What's New
Recent improvements to DraftyAI, in plain language. These notes track how the platform has changed for the better — fewer prompts, less re-typing, and a workflow that keeps every filing on one screen.
Everything here fits the same path you already work: client → matter → outline → draft → review → export. We've grouped the changes by where they help you in that workflow, rather than by which screen they touch.
A matter-first dashboard
Your Dashboard is now a router, not a static menu. Tell it what you're working on — type a few words or pick an intent chip — and it sends you straight into the right matter or stage. It never dead-ends: anything it doesn't recognize lands you in the Drafting Studio interview, where you can keep going.
From here you can Add a client, Add a matter, or Continue last, and see your recent matters and activity at a glance. The matter — not a tool — is the thing you pick up and put down.
The matter is the screen you live on
Every matter now opens to one workspace that holds the whole pipeline: a status control, the Matter Progress strip, the primary outline card, quick actions to produce and transform documents, a panel for client files, and the running list of documents created for the matter.
The Matter Progress strip reads Outline → Draft → Review → Drafts ready. It's your at-a-glance status for the filing. Outline and Draft are stages you actively work; Review and Drafts ready are derived from the state of your drafts — there's nothing extra to launch to reach them.
Opening a matter is free. The single case charge is deferred until your first chargeable AI generation on that matter, and you're charged once per matter, ever. See Plans & Billing for the full picture.
Outline-first strategy, built into the matter
The case outline is the recommended first stage of a matter. The Strategy Outline engine reads the matter, maps your evidence to the legal framework, and surfaces the risks before you draft a word.
- Evidence mapped to the framework — each legal element, with the documents and facts that support it.
- An evidence matrix — what you have, where it lands, and where it's thin.
- Deadlines and bars flagged — surfaced before you draft, not after.
- Forum detection — USCIS, immigration court, or appellate, framed to fit.
- Landmines — weak points and gaps caught early — each one cited, so you can verify the reasoning.
The outline always launches scoped to the matter, carrying the client and case with it. You can mark one run as the matter's primary outline; earlier runs stay with the matter, collapsible beneath it. For depth, see Step 1 — Build the Case Outline.
Smarter context carried forward
When you draft from a matter, the work starts with context the matter already holds — client identity, case type, jurisdiction, status, linked files, and the facts you've entered. The interview only asks about gaps: material information that genuinely isn't there. You're confirming rather than re-typing.
A finalized outline goes further. When the matter's primary outline is already finalized, the matter hands straight into generation and skips the question-and-answer step entirely — the strategy work is done, so there's nothing left to interview you about.
You can also skip most questions when one comes up; DraftyAI inserts a placeholder you edit after generation. Fewer prompts, a faster workflow, and fewer errors from copy-paste. See Answering Fewer Questions.
One Draft action, routed for you
You don't pick a "tool" from a menu anymore. You pick the output you want from the matter's Produce a document cluster — petition or brief, motion (for court matters), expert letter, affidavit or declaration, exhibit list, or RFE response — and DraftyAI routes the matter to the flow that produces it.
Behind a single Draft action, the platform reads the output you asked for plus the matter's case type. Generic matters go to the Drafting Studio guided interview; specialized case types open their dedicated flow. To you, it's still one Draft action — the routing is invisible, and it never dead-ends.
A separate Transform a document cluster — Document Improvement Studio and Translation Studio — reworks files you already have rather than assembling a new draft. For how the routing resolves, see Step 2 — Draft the Document.
Specialized flows, reached as steps — not picked as tools
The specialized flows are stages the matter routes into, not modes you choose. When a case type calls for one, it takes over automatically:
- RFE Studio — the notice-response flow for RFE, NOID, and NOIR, with its own Issues → Evidence → Arguments → Draft → Verification → Export steps.
- Asylum / Withholding / CAT — a dedicated brief flow.
- I-601A Waiver — extreme-hardship waiver drafting for provisional unlawful-presence cases.
- Naturalization (N-400) — a client-specific filing checklist / cover page, not a drafted brief.
- Translation Studio — produces a translated Word file with a translator-certification block.
- Expert Letter Builder — assembles a supporting expert letter from the matter's facts. It's reached only by its own Expert letter button, never auto-routed as a matter's default draft.
- Affidavit / Declaration — assembles a declaration from the matter's facts.
For what changes inside each one, see Specialized Matter Types.
Citation review built in
DraftyAI surfaces the legal authorities a draft relies on — and flags any it couldn't automatically verify — in the document's table of authorities, so you can confirm each one as you review. It's a review aid, not a guarantee: you confirm every authority before you file.
This is a review aid, not a guarantee of accuracy. You confirm every authority. See Step 3 — Review, Edit & Citation Checks.
Unified file management
Client files now live in one organized panel, used the same way across the matter — the guided interview, the case outline, and the RFE flow all draw from it. Upload or link a file once to the matter, and it's available to ground your drafts and outline analysis.
On shared matters, colleagues in your firm can access the same client documents, so the matter — not a personal upload folder — is the single home for evidence.
Review and export that stay on the matter
Drafts return as sections you read, edit, rewrite, and verify. A draft that needs your attention shows a Review badge on the matter; once finalized, it carries a Doc / Download badge and becomes a downloadable Word file (.docx).
RFE responses export through a Download Options modal offering a Response Letter and an Exhibit List. Translations export a Word file with a translator-certification block. Everything is reachable from the matter's "Documents created for this matter" panel, the review screen, or My Drafts (shown in-app as Draft History). See Step 4 — Export Your Filing.
Everything saves back to the matter
Outlines, drafts, letters, translations, improved documents, and linked client files all save back to the matter as artifacts and surface on the matter page. Drafts are grouped into drafts, letters, translations, and improved documents, with header counts so you can see how many need review and how many are finalized.
You can still create a draft for a client without a matter — those appear in Draft History, aren't attached to a matter, and aren't case-charged. But the matter remains the place a filing's work belongs.
Writing Style Training (beta)
We're building a firm-wide writing-style guide you can train on representative documents from past work. When you enable "Use my writing style across all tools", generated drafts would mirror your firm's tone, structure, and phrasing.
This feature is in beta and rolling out gradually — it is not yet generally available, and behavior may change as it ships.
Under the hood
We've made document analysis faster, removed manual refreshes during outline review, and improved handling of larger document sets. Your firm's data stays isolated by firm, with access controlled by authentication and role, and connections protected in transit with TLS. For more, see Security & Privacy.
Important: you review and own every filing
DraftyAI accelerates drafting — it doesn't replace your review. Every draft is a starting point. Across every stage, you read the generated document, confirm or correct every flagged citation, check the facts, and read the full filing before you submit it. The judgment that makes the work yours is yours alone.
DraftyAI accelerates drafting; it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. You review, edit, and are solely responsible for every document you file.