"A slug for the agreement: lowercase letters, digits and hyphens."},"client":{"type":"string","maxLength":120,"description":"Who receives the work or service (a person, team or agent id)."},"provider":{"type":"string","maxLength":120,"description":"Who does the work or provides the service."},"owner":{"type":"string","maxLength":80,"description":"Who keeps this file, for the owner line. Optional."},"scope":{"type":"string","maxLength":300,"description":"One sentence on what the agreement covers. Optional."},"amount":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":1000000000000,"description":"The price amount per basis period."},"currency":{"type":"string","pattern":"^[A-Za-z]{3}$","default":"USD","description":"A three-letter currency code. Default USD."},"basis":{"type":"string","enum":["once","per hour","per day","per month","per year","per unit"],"default":"per month","description":"once, per hour, per day, per month, per year or per unit. Default per month."},"unit":{"type":"string","maxLength":60,"description":"What one unit is, for a per unit price."},"one_time_fee":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":1000000000000,"description":"A one-time fee in the same currency, such as a setup fee, as the parties stated it. Written only when above 0. Optional."},"escalator_pct":{"type":"number","minimum":0,"maximum":100,"description":"A yearly increase in percent, compounded on each anniversary of the start, as the parties stated it. Written only when above 0; not for a once price. Optional."},"net_days":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":365,"default":30,"description":"Payment terms: net this many days. Default 30."},"start":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"First day of the term, YYYY-MM-DD."},"end":{"type":"string","maxLength":10,"description":"Last day of the term, YYYY-MM-DD, or \"open\"."},"notice_days":{"type":"integer","minimum":0,"maximum":365,"default":30,"description":"Notice period in days. Default 30."},"renewal":{"type":"string","enum":["auto","none","renegotiate"],"default":"none","description":"auto, none or renegotiate. Default none."},"status":{"type":"string","enum":["draft","active","ended"],"default":"draft","description":"draft, active or ended. Default draft."},"dispute":{"type":"string","maxLength":200,"description":"The dispute path the parties agreed. Optional."},"updated":{"type":"string","pattern":"^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$","description":"The file's updated date. Default: today (UTC)."}},"required":["title","client","provider","amount","start","end"]}},{"name":"contract_starter","title":"Get a starter CONTRACTS.md","description":"Serves five ready-to-copy CONTRACTS.md files for common agreements an agent works under: agent-subscription (agent subscription), statement-of-work (statement of work), api-usage-terms (api usage terms), data-handling (data handling), retainer (retainer). Without kind it lists them with when to use each and its URL; with kind it returns the file, its check_contract result at strict (no errors) and a summary of the agreement in it. Each starter has the keys its kind needs, scope tags for scope_check, and count and money limits. The names, numbers and dates are examples to replace with what the parties stated; a starter is a draft record of terms, not a contract, and copying it agrees to nothing.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/contract_starter","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/contract_starter","example_get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/contract_starter?kind=retainer","example_body":{"kind":"retainer"},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"kind":{"type":"string","enum":["agent-subscription","statement-of-work","api-usage-terms","data-handling","retainer"],"description":"Which starter: agent-subscription, statement-of-work, api-usage-terms, data-handling, retainer. Leave out for the list."}}}},{"name":"parse_contracts","title":"Parse a CONTRACTS.md file to JSON","description":"Reads a CONTRACTS.md file with the same parser every tool here uses and returns its canonical JSON: the file head, every agreement sorted by id with defaults resolved (an amount with no currency takes the file's), every list sorted, object keys sorted, money and count limits told apart, the line of every value, the parse issues, a field reference, and two hashes: sha256 over everything and terms_sha256 over the terms without line numbers. Lets another agent or program read the format without writing a parser. It reads; it does not check completeness (check_contract does) or judge the terms.","get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/parse_contracts","post":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/parse_contracts","example_get":"https://www.contracts.md/api/v1/parse_contracts?text=%23+CONTRACTS.md%0A-+format%3A+contracts.md%2F1%0A-+currency%3A+USD%0A%23%23+Research+assistant+subscription%0A-+id%3A+research-subscription%0A-+status%3A+active%0A-+parties%3A+client%3A+the+client+team%3B+provider%3A+agent%3Aresearch-assistant%0A-+in_scope%3A+summaries%2C+research%0A-+price%3A+400+per+month%0A-+term%3A+2026-11-01+to+2027-10-31%0A-+limits%3A%0A++-+requests%3A+1500+requests+per+month%0A++-+spend_cap%3A+600+USD+per+month%0A","example_body":{"text":"# CONTRACTS.md\n- format: contracts.md/1\n- currency: USD\n## Research assistant subscription\n- id: research-subscription\n- status: active\n- parties: client: the client team; provider: agent:research-assistant\n- in_scope: summaries, research\n- price: 400 per month\n- term: 2026-11-01 to 2027-10-31\n- limits:\n  - requests: 1500 requests per month\n  - spend_cap: 600 USD per month\n"},"input":{"type":"object","properties":{"text":{"type":"string","maxLength":60000,"description":"The CONTRACTS.md file."}},"required":["text"]}},{"name":"build_settings","title":"Write your settings into the skill","description":"Turns a preset and settings into the sections written at the top of CONTRACTS.md. 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Optional; unset clears it."},"report":{"type":"string","enum":["lines","table","unset"],"description":"Report shape: lines (A few lines), table (A Markdown table). Optional; unset clears it."},"format":{"type":"string","enum":["section","skill"],"description":"section (default): the settings sections only; skill: the whole skill file too."}}}},{"name":"whats_new","title":"What's new here, and what's next","description":"What changed on contracts.md and when, what is being built, when to check back, and the other .md sites. Pass since (a date) to get only newer entries, for example the updated date of the skill you have. 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Information here may be inaccurate, incomplete or not current, and is not verified; figures are estimates from the numbers you send and the formulas stated. Nothing here is legal advice, and no file written in this format is a contract or has legal effect. contracts.md never signs, sends, negotiates or enforces anything. Check everything yourself before you act on it.","terms":"https://www.contracts.md/terms","contact":"proofmdorg [ at ] gmail.com"}