Your move
Put the payment rule in the agreement
Collection gets harder when price, deposit, due date, and late terms were never explicit.
Write the amount, deposit or milestone, invoice trigger, due date, accepted payment method, and what happens when payment is late. You choose the terms; this worksheet does not supply legal language.
Do this now
Three moves, in order.
- Copy the commercial terms you actually intend to use into one plain-language block.
- Make delivery, acceptance, invoicing, and payment events distinguishable.
- Have qualified counsel review terms when law, regulation, or material risk requires it.
Build the artifact
Payment terms block
Copy these fields into a note, document, or sheet you already use.
Amount
Agreed price and currency
Invoice trigger
Deposit, milestone, delivery, or another agreed event
Due
The date or agreed term
Payment method
Approved way to pay
Late or disputed
The process you and the customer agreed to
Give AI the bounded job
Prompt from your artifact—not from vibes.
Turn my chosen commercial terms into a plain-language payment summary. Do not invent legal clauses, fees, remedies, dates, or jurisdiction. Put anything missing in a QUESTIONS TO RESOLVE list.
Before you use it
The work leaves your hands only when:
- The agreement and invoice use the same terms.
- Every amount and date came from an approved record.
- Legal or tax questions are routed to a qualified adviser.