Quickstart

This guide walks you through preparing the bundled Bonterms Mutual NDA using Claude Cowork. You will go from zero to a completed Word document in under five minutes.

Note

Codraft ships with the Bonterms Mutual NDA as an example template. It is a real, production-quality mutual NDA released under CC BY 4.0.

Get a Claude account and download the Desktop app

Note

Skip this step if you already have a Claude Pro or Max account and downloaded the Desktop App.

1. Go to Claude and get an account. You will need at least Claude Pro (USD20/month) in order to use Cowork.

2. Download the Claude Desktop App for Windows or Mac. Follow the instructions to install the app in your computer and connect it to your account.

Download the latest Codraft Folder

There are several ways to use Codraft. For this quickstart, download the latest release:

⬇ Download codraft-latest.zip

Extract the contents to a place where you can find it (Downloads or Documents).

Note

Don’t download the plugin file. The plugin is used for Claude Code and other plugin marketplaces.

Prepare the NDA

1. Open Claude Cowork and use your Codraft folder

   Open the Claude Desktop App and switch to the Cowork Tab (Cmd+2 on Mac). Work in the Cowork folder you just downloaded by selecting it in the dropdown box.

   Type a natural request:

   Prepare a mutual NDA.

   

2. Claude prepares the NDA

   Once Claude receives the task, it matches your request to the Bonterms_Mutual_NDA template, analyzes it for variables, and starts the interview. In the background, Claude installs the dependencies it needs and reads the templates. It looks for variables and creates a plan on how to ask and group questions in order to fill the template.

Note

The first time you run Codraft on a template, Claude is running code to analyse the template in detecting variables and generating questions. This file is saved in the template folder, speeding up future runs (at least until the next time you adjust the template.)

3. Answer the interview questions

   Claude walks through the 13 variables in the template, grouping related fields together. Here is what a typical interview looks like:

   Let's prepare the Bonterms Mutual NDA. I'll walk through the details
   with you.
   
   First, what is the purpose of this NDA?
   > Evaluating a potential partnership between our two companies
   
   What is the effective date?
   > 2026-03-01
   
   What is the term of the NDA?
   > 2 years
   
   What is the confidentiality period?
   > 3 years
   
   What is the governing law?
   > State of California
   
   Which courts will have jurisdiction?
   > State and federal courts in San Francisco, California
   
   Are there any additional terms?
   > None
   
   Now for Party 1. What is Party 1's name?
   > Acme Corp
   
   Party 1 signatory name and title?
   > Jane Smith, CEO
   
   Party 1 signing date?
   > 2026-03-01
   
   And Party 2. What is Party 2's name?
   > Widgets Inc
   
   Party 2 signatory name and title?
   > Bob Johnson, General Counsel
   
   Party 2 signing date?
   > 2026-03-01

4. Confirm the values

   Claude presents a summary of all collected values and asks you to confirm before rendering:

   Here's a summary of the NDA details:
   
   Purpose: Evaluating a potential partnership between our two companies
   Effective Date: 2026-03-01
   Term: 2 years
   Confidentiality Period: 3 years
   Governing Law: State of California
   Courts: State and federal courts in San Francisco, California
   Additional Terms: None
   Party 1: Acme Corp (Jane Smith, CEO) — signing 2026-03-01
   Party 2: Widgets Inc (Bob Johnson, General Counsel) — signing 2026-03-01
   
   Does everything look correct?
   > Yes, go ahead

5. Get the output file

   Claude renders the template and saves the completed document to the output/ folder:

   Done! Your NDA has been saved to:
   output/Bonterms_Mutual_NDA_Acme_Corp_2026-03-01/Bonterms-Mutual-NDA.docx

   Open the .docx file in Word, Google Docs, or any compatible application to review the final document.

   

What just happened

Behind the scenes, Codraft ran three steps:

1. Discovery — Claude matched “mutual NDA” to the Bonterms_Mutual_NDA template directory
2. Analysis — The Analyzer skill parsed the .docx template, extracted all 13 variables, and produced a manifest.yaml
3. Rendering — After you confirmed the values, the Renderer skill used docxtpl to fill in the template and saved the output

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