Platform Guide

Start in The High Counsel

The current Pragmatis Law flow starts in The High Counsel: ask, confirm the plan, read the answer, verify sources, and export approved work.

9 min read

1. Creating Your Account

Go to pragmatislabs.com and click Sign Up. Enter your email and choose a password, or continue with Google. After email verification your account is immediately active — no waiting list required for beta users. Your beta status is confirmed from our records; once active you will see a BETA badge in the top-right of the navbar next to your name.

Tips

Use your professional email — it's used for account recovery and future team features.
If you signed up via the waitlist, check your inbox for an invite link before registering.

2. Signing In and Choosing a Tool

After signing in, your profile is available from the top-right account area. The footer Tools section now separates The High Counsel, Tasks, and Vault. Use The High Counsel for research chat, Tasks for structured tasks, and Vault for direct case database verification.

Tips

Use the sun/moon icon in the navbar to toggle dark and light mode.
The High Counsel is the default research entry point; Workflow Agents and Vault are separate tool views in the same product surface.

3. The High Counsel

The High Counsel is the main research chat. On first open, you see the welcome screen and a legal question input. The toolbar lets you attach files, choose a jurisdiction, select sources, and open integrations for exports after the answer is approved.

Tips

Start with a plain-English legal question; the system turns it into a plan before answering.
Use Tasks when the work needs a structured form or document upload instead of open-ended chat.
Use the toolbar below the input to attach files, select jurisdiction (Global, India, US, UK), and choose research sources.

4. Starting a Research Query

Type any legal question in the input bar. You can dictate using the microphone icon. Select your jurisdiction from the dropdown — Global for cross-jurisdictional research, or India/US/UK for targeted results. Optionally attach relevant documents (PDF, DOCX, TXT) using the paperclip icon. Choose your research sources from the Sources menu — Engine (Pragmatis Law vector search), Web Search, and integrations with Westlaw, LexisNexis, SCC Online, BAILII, and CourtListener are available.

Tips

Ask in plain English — no legal shorthand required. For example: 'What are the grounds for bail in cases of economic offences under Indian law?'
Attaching a document lets The High Counsel analyze specific clauses or facts from your case.
Selecting multiple sources gives broader coverage but may take longer.

5. Understanding the Plan Card

Before generating an answer, The High Counsel shows a Plan card. This displays the AI's interpretation of your query, typically showing: Topic (the legal subject area), Intent (what you're trying to accomplish — e.g., Legal Research, Seeking Defense, Checking Compliance, Drafting), and Strategy (which databases, methods, and reasoning approaches will be used). If an Epistemic Assessment is needed, it shows whether the corpus can adequately answer your question.

Tips

The Plan card is the AI's interpretation of intent — not the answer itself.
Click 'Looks right' to proceed with the research or 'Not quite' to refine your intent.
Clicking 'Not quite' opens a text field where you describe your actual goal; the system will re-query automatically.

6. Reading the Answer Card

After confirming the Plan, The High Counsel generates the Answer card. This contains: a synthesised legal analysis drawing from retrieved case law, statutes, and regulations; an expandable Analysis section showing the AI's reasoning chain (Search → Text coverage → Authority hierarchy → Precedent review → Conflict resolution → Meta-analysis); and a Sources section listing every cited authority with its hierarchical level. Each reasoning step shows a verdict: pass (green), gap (red), or neutral (yellow).

Tips

Expand 'Analysis' to inspect how the AI reached its conclusion — each step is shown as a plain-English judgment with pass/fail indicators.
Source badges are colour-coded: purple for Constitution, blue for Statute, amber for Case Law, green for Regulation, indigo for Procedure Rules.
The Epistemic Assessment banner at the top of Analysis shows overall confidence: ✅ pass, ⚠️ partial, or ❌ insufficient coverage.
Always verify cited cases in primary sources before relying on them professionally.

7. Follow-ups and Refinement

The High Counsel maintains conversational context. Type follow-up questions in the same chat to drill deeper — the AI remembers previous queries and answers. Click 'New Chat' in the sidebar to start fresh. For mid-query refinement, click 'Not quite' on the Plan card while it's in the pending state. You can also re-query by simply stating what was missing: 'Focus more on procedural aspects' or 'Include UK authorities as well'.

Tips

Session context persists across turns — reference previous findings naturally.
Use specific jurisdictions in follow-ups for cross-jurisdictional comparisons: 'How does this differ under UK law?'
Save important conversations using the save icon in the chat header.

8. Using Tasks

Open Tasks from the footer or switch to the Tasks view inside The High Counsel. The current task surface provides structured legal workflows with specific inputs, uploads where required, and saved task history. It is the right place for checklists, calculators, validators, generators, and document analysis workflows.

Tips

Each task has specific input fields — fill them completely for best results.
Upload documents directly to document analysis tasks using the upload button.
Task outputs include binary verdicts (Compliant/Non-Compliant, Valid/Invalid) for quick assessment.
Your task history is saved automatically in the Tasks sidebar.

9. Browsing the Legal Vault

Open Vault from the footer or switch to the Vault view inside The High Counsel. Vault gives direct access to the case law database. Use search to filter by case name or citation, narrow by jurisdiction, and paginate through case cards with case name, citation, court, date, and summary snippet.

Tips

Use the Vault to verify citations returned in The High Counsel's answers.
Click a case card to view the full text, judgment summary, and related authorities.
The jurisdiction filter resets pagination automatically.
Hit the refresh button if the count seems stale after a database update.

10. Integrations and Export

The High Counsel supports export to Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook; Google Docs and Sheets; Notion; Slack; and practice management tools like Clio. DocuSign integration allows attaching signed agreements to your research. Grammarly integration polishes exported legal writing. Access integrations from the toolbar menu or the Settings page.

Tips

Export research summaries directly to Word for client memos.
Push case tables to Excel for discovery management.
Share findings to a Slack channel for team collaboration.

11. Profile and Settings

Click your name in the top-right navbar to access your profile page. Update your display name, change your email or password, and manage notification preferences. Inside The High Counsel sidebar, the Settings link at the bottom also takes you to your profile. View your research history, saved conversations, and task execution history from the History section.

Tips

Your beta status is read-only — it is set by the Pragmatis Law team and verified on each sign-in.
Enable email notifications to receive weekly research digest and platform updates.
Task history shows the workflow agents you've run, with inputs and outputs saved for reference.

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Platform Guide

Start in The High Counsel

The current Pragmatis Law flow starts in The High Counsel: ask, confirm the plan, read the answer, verify sources, and export approved work.

9 min read

1. Creating Your Account

Tips

Use your professional email — it's used for account recovery and future team features.
If you signed up via the waitlist, check your inbox for an invite link before registering.

2. Signing In and Choosing a Tool

Tips

Use the sun/moon icon in the navbar to toggle dark and light mode.
The High Counsel is the default research entry point; Workflow Agents and Vault are separate tool views in the same product surface.

3. The High Counsel

Tips

Start with a plain-English legal question; the system turns it into a plan before answering.
Use Tasks when the work needs a structured form or document upload instead of open-ended chat.
Use the toolbar below the input to attach files, select jurisdiction (Global, India, US, UK), and choose research sources.

4. Starting a Research Query

Tips

Ask in plain English — no legal shorthand required. For example: 'What are the grounds for bail in cases of economic offences under Indian law?'
Attaching a document lets The High Counsel analyze specific clauses or facts from your case.
Selecting multiple sources gives broader coverage but may take longer.

5. Understanding the Plan Card

Tips

The Plan card is the AI's interpretation of intent — not the answer itself.
Click 'Looks right' to proceed with the research or 'Not quite' to refine your intent.
Clicking 'Not quite' opens a text field where you describe your actual goal; the system will re-query automatically.

6. Reading the Answer Card

Tips

Expand 'Analysis' to inspect how the AI reached its conclusion — each step is shown as a plain-English judgment with pass/fail indicators.
Source badges are colour-coded: purple for Constitution, blue for Statute, amber for Case Law, green for Regulation, indigo for Procedure Rules.
The Epistemic Assessment banner at the top of Analysis shows overall confidence: ✅ pass, ⚠️ partial, or ❌ insufficient coverage.
Always verify cited cases in primary sources before relying on them professionally.

7. Follow-ups and Refinement

Tips

Session context persists across turns — reference previous findings naturally.
Use specific jurisdictions in follow-ups for cross-jurisdictional comparisons: 'How does this differ under UK law?'
Save important conversations using the save icon in the chat header.

8. Using Tasks

Tips

Each task has specific input fields — fill them completely for best results.
Upload documents directly to document analysis tasks using the upload button.
Task outputs include binary verdicts (Compliant/Non-Compliant, Valid/Invalid) for quick assessment.
Your task history is saved automatically in the Tasks sidebar.

9. Browsing the Legal Vault

Tips

Use the Vault to verify citations returned in The High Counsel's answers.
Click a case card to view the full text, judgment summary, and related authorities.
The jurisdiction filter resets pagination automatically.
Hit the refresh button if the count seems stale after a database update.

10. Integrations and Export

Tips

Export research summaries directly to Word for client memos.
Push case tables to Excel for discovery management.
Share findings to a Slack channel for team collaboration.

11. Profile and Settings

Tips

Your beta status is read-only — it is set by the Pragmatis Law team and verified on each sign-in.
Enable email notifications to receive weekly research digest and platform updates.
Task history shows the workflow agents you've run, with inputs and outputs saved for reference.

All Guides Open The High Counsel