Memorandum of understanding template

A memorandum recording amendments or additions to an existing contract. The preamble, clauses and a before/after table flow in from Markdown, ending with the execution date and name-and-seal boxes. The clauses are generic examples.

A4 portrait
10 merge fields
Issued as PDF

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Company names, people, addresses and amounts in the sample are fictional.
Clauses and fields are general examples. Review the content against applicable laws and your own terms.
The sample layout is in Japanese. You can change any text in the template editor.

Sample of the memorandum of understanding template (first page of a PDF issued with DocRelay)

Use cases

Agreeing on revised fees or unit prices
Changing the term or scope of a contract
Confirming conditions at contract renewal

Merge fields

The data fields you send to the API. Fields inside an array are shown as array.field.

Field	Description
`title`	Document title (heading and running header)
`document_number`	Contract number
`body`	Preamble and clauses in Markdown (article headings, paragraphs, lists)
`signed_at`	Date of execution (YYYY-MM-DD)
`party_a.address`	Party A (client) address
`party_a.name`	Party A (client) name
`party_a.representative`	Party A representative
`party_b.address`	Party B (contractor) address
`party_b.name`	Party B (contractor) name
`party_b.representative`	Party B representative

How to use it

In the dashboard, choose Create template, select "Start from a template" and pick "Memorandum of understanding". The layout and sample data are copied into your project.
Edit the company name, logo and field positions in the template editor to match your own format.
Send the template name and data to POST /v1/renders to issue a PDF.

With a test API key (sk_test_) you can issue documents from the draft. Publish a version before issuing with a production API key. From an AI assistant, specify the same template in the from of the MCP create_template tool.

Create and issue via the API

Create a template by setting from to the template ID (memorandum) in POST /v1/templates, then send the template name and data to POST /v1/renders.

1. Create a template from the ready-made one

curl https://api.docrelay.jp/v1/templates \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOCRELAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "name": "Memorandum of understanding", "from": "memorandum" }'

2. Send data and issue a PDF

curl https://api.docrelay.jp/v1/renders \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOCRELAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @memorandum.json \
  -o memorandum.pdf

memorandum.json (sample data; arrays show the first item and long text is shortened)

{
  "template": "Memorandum of understanding",
  "format": "pdf",
  "data": {
    "title": "覚　書",
    "document_number": "契約番号 C-2025-0105-01",
    "signed_at": "2026-11-20",
    "party_a": {
      "address": "東京都千代田区見本町1-2-3",
      "name": "サンプル商事株式会社",
      "representative": "代表取締役　見本 太郎"
    },
    "party_b": {
      "address": "大阪府大阪市北区例示町4-5-6",
      "name": "株式会社見本製作所",
      "representative": "代表取締役　例示 次郎"
    },
    "body": "サンプル商事株式会社（以下「甲」という。）と株式会社見本製作所（以下「乙」という。）は、甲乙間で2025年4月1日付で締…"
  }
}