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Templates turn a Word document you already use into a reusable skeleton. Upload a DOCX, Vaquill AI parses it and auto-detects the variables, and from then on you generate a filled draft instead of copying the last one and hunting for the names you forgot to change. Find it under Drafting, Templates in the sidebar.
Screenshot of the Templates gallery showing saved document templates

The Templates gallery

When to use it

  • Your firm has a house-style NDA, engagement letter, or notice you send constantly
  • You want generation grounded in your precedent rather than a generic model draft
  • A colleague keeps reusing a document by “save as”, with all the risk that carries

Creating a template

1

Upload a DOCX

Upload the Word document you want to templatize. Vaquill AI parses the body and auto-detects variables, the placeholders that change per use: party names, dates, amounts, jurisdictions.
2

Check the detected variables

Review what it found. Add anything it missed, remove anything it over-detected. Body and variable set update atomically, so a template is never half-saved.
3

Generate

Run the template, fill the variables, and get a draft. Every past generation is listed against the template, so you can see what has been produced from it.
The original uploaded file stays retrievable, so you can always get back to the source document.

Organizing your library

Sharing

Templates can be org-shared, following the same active-membership rule drafts use: colleagues in your organization see and use them. You can also create a public share link. Anyone with the link can view the template, and a signed-in Vaquill AI user can clone it into their own library. Useful for a template you want to circulate beyond your organization.
A public share link is public. Anyone holding it can read the template body, so do not share a template containing client names, commercial terms, or anything else confidential.

Templates versus the other reuse surfaces

Vaquill AI has several ways to reuse work, and they are easy to confuse:

Limitations

  • Variable detection is automatic but not infallible. Check the detected set before you rely on a template.
  • Templates are DOCX-based. Complex Word features may not survive parsing exactly.
  • Generation fills variables and drafts against the skeleton; it does not verify that the resulting document is legally appropriate for your matter.

Drafting

The drafting surface templates generate into.

Clause Library

Clause-level reuse rather than whole documents.

Playbooks

Your negotiating positions, encoded.

File Formats

What Vaquill AI can ingest.
Last modified on August 6, 2026