Overview
Draft US LLC operating agreements, closely held shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, and founders’ agreements with state-aware governance, valuation, tax, and IP review flags.
What It Covers
- Single-member LLC operating agreements for bank-ready governance and separateness practices
- Multi-member LLC agreements for manager-managed or member-managed structures
- Closely held shareholder agreements with ROFR/ROFO, drag/tag, voting, and information rights
- Buy-sell agreements for death, disability, divorce, departure, retirement, deadlock, and creditor events
- Founders’ agreements with equity splits, vesting, IP assignment, departure buybacks, and formation transition plans
Example Conversation
You: I just formed Blue Ridge Ops LLC in Delaware. It’s only me, but the bank wants an operating agreement. Can you make it simple and legitimate?
Agent: Yes. I’ll prepare a single-member Delaware LLC package with a short term sheet and
operating-agreement.md. I’ll include sole-member authority, capital contribution, tax classification, separateness covenants, transfers/succession, dissolution, and Delaware review notes.You: I may elect S-corp tax treatment later. Should that go in?
Agent: I’ll note the current default tax assumption and add an S-corp election review flag for your CPA. I won’t draft tax advice as final, but the agreement can preserve authority to make tax elections.
Agent: After drafting, I’ll run
validate_entity_governance_documentand resolve any missing governance clauses or placeholders before delivery.
Sample Output Excerpt
A draft package begins with a business-term summary before the agreement text.
Term Sheet — Blue Ridge Ops LLC
Entity and Ownership
- Entity: Blue Ridge Ops LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
- Member: [Founder Name], 100% membership interest
- Management: Sole member-managed unless a written manager appointment is later approved
- Tax assumption: disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes unless a valid election is made
Operating Agreement Drafting Notes
- Include authority for the sole member to open bank accounts, sign contracts, hire advisors, and make tax elections
- Include separateness covenants: separate books, no commingling, adequate capitalization, and company-name usage
- Include transfer and succession provisions for death, incapacity, estate planning transfers, and admission of a successor member
- Add CPA review flag for any S-corp election and attorney review for Delaware enforceability
Extension Tools
validate_entity_governance_document checks LLC operating agreements, shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, founders’ agreements, and term sheets for core drafting completeness.
The validation looks for:
- Common elements such as parties, entity identity, governing law, amendment mechanics, dispute resolution, and professional review caveats
- Document-specific elements such as management model, capital contributions, transfer restrictions, drag/tag rights, buy-sell triggers, valuation, insurance funding, vesting, IP assignment, and departure buybacks
- Unresolved bracketed placeholders and
TBD/TODOmarkers
The tool is an advisory completeness screen. Final state-law, tax, securities, estate-planning, and restrictive-covenant questions still need qualified professional review.
Getting Started
Gather the basic formation facts before starting:
- Entity type and formation state
- Owner/founder names, roles, and ownership percentages or units/shares
- Management model: single-member, member-managed, manager-managed, or board-led corporation
- Capital contributions, future funding plans, and any fundraising or equity issuance plans
- Desired transfer restrictions, buy-sell triggers, valuation method, and deadlock process
- Any pre-existing IP, confidentiality needs, tax election plans, insurance funding, or existing bylaws/certificates
If you are unsure which document you need, start with a short description of the owners, entity status, and business goal; the skill will route the matter to the right agreement package.