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MCP Service Agreement in Claude Code

Service agreements for freelancers: scope, deliverables, rate, termination and liability, rendered for signing. You give it the parties, the scope of services, the deliverables, the rate and payment terms, start and end dates, a termination notice period, a liability cap and the governing jurisdiction, and it stores the agreement and returns it rendered as clean Markdown with a signature block, numbered SA-YYYY-NNNN. agreement_checklist is the before-you-send-it pass: every missing field listed, and terms whose absence cuts one way flagged neutrally, as written, for both parties - no termination clause, an uncapped liability. agreement_update_status moves the agreement exactly one step at a time, draft to sent to signed to expired, stamping date and note into its history, and a skipped or backwards step is refused naming the one step that is next. The built-in clause library covers IP assignment, mutual confidentiality, late payment interest, kill fee and revision rounds, filled with the agreement's own variables. Every render carries a one-line note that it is a template, not legal advice.

`claude mcp add service-agreement` at user scope is the level that matches both the meter and the data: three active agreements is a working freelancer's live engagements rather than a repository's, and expiring a finished one frees its slot, so the way back under the cap is closing out work, not a key.

What you get in Claude Code

You say	Tool
Write an agreement between Anna Nowak and Brightleaf Studio: design and build of a five-page marketing site, 85.00 EUR an hour, Net 14, 14 days notice, liability capped at 8,500 EUR, England and Wales.	`agreement_create`
Run the checklist on it before I send it.	`agreement_checklist`
Mark it sent today.	`agreement_update_status`

The contract suite drives the nine tools over real stdio: the fourth active agreement is refused and nothing is written, expiring one frees the slot, the clause texts and HTML rendering refuse free-tier calls with the tagged upgrade link, and a draft cannot jump straight to signed. The only files written are agreements.json and counter.json.

Install it in Claude Code

The file is .mcp.json, and the key inside it is mcpServers.

Scope	Path
local (default)	`~/.claude.json, this project only`
project	`.mcp.json at the repository root`
user	`~/.claude.json, every project`

If you also run Claude Desktop, the shortest path there is one click: service-agreement.mcpb from the latest release opens as an extension, with no JSON and no terminal. Claude Code reads its own config, so here it is:

From the terminal, against a built file:

claude mcp add --scope user service-agreement -- node /absolute/path/to/mcp-servers/servers/service-agreement/dist/index.js
claude mcp list    # health-check it before the first prompt

# or --scope project, committed to .mcp.json for the team

The node command above wants a built file. From a clone, once:

git clone https://github.com/theluckystrike/mcp-servers.git
cd mcp-servers && npm install
npm run build -w packages/mcp-license -w servers/service-agreement

That writes servers/service-agreement/dist/index.js, and its absolute path is the one argument the config needs.

The npm packages are not published yet, so the form below returns a 404 today. It is here because it is what the entry becomes the day the publish lands, with nothing else changed:

claude mcp add service-agreement -- npx -y @theluckystrike/mcp-service-agreement

No restart. The entry is picked up in the next session, and `/mcp` reconnects one on demand.

Nothing is published to npm yet, so the working install paths are the ones above: the .mcpb bundle from the latest release, a clone and build, or the hosted URL.

No install: the hosted endpoint

The same server runs at https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/service-agreement over MCP streamable HTTP, no install. Mint a free token with curl https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/token, or use a Pro key. It has no filesystem, so a file comes back as a one-hour download link.

claude mcp add --transport http service-agreement https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/service-agreement \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

Claude Code notes worth knowing first

The `--` is load-bearing: it separates Claude Code's own options, such as --transport, --env and --scope, from the command that runs the server. And the default scope is local, private to you and to the directory you ran it in, so adding it in the wrong folder leaves the tools absent with no error at all.

Free: Three active agreements, with reading, listing, the before-you-send checklist and Markdown rendering free and unlimited on every tier. An agreement stops counting the moment it expires, so expiring a finished engagement frees its slot. Pro is $19 once, verified offline.

Questions

Which scope should I use for MCP Service Agreement?

Local, the default, writes ~/.claude.json and is private to you and that directory. --scope project writes .mcp.json at the repository root, shared through version control. --scope user loads it everywhere.

Why did my first prompt ignore the server?

Measured, not documented: of three fresh projects, one first prompt made zero tool calls although initialize answered in 1.05 seconds. Run claude mcp list once first: it prints Connected, and the next run used the tool.

Can I use MCP Service Agreement without installing anything?

Yes: claude mcp add --transport http service-agreement https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/service-agreement --header "Authorization: Bearer <token>". Mint a free token at https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/token or use a Pro key. -t and -H are the short forms.

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