Your documents stay local
Your drafts reference confidential facts, privileged positions, and client instructions. With Legalcode, the agent reads your files locally and queries only the legal framework — statutes, procedural rules, regulatory requirements. Your draft content, client instructions, and work product never leave your environment. Combine Legalcode with your precedent bank, templates, and local style guides.
- Documents never leave your machine — no uploads to third-party services
- Zero data retention on search content — queries are not logged or stored
- Combine Legalcode with your local files, tools, and workflows in one environment
- Works inside your existing AI agent — Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client
How it works
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Specify the document context locally
Tell the agent what you need drafted, the governing jurisdiction, and the relevant facts. Load any reference documents — precedents, templates, counterparty drafts — from your local files. Your instructions and source materials stay on your device.
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Legal framework retrieved
The skill retrieves the applicable statutory and regulatory framework for the document type — court procedural rules for pleadings, legislation for contract compliance clauses, guidance for regulatory submissions.
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First draft produced
A structured first draft is produced, with provisions linked to the applicable legal basis and flagged where legal requirements affect the language.
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Iterate and refine
Ask the agent to adjust language, add provisions, align with counterparty redlines, or check a specific clause against the applicable law — each iteration grounded in live legal data, working alongside your local files.
What it produces
- Structured first draft in the required format
- Provision-level legal basis annotations
- Compliance checklist against applicable mandatory requirements
- Alternative clause language options for key provisions
- Court filing format compliance check (for pleadings and motions)
Jurisdictions covered
Related skills
FAQ
- Can I draft from my local templates and precedent bank?
- Yes — that's how it's designed. Your AI agent reads your local templates, precedent agreements, and style guides, then uses Legalcode for the current legal framework. Your proprietary materials stay on your device, and you get drafts grounded in current law rather than stale training data.
- What types of legal documents can the skill draft?
- The skill covers commercial contracts, NDAs, employment agreements, terms and conditions, privacy policies, pleadings and motions (with court-specific formatting), demand letters, regulatory submissions, and board resolutions.
- Does the skill check court-specific formatting rules for pleadings?
- Yes. For US federal and state courts, and for UK courts (CPR-compliant), the skill checks the draft against the applicable procedural rules and flags formatting, page limit, or content requirement issues.
- How is this different from document drafting in a web-based legal AI tool?
- Web-based tools require you to draft inside their platform, upload your instructions, and store your work product on their servers. With Legalcode, you draft in your own environment — your editor, your file system, your tools — and the agent queries only the legal framework. Your work product stays local.
Run Document Drafting locally — no uploads, no data retention
Plug Legalcode into your AI agent and work with your own documents locally. Free tier gives you laws and case law across 24 jurisdictions with full text in your agent's context. Pro unlocks all source types, file downloads to local Markdown, and higher throughput at $39/month ($29 billed annually). The full skill library is available on annual plans.