Create Document

Starts a document for electronic signing — by uploading a PDF, starting from a template, or drafting one with AI from a description or a photo of an existing document.

What this screen is for

This is where a document to be signed begins. You can upload a PDF, start from a template, or have one drafted for you: describe what you need and a draft is generated, or attach a photo or scan of an existing document and it is recreated. Drafting this way uses AI credits from your wallet.

A generated draft is shown for review before anything is sent, and can be discarded or saved as a template for next time. When you start from a template, a banner names it and shows the recipients and fields it expects, and says when details have been prefilled for a particular person.

When to use it

Whenever something needs a signature. If you send the same document repeatedly, save it as a template the first time and start from the template thereafter.

What you see on this screen

The left of the page is where the document comes from:

  • Draft with AI — a box to describe the document you need, an option to attach a photo or scan of an existing one, and a note that it uses AI credits from your wallet. Once generated, the draft is shown for review with Save as template and Discard beside it.
  • Or Upload a PDF — a drop zone taking a PDF of up to 25MB.

The right is the detail panel:

  • Title — required.
  • Document Type — required: Contract, Proposal, NDA, Agreement, Partnership or Custom.
  • Signing Order — Sequential (one by one) or Parallel (all at once).
  • Expires On — the date the document lapses if not signed.
  • Message to Recipients — optional text included in the signing email.
  • Fill from records — an employee picker that fills the employee fields and adds them as a signer, plus optional Project and Client pickers.

Where you arrived from a template, a banner at the top names it, counts the recipients and lists the fields it expects, and says when details have been prefilled for a particular person.

Filters and actions

  • Back to Documents — leaves without creating anything.
  • Generate Draft, or Recreate from image where a photo is attached.
  • Save as template and Discard — on a generated draft.
  • The submit button at the foot creates the document and takes you on to place its fields.

Related

  • All Templates — the templates you can start from
  • All Documents — where the finished document is tracked

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