SOP Template: Free, Modern, Copy-Paste (2026)

A good SOP template contains six fields, not sixteen: a clear title (verb + noun), the trigger that should cause someone to open it, the named owner, the numbered steps with screenshots, an escalation path for edge cases, and the last-updated date. Everything else — 'purpose,' 'scope,' 'references,' 'revision history' — belongs in the tool's metadata, not on the page. The copy-paste template below is what our editors use for internal SOPs; the [templates gallery](/templates) has 10 filled examples for common business tasks. To capture the steps automatically, use [Haiku](/reviews/haiku) or [Scribe](/reviews/scribe); to house the finished library at scale, add [SweetProcess](/reviews/sweetprocess) or [Trainual](/reviews/trainual).