Concrete features that lawyers asked an AI tool to add, in their own words and dated, set against what the vendor then published. A release is listed only when we could read it on an official vendor page (release notes, help center, docs, blog or press room) and the dates and wording check out. Official pages were last re-read on Oct 22, 2026. As of Oct 26, 2026.
130requests, each with a quote you can check
97distinct asks across 11 tools
12asks followed by an official release (verified)
~8 momedian gap from first ask to release
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“No official shipment found” is not “never shipped”. Some vendors publish little, and some official sites refuse automated reading. Tell us if we missed one on Corrections.
Pricing and contract wishes rarely appear in a changelog, so they mostly sit in the “none found” group.
By kind of ask
Voices counts every request; asks groups the same capability.
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Cite sources so answers can be fact-checked
Grounded, sourced answersAsked Mar 13, 2023 to May 13, 20232 voicesNo official shipment found
“Since it doesn't cite any sort of sources, it's very difficult to fact check anything it says, or really dig deeper into any aspect of what it's talking about.”
Private/local or law-firm-specific AI for confidential client data
Privacy and data controlsAsked Mar 15, 2023 to Aug 16, 20259 voicesNo official shipment found
“I would love to ingest my tax records into a secure GPT like system running locally that understands every tax code and scenario to maximize my return.”
Ingest emails, case documents and treatises to answer questions
Documents and file limitsAsked Apr 26, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found
“The next big step will be developing something that can ingest emails and case documents, or treatises and other materials on different areas of the law, and use generative AI to formulate outlines”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Contractual confidentiality: no use of prompts beyond answering
Privacy and data controlsAsked Jun 23, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found
“I would want to get some kind of agreement in place that would make sure anything I prompted it with would be kept confidential and not used for any purpose other than responding to my inquiries”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Reliable review of very long contracts for pertinent language
Documents and file limitsAsked Sep 13, 2023 to Sep 13, 20232 voicesNo official shipment found
“I'm looking forward to the day that I can, after my own review, reliably input a 120 page PSA document to an AI to ensure I'm not missing, for example, any pertinent language”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
1 more voice asking this
“I'm looking forward to the day that I can, after my own review, reliably input a 120 page PSA document to an AI to ensure I'm not missing, for example, any pertinent language”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Structured output of only suggested edits and their locations
Export and formattingAsked Oct 30, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found
“It would be nice if I could somehow ask it to only output which words/phrases to replace or add and where in the original text (perhaps as a Python Dictionary or something similar?)”
“The messy part is keeping everything in the same structure, chatgpt is good for creating text but when it comes to having things formatted correctly with the right sections , headers”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
1 more voice asking this
“I've read that I'd have a hard time implementing any type of ZDR protocol or BAA with the major LLM providers, as that's usually reserved for their large enterprise users.”
Sep 9, 2025 · 15 months after the first ask. Claude release notes: “Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint slide decks, documents, and PDFs directly in the Claude app.”File creation shipped 2025-09-09; Pro users added 2025-09-29 per same page.
Persistent case-file knowledge acting as a case expert
Memory and matter contextAsked Oct 7, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found
“My law partner and I both looked for a tool that could learn a case (depositions, pleadings, documents) and then be a "case genius".”
“If OpenAI and Google are willing to meet one-seat business users where they are, Anthropic forcing a five-seat jump makes Claude much harder to justify for anyone handling sensitive client or business material.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Reliable direct redlining and commenting in DOCX files
Word and redliningAsked Apr 14, 2026 to May 20, 20262 voicesPartly shipped after the ask
“The workflow is very clunky (pasting in and out of the chat window, Claude's word file generation seems hit or miss with occasional errors and token consuming loops ...)”
May 12, 2026 · 1 month after the first ask. Claude for the legal industry | Claude by Anthropic: “handle drafting, redlining, and clause-by-clause comparisons against those playbooks, tracking every change and explaining the reasoning behind it.”Dated blog (May 12, 2026) states Word skills do redlining with tracked changes; does not claim reliability fix or DOCX generation in chat.
1 more voice asking this
“The missing component was getting Cowork to modify a DOCX file directly.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Clean structured output that drops into a memo
Export and formattingAsked Jun 16, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“Claude Pro: Catches the legal nuances and hidden risks much better, but the output structure is a mess—making it hard to quickly skim or drop into a memo.”
Index a large document set in one pass without batching
Documents and file limitsAsked Sep 4, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“I tried to use Claude to create an index for me recently to a tranche of documents and I had to hand feed it small batches and then paste together the small tables”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Flag missing clauses when redlining against a standard
Word and redliningAsked Oct 13, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“I have tested this before, gave a redlining task whatever, and the draft did not have either a start date clause or a period Claude and none flagged it.”
Sep 26, 2024 · 7 months after the first ask. CoCounsel release notes September 26, 2024: “Long Context LLMs, however, are optimized to manage much larger inputs, enabling them to maintain coherence and context over longer documents or conversations.”Long Context version of CoCounsel 2.0 per note headed September 26, 2024; page does not explicitly mention bulk extraction/sorting.
Direct Westlaw database access from within CoCounsel research
Legal database accessAsked Mar 19, 2024 to Oct 18, 20263 voicesShipped after the ask
“they don't have co-counsel tied into the westlaw database yet so you have to manually upload everything you want to analyze which can be a very slow and sometimes frustrating process.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Consistent chronological medical summaries without split entries
Export and formattingAsked Mar 24, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found
“the AI medical summaries it spits out are awful. Far too often it will have 10-15 entries per visit because it's separating standard blood and vital tests from the HPI or treatment plan.”
Jan 29, 2026 · 7 months after the first ask. CoCounsel Legal Monthly Insider - Thomson Reuters Innovation Blog: “You can now create, customize, save, and share prompts in empowering teams such as practice groups to standardize prompting for repeatable legal work and outputs.”Custom Prompts & Sharing (post dated Jan 29, 2026): reusable saved/shared prompts, not GPT-style assistants.
Retain prior work so past motions can be reused as a base
Memory and matter contextAsked Dec 3, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found
“as it doesn't have memory storage capacity to individual use) is very disappointing.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Faster cite-checking without long waits or session timeouts
Speed and reliabilityAsked May 31, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“Maybe I finish a draft and want CoCounsel to cite check it which is a useful feature but I've had it take 10+ minutes to do so which means I usually move onto something else”
“the technology already exists for a better version of legal AI right now that is being held back by the fact that excellent algorithm models not having access to Westlaw and Alexis data bases”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Explanation of how the AI works and how results are validated
Transparency and auditAsked Mar 2, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found
“I want to know how it works, I want to know how its results are validated, I want to know, when an office implements it, who looks for what flaws and how do they know to do that.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Data privacy contracts shielding users from liability for client data
Privacy and data controlsAsked Oct 31, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found
“They also need to come with rock-solid data privacy contracts so that the user isn't liable for accidentally uploading client data into a server owned by a private company.”
Jan 29, 2026 · 10 months after the first ask. CoCounsel Legal Monthly Insider - Thomson Reuters Innovation Blog: “Users can now quickly identify weaknesses in opposing arguments and develop stronger counter-positions with the new arguments and counterarguments skill.”Arguments and Counterarguments skill (needs CoCounsel plus Westlaw Advantage), counterarguments with Westlaw support; date from post byline Jan 29, 2026.
Surface citable cases when drilling into AI search results
Legal database accessAsked May 3, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found
“But good luck drilling down and finding cases that you'd actually cite in a brief.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Exact-match search without predictive AI substitutions
OtherAsked Jun 13, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“the search function is absolutely shot unless you switch settings for it to - get this - give you results that match what you search, not what the stupid "AI" program running in the background thinks”
7 asks from 9 voices; 2 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.
● a request ◆ official release of an ask (verified)
Short-term trial and flexible licensing without 12-month minimum
Pricing and accessAsked May 24, 2025 to Aug 4, 20252 voicesNo official shipment found
“If Harvey was cheap, or they were willing to offer a short-term trial, I may be prepared to recommend to my firms' management committee that we try it.”
Feb 4, 2026 · 4 months after the first ask. Release Notes - Harvey: “Harvey’s Word Add-In is now powered by an Agent that has more powerful planning, reasoning, and reviewing capabilities.”Agentic Word release note dated Feb 4, 2026 (Word add-in editing agent; an Aug 25 2025 entry earlier added full-document editing in Word). Page number shifts as new notes are added.
Playbook-based redlining of complex contracts with exhibits
Word and redliningAsked Feb 14, 20261 voicePartly shipped after the ask
“If it scales up and can do full redlining of complex contracts with exhibits based on playbooks, then it's a true game changer.”
May 27, 2026 · 3 months after the first ask. Release Notes - Page 5 (Harvey Help Center): “Harvey for Word has been updated to better understand your contracts and negotiating position,”Release notes (Apr 29 2026 Playbook Review revamp; May 27 2026 Word redlining quality) show playbook-aware redlining in Word; no official statement found on exhibits.
Integration with government registry websites (e.g. MCA)
IntegrationsAsked Mar 3, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“Harvey lacks some important integrations. Curious if any other tools have integrations with govt websites like MCA that would make our lives easier?”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Publicly listed subscription pricing
Pricing and accessAsked Apr 21, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“I'm so sick of these legal research companies and now AI companies that refuse to show you the subscription cost and instead they ask you to reach out to them for pricing.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Westlaw search integrated under the firm's existing plan
Legal database accessAsked May 14, 2026 to Oct 18, 20262 voicesNo official shipment found
“They don't have Westlaw, but what if you want the AI to search Westlaw under your firm's paid plan? Do they have a plugin to do that? This is a trivial plugin to create so they better.”
Mar 26, 2026 · 18 months after the first ask. Upload Larger Documents to Protégé™ Vault: “Recently, the file size for document uploads has increased to 100MB per file.”Protege Vault upload limit raised to 100MB per file (post dated 2026-03-26; one-time uploads page still says 20MB).
AI search that cites headnotes in recommendations
Legal database accessAsked Jan 15, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found
“AI should already be in their search functions and cite to headnotes when making recommendations.”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Connector (MCP) letting external AI models research in Lexis
Legal database accessAsked Oct 31, 2025 to Aug 21, 20262 voicesNo official shipment found
“I don't want your crappy implementations, let me just direct intelligent frontier models to the resources I need to get good answers, thank you very much.”
Broader case retrieval covering requested motion types
Legal database accessAsked Jun 13, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found
“Protege seems to hyper focus on a particular set of cases for each issue and can't go beyond that. I wanted it to find me cases deciding summary judgment motions”
Mar 13, 2025 · 2 months after the first ask. Turn off Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps: “the Copilot icon on the ribbon is disabled and you won't be able to use any Copilot capabilities in that app”'Enable Copilot' checkbox available from 2025-03-13 (Word 2412+/Mac 16.93+), per app per device; Gemini part not checked.
Client confidentiality separation between matters
Privacy and data controlsAsked Jan 30, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found
“there's no way to secure confidentiality between clients when a lawyer has more than one (concurrently or over time)”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Word assistant for document-wide edits to party names and syntax
Word and redliningAsked Mar 4, 20251 voicePartly shipped after the ask
“What I'd love to be able to do would be to say stuff like "Hey, Co-pilot, please change anywhere wear it refers to Person A to Company A, and change the relevant syntax"”
Jun 16, 2026 · 15 months after the first ask. Release Notes for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn: “The default chat experience with Copilot in Word now allows Copilot to directly edit your document. All changes made by Copilot are fully reviewable and reversible”Date is the June 16, 2026 release-notes batch heading; Word on the web, direct document edits by default; party-name/syntax-wide edits not specifically stated.
Build personal knowledge model from past Outlook emails
Memory and matter contextAsked May 24, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found
“I would love to see an analysis of all the Outlook emails I've given opinions on or provided forms for, analyzed so that I could use it as a”
No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.
Outlook and iManage integration with templates and e-filing assembly
IntegrationsAsked Jun 8, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found
“We'd ideally like it to be able to integrate with Outlook and iManage and include robust abilities to create template documents and emails, assemble filings electronically”
1 ask from 1 voice; 0 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.
● a request ◆ official release of an ask (verified)
Customizable workflows that adapt to the user
Workflows and automationAsked Nov 6, 20241 voiceAlready offered when first asked
“Luminance, Ironclad, and Spotdraft are good but they really are lacking in providing customization. I do not want to adapt to the software but instead want the software to adapt to me!”
Oct 22, 2024. Luminance Launches "Agent Lumi", Automating Legal Work Across the Enterprise with Agentic AI: “it also has both short-term and long-term memory, enabling it to retain and recall information, learning from past interactions with individual users to tailor its actions and responses over time”Agent Lumi press release dated Oct 22, 2024: agent adapts to individual users via memory and lets users refine steps; not an explicit workflow builder.
1 ask from 1 voice; 0 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.
● a request ◆ official release of an ask (verified)
Word-integrated AI suggesting redlines to accept, reject or modify
Word and redliningAsked Nov 19, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found
“I would really like a solution that integrates directly with Word and suggests redlines for me to accept, reject, or modify.”