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I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. I went through the same process to create an LLC, and while the process was simple enough, once I had my attorney look over it, I realized that I needed to make changes that Atlas would not accommodate on their boilerplate. So instead I used a different, more established company to form the LLC.

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Both you and the parent describe my experience.

If I ran Stripe I’d acquire CorpNet (and Gusto and TaxAct while we’re at it) to make a complete C Corp package.

Ironically if you go to a typical small town venture lawyer you get copy and pasted docs anyway.

I don’t know if it reassures you but for 99% of people the docs never become an issue. They could be literal chicken scratch and for the most part things will be okay. This is really why the Atlas product works.

Good legal documentation is an insurance policy. You never want to use it but it is vital when something happens and you have to refer to it.

When you're first starting out, you can cut it with chea boilerplate insurance (and legal docs), but at some point you graduate to specialized commercial insurance.

The difference is that you never do this with your legal docs for whatever reason.

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