Start an agreement from your inbox

Write to start@termn.ai the way you’d brief a colleague: what kind of agreement, who’s on the other side, what moves. Termn sets up the draft and replies on the same thread. Nothing reaches the other side until you review the draft and send it yourself.

The draft comes with the blanks marked. Fill them in, hit send, and the reply is your agreement, set up.

One email in, one draft back

There is no form to fill in. Plain sentences carry everything the draft needs, and if something’s missing, the reply asks for it.

  1. 01

    Write the email

    Name the agreement and the details: who signs, who pays, how much. Attach the document your counsel approved, or add it later in the app. Write to start@termn.ai directly, or cc it on the email you were already sending. Say the details in your own sentences — quoted and forwarded history is deliberately never read, so an old number in the thread can’t sneak into your draft.

  2. 02

    Get the draft back

    Termn replies on the same thread with exactly what it set up: the people, the amounts, the document. Nothing has been sent to anyone. If a detail is missing, the reply says which one.

  3. 03

    Reply to adjust, send from the app

    Change anything by replying in plain words. When the draft matches what counsel approved, open it in the app, review each step, and send it from there.

Drafting by email is free · The other side sees nothing until you send · They sign from a secure link, no account needed · One thread sets up one agreement

One thread, one agreement

Every email to start@termn.ai opens a fresh thread for a fresh agreement, and only replies on that thread shape that draft. Once you send the agreement, the thread locks: from then on, changes happen in the app, where you’re signed in. A stray email, however convincing, can’t reconfigure a deal that’s already out.

Email prepares. It never sends.

The inbox can create and revise a draft, and that is all it can do. It cannot send an agreement, sign, approve, move money, or change wire details. Each of those keeps its own secure step, in the app or on a scoped link, exactly as if the email interface didn’t exist.

First time writing in? The reply is a sign-in link. Accept the terms, reply to the same thread, and your request continues where it left off.

What you can start by email

Say it in your own words. These are the shapes Termn will recognize.

Sign & fund
“Both of us sign the attached agreement. Jordan Lee, jordan@example.com, pays me $12,000.” Open this draft with the blanks marked.
Client SOW & deposit
“SOW and deposit: client is Priya Shah, priya@example.com, deposit $4,500. SOW attached.” Open this draft with the blanks marked.
Personal loan
“I’m lending Ben Cho, ben@example.com, $5,000 on a demand note. Note attached.” Open this draft with the blanks marked.
Trust funding, three ways
“Retitle 1,200 shares of Acme Inc. to the trustee.” A beneficiary designation and a quitclaim deed work the same way: name the owner, the trustee, and the asset. Open this draft with the blanks marked.

A SAFE round carries round-level setup, so it starts in the app. Everything else here begins with one email.

Free from the first email

Drafting by email costs nothing, with no time limit. The first payment is the workspace activation, $149 once, and it appears only in the app, at the moment you’re ready to send. See all pricing.

Common questions

What do I write in the email?
Plain sentences: the kind of agreement, who is on the other side with their email address, and the numbers. Attach the document your counsel approved if you have it handy. If anything is missing, the reply names exactly what to add.
Does anything get sent to the other side?
No. Email only prepares a draft, and a draft contacts nobody. The other side hears nothing until you open the draft in the app, review each step, and send it yourself.
Is software reading my email?
Yes, and it is on a short leash. A language model reads the text of your email to fill in the setup, and filling in the draft is all it can do. Every reply shows you exactly what was understood, and the app shows it all again before anything is sent.
I don’t have a Termn account yet. Can I still write in?
Yes. The first reply is a sign-in link. Create your account, accept the terms, and reply to the same thread: your request is saved there, so you won’t need to repeat it.
Does the other side need a Termn account?
No, and they never will. Everyone else works from their own secure emailed link — a short code proves it’s them the first time they open it. They sign, approve, pay, and confirm without an account or a password.
Can I just forward our email thread?
Cc works; a bare forward doesn’t. Termn reads what you wrote and never reads quoted history — that’s deliberate, so a stale number buried in an old reply can’t sneak into your draft. Cc start@termn.ai on a reply where the details are in your own sentences, or forward and add them above the quoted part. If they’re missing, the reply asks.
Can I manage my existing agreements by email?
No, on purpose. Each thread sets up exactly one agreement, and once that agreement is sent the thread locks. Status, changes, and records for anything already out live in the app, where you’re signed in.
Which agreements can start by email?
Sign & fund, client SOW & deposit, personal loan, and the three trust funding transfers: beneficiary designation, stock transfer, and quitclaim deed. A SAFE round starts in the app.

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