If you’ve ever built a contract generator in Botman.one, you already know the truth: writing the contract itself is not the hard part.
The real time killer is preparing the DOCX template correctly — adding placeholders, setting up conditional clauses, formatting the document, creating tables, and making everything readable.
The good news: this workflow can now be automated.
I tested Claude Cowork, and the results were impressive. The AI not only added the correct Botman.one markup, but also applied legal design principles, improving the structure, layout, and readability of the contract.
That means you no longer need to manually mark up document templates for the constructor — the AI does it for you.
What Claude Cowork Can Do for This Task
Claude Cowork is very effective at transforming a raw contract into a professional DOCX template:
✅ formats the contract using legal design
✅ creates tables for party details and contract parameters
✅ structures the document with headings and numbering
✅ inserts Botman.one placeholders automatically
✅ adds conditional blocks (VAT / no VAT, prepayment, etc.)
✅ makes the document visually clear and client-friendly
Most importantly, the markup is generated automatically — no more manual template preparation.
Why Legal Design Matters in Contract Generators
A typical contract looks like a wall of text. Clients often struggle to read it and may feel overwhelmed.
Legal design solves this by making the document:
- easier to scan and understand
- clearer in terms of key terms and conditions
- structured and visually professional
- less likely to cause confusion
- less likely to produce incorrect data
This is especially important in automated document generation: users expect the final contract to look like a real professional legal document, not a generic template.
The Workflow (Simple and Fast)
The process is straightforward:
- Take your contract text (even plain text is fine).
- Send it to Claude Cowork with the prompt.
- Get a DOCX file with legal design formatting + Botman.one markup.
- Fix one technical issue (slashes).
- Upload the DOCX to Botman.one and build the generator.
Important Detail: Claude Uses One Slash Instead of Two
Botman.one expects placeholders and conditional blocks to use double slashes:
- placeholder: \\contract date\\
- conditional block: \\with VAT\\text\\!with VAT\\
However, Claude Cowork often generates this markup with a single slash:
- \contract date\
This is not a big issue — it can be fixed automatically in Word in seconds.
How to Fix Slashes in Microsoft Word
Open the DOCX file and press Ctrl+H (Find and Replace)
- Find: \
- Replace with: \\
Replace all occurrences.
On the video I showed how to do it quickly.
Prompt for Claude Cowork (Ready to Use)
Below is the exact prompt I used. It forces the AI to:
- apply legal design formatting
- build proper tables
- format a DOCX correctly
- insert Botman.one placeholders and conditional blocks
(Here you can include the same prompt in English or keep the Russian version if your audience is bilingual.)
How to Build the Contract Generator in Botman.one
Once your DOCX template is ready, building the generator is easy.
Step 1. Upload the Template
Go to Botman.one → Documents / Document Generator → create a new document and upload the DOCX file.
Botman.one automatically detects placeholders marked with \\...\\.
Step 2. Review the Variables
After upload, Botman.one will show all detected fields:
- contract date
- client name
- contractor name
- tax ID
- price
- payment term
etc.
If the AI generated overly long variable names, it’s better to shorten them in Word and upload again.
Step 3. Configure Conditional Clauses
If your contract includes conditional blocks like:
- \\with VAT\\...\\!with VAT\\
- \\prepayment\\...\\!prepayment\\
Botman.one will convert them into selectable options, allowing you to generate different versions of the contract from one template.
Step 4. Connect the Generator to a Bot сценарий
Finally, connect the document generator to your bot:
- ask the user questions (date, price, company details)
- store answers in variables
- send them into the DOCX generator
- return the final DOCX/PDF to the user
Conclusion: Contract Templates No Longer Need Manual Markup
Before, preparing a contract generator meant:
- manually marking placeholders
- formatting the Word document
- creating tables by hand
- double-checking the structure
Now it’s different:
Claude Cowork generates the markup and design automatically, and Botman.one turns it into a working contract generator.
The entire process becomes:
- paste contract text
- paste the prompt
- replace \ with \\
- upload DOCX to Botman.one
And the generator is ready.