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Agent Chat is the AI assistant inside the Pincites Word add-in. You give it a goal, and it breaks the task into steps, executes them, and delivers results. You stay in control through an approval workflow, but the agent handles the sequencing and heavy lifting on its own. This is what “agentic” means in practice: instead of responding to one prompt at a time, the AI takes a goal, plans a series of tasks, and works through them autonomously. Think self-driving versus cruise control.

What Agent Chat Can Do

Structured document reviews

Agent Chat runs full reviews of transactional and litigation documents against your playbook, company profile, and attached references. It reads the document, identifies issues, assigns risk levels, and generates redlines and comments clause by clause. The agent learns from your edits in real time. When you modify a suggestion before applying it, the agent adjusts its approach for subsequent clauses. This means the review gets more aligned with your preferences as it progresses. Structured reviews work for a range of tasks:
  • Issue spotting: Flag risks, gaps, and deviations from your standards
  • Proofreading: Catch errors, inconsistencies, and undefined terms
  • Writing improvements: Tighten language, improve clarity, and standardize tone

Drafting and redlining

Ask the agent to draft new language, revise existing clauses, or generate redlines across the document. It can insert both internal and external comments alongside changes to explain the reasoning.
  • Draft standalone clauses, fallback positions, or entire sections
  • Revise language to favor your position as vendor or customer
  • Generate redlines with explanatory comments for the counterparty or your internal team

Document generation

Generate complex full documents with formatting, including filings, merger documents, board resolutions, and more. The agent handles structure, headings, numbering, and formatting so the output is ready to use, not just raw text.

Additional capabilities

  • Web search: Research case law, statutes, regulatory updates, and market standards directly from the chat
  • Formatting cleanup: Fix inconsistent numbering, styles, and layout issues
  • Translation: Translate contracts or clauses into other languages
  • Filevine integration: Search thousands of discovery and deal room documents in your Filevine repository and pull relevant precedent and facts into your drafting workflow

How It Works

Open Agent Chat from the sidebar in the Word add-in. Type a message describing what you need, and the agent begins working.
  • Approval workflow — the agent never modifies your document without permission. An approval drawer shows the original text, proposed change, and explanation. You can approve, edit, or reject each suggestion
  • Learning from edits — when you edit a suggestion before applying it, the agent adjusts its approach for subsequent changes
  • Clarifying questions — if the agent needs more information (e.g., which party you represent or what jurisdiction applies), it pauses and asks you directly

Configuring Your Session

Before or during a conversation, you can adjust settings that shape how the agent works:
SettingWhat it does
PlaybookLoads your playbook rules as context for the review
Company profileIncludes your organization’s standard positions and preferences
Review scopeControls what the agent reviews: the entire document, only tracked changes, or specific clauses
Web searchEnables the agent to search for case law, statutes, and market standards
Reference documentsAttach additional files for the agent to reference during the conversation
Selected textHighlight text in Word before prompting to focus the agent on a specific passage
Filevine documentsConnect to your Filevine repository to pull in precedent and reference materials

Tracking Activity

An activity log shows every action the agent has taken during your conversation. Each entry includes:
  • The tool the agent used (e.g., “Editing document,” “Adding comment”)
  • Whether the action was applied, pending, or skipped
This gives you a clear audit trail of what changed and when.

Sample Prompts

TaskPrompt
Full review”Review this vendor agreement as the customer and redline the high-risk provisions”
Focused review”Only review the indemnification and limitation of liability sections”
Playbook review”Review this contract against our SaaS playbook and apply redlines for any deviations”
Redline review”Review the tracked changes in this document and flag any that weaken our position”
Draft a document”Draft a motion to compel with proper formatting and case citations”
Research and draft”Research market standards for IP assignment clauses, then draft one for this agreement”
Proofread”Proofread this agreement and fix any typos, inconsistencies, or undefined terms”
Formatting”Clean up the numbering and heading styles throughout this document”
Iterative refinement”That liability cap is too aggressive, revise it to be more balanced”

Tips

  • Start broad, then narrow: Ask the agent to review the full document first, then drill into specific issues in follow-up messages
  • Specify your role: “As the vendor” or “as the customer” helps the agent tailor its suggestions
  • Use your playbook: Enable your playbook in the session settings so the agent applies your standard positions automatically
  • Review before approving: Read the proposed change and explanation in the approval drawer before accepting
  • Let it learn: Edit suggestions before approving them so the agent picks up your preferences for the rest of the review
  • Chain requests: Build on previous answers within the same conversation for deeper, more contextual analysis
  • Attach reference documents: Upload templates, prior redlines, or policies for the agent to reference during the conversation