Drafting in Chat

Last updated: November 4, 2026

Overview

Drafting in chat lets you create, revise, and finish formal documents without leaving Eve. Ask Eve in matter chat to draft a document. Eve writes it from the case file, applies your firm's template and letterhead from Central Library, and opens a formatted Word document preview. The preview matches the file you export.

What Eve Creates in Chat

Eve creates a Word document by default for complaints, motions, demand letters, discovery responses, and formal letters, for example letters of representation and records requests. Emails and short inserts stay in chat, where they are easy to copy.

For anything else, ask: "Put this in a Word document."

Eve also creates PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets! Just specify the format you need. For more information on images and powerpoints, check out 📄 Demonstratives and Presentations

How a Draft Comes Together

  1. Ask. Describe the document in plain language. Eve reads the case file and writes the draft.

  2. Preview. The draft opens as a Word document preview inside Eve, with the chat beside it.

  3. Revise. Highlight text and click Ask Eve, keep asking in chat, or click Edit and type the change.

  4. Review. Eve shows each edit as a tracked change. Accept all of them, review them one at a time, or reject them.

  5. Go back if needed. Every version is saved in Version history.

  6. Download. The downloaded file matches the preview.

What Is Included

  • Word document preview in Eve

  • Revise by highlighting (Ask Eve)

  • Edit mode for typing your own changes

  • Tracked changes, accepted all at once or reviewed one at a time

  • Version history

  • Sources in drafts

  • Photos and exhibit packages

  • One letter to many recipients

  • Caption templates built from an example pleading

  • Excel spreadsheets

  • Updating drafting agents to the improved drafting

Drafting in Chat and Drafting Agents

Drafting agents keep working as they do today. Each one can be updated to the improved drafting when you are ready. Drafting agents created after launch use the improved drafting from the start.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do I have to stop using my drafting agents?

No! Your drafting agents keep working as they do today. When you are ready, update each one to the improved drafting.

  • Will Eve use my firm's letterhead?

Yes. Eve uses the templates and letterhead in Central Library. To use a specific one, select it in Library before you ask for the draft. The file must be in Central Library.

  • Why did Eve answer in chat instead of creating a Word document?

Eve makes a Word document by default for complaints, motions, demand letters, discovery responses, and formal letters. Emails and short inserts stay in chat. For anything else, ask: "Put this in a Word document."

  • Where do the facts in the draft come from?

From the files in the matter, plus any Central Library files you select. Turn on Sources in the document header to see the files Eve used. Always check key facts before a document leaves your firm.

  • What happens to my existing working documents?

Open the document and ask Eve in chat to change it. The first time Eve edits it, Eve turns it into a formatted Word document. Its exhibits stay with it.

Key Terms

  • Drafting in chat: Creating and revising formatted documents by asking Eve in chat.

  • Matter chat: The chat inside a matter.

  • Central Library: The place where your firm's templates, letterhead, and reference files are stored.

  • Library: The selector under the chat box for choosing Central Library files before you ask.

  • Ask Eve: The button that appears when you highlight text in a draft. It sends the highlighted text to the chat box.

  • Tracked change: An edit by Eve shown inline in the draft, which you accept or reject.

  • Version history: The list of saved versions of a draft.

  • Sources: A toggle in the document header that shows the files Eve used for the draft.

  • Exhibit package: A single PDF of exhibits with an index, slip sheets, and bookmarks.

  • Caption template: A master caption built from an example pleading, so every filing on a matter starts from the same caption.

  • Drafting agent: An agent that drafts a document from the firm's example documents.