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Guides, videos, and writing on AI-assisted legal work — and the record underneath it.
PostWhat Is an AI Audit Trail for Legal Work (and Why Every Firm Needs One)AI is drafting, redlining, and reviewing legal documents. An audit trail records who changed what, when, and why, so the work stays defensible. Here is what a real one looks like, explained in plain terms.
PostHow to Let ChatGPT or Claude Do Legal Work Without Losing the Audit TrailYour firm already pays for an AI assistant. A plain-English guide to connecting ChatGPT or Claude to your legal work, what MCP actually is, and how every action the AI takes lands on the record.Post10 Contract Redlining Best Practices When an AI Makes the First PassAI can now produce a competent first-pass markup in minutes. These ten practices keep the speed while keeping lawyers in control: playbooks, attribution, clause-level review, and a record of every change.PostBring Your Own Key: What Zero Data Retention Actually Means for Privilege and ConfidentialityLegal AI sends client documents through someone's model. Whose account, whose terms, and whose storage policy decide whether that is defensible. A plain-English guide to bring-your-own-key and zero data retention.VideoThe platform in one passEvery feature in a single reel: research, review, redline, extract, and the record underneath.
VideoAustralian IP searchBefore an Australian product launch, counsel checks NORTHSTAR against IP Australia trade marks and reviews the returned records, sources, and tool activity.
VideoProduct tourThe full walkthrough: a matter from first document to a finished, fully attributed record.
VideoInstall gitmatterFrom zero to a running gitmatter in minutes — on your own machine or server.
VideoWho changed this clause?Blame for legal documents, demonstrated: one clause's full history opened, read, and undone.
VideoAn agent at workClaude connected over MCP, reviewing twelve NDAs through gitmatter while every step lands on the record.
VideoAn AI first pass, redlinedPlaybook-driven suggestions land as tracked changes; a lawyer accepts two and rejects one, on the record.
VideoWhere your key goesThe bring-your-own-key path in thirty seconds: encrypted at rest, straight to your provider, no route to training.
Connect an agent
GuideConnect an agentConnect Claude, ChatGPT, or a command-line agent to gitmatter over MCP — sign in, approve, done.
Self-hosting gitmatter
GuideSelf-hosting gitmatterRun gitmatter on your own infrastructure: setup, local development, and the Docker stack.
Documentation
GuideDocumentationInstall guides, the user guide, agent connections, and the API reference.
gitmatter vs. the field
Comparisongitmatter vs. the fieldHonest side-by-sides with Harvey, Spellbook, LegalOn, LegalFly, and GitLaw — where each leads.
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