LLC Operating Agreement Generator
Product Developer · Legal Tech
On behalf of LLC University
A free legal document builder I designed and built end to end for LLC University. Guided questions, a document that writes itself in real time, and polished PDF or Word exports. At least 1,000 unique LLCs use it every month.
Overview
Operating Agreements are usually static lawyer templates you download, print, and fill in by hand. [LLC University](https://www.llcuniversity.com/) wanted something friendlier: a free, interactive tool that lives inside their education site, actually helps people get the paperwork done, and turns readers into leads. I built it as their full-time Product Developer, owning the product from design to code to backend. The interface pairs a guided accordion wizard with the legal document itself, which rewrites live as you type, a soft highlight following each change so you always see what your answer just did. An advanced mode lets you click straight into the document and edit it like a text editor, with a formatting toolbar; mobile gets its own stepper and progress ring. Under the hood, a document-factory architecture powers member-managed and manager-managed templates, exports land as PDF or Word from one data model, and ARIA-only headings keep the embedded document from fighting the page's SEO. The generator serves at least 1,000 unique LLCs every month, and the relationship has grown with it: after the full-time run, I now work with LLC University as a contractor helping with their AI efforts.
Technical highlights
- Hand-built vanilla JavaScript frontend bundled with Vite, code-split and free of framework overhead.
- Live document preview with change highlighting and a click-to-edit advanced mode.
- PSR-4 PHP architecture using a document-factory pattern for member-managed and manager-managed templates.
- Dual server-side export via mPDF and PHPWord from a single data model.
- Cloudflare Turnstile, rate limiting, and worker-token whitelisting for abuse protection.
- ARIA-only heading roles that keep the embedded document out of the host page's SEO outline.
- In production serving 1,000+ unique LLCs monthly.
What shipped
- Real-time document preview that updates as you type
- Guided accordion wizard with progress tracking
- Member-managed and manager-managed agreement templates
- One-click PDF and Word (.docx) export
- Click-to-edit advanced mode with rich-text toolbar
- Email delivery with analytics and unsubscribe system
- Mobile-first flow with section stepper and progress ring
- Save, share, and restore via localStorage and shareable URLs
Stack
WordPress Plugin, PHP, Vite, mPDF, PHPWord, Cloudflare Turnstile, Resend, Tailwind CSS
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