Document Summariser

What This Does

The Document Summariser reads long legal documents — judgments, contracts, briefs, statutes, notices — and gives you back a structured summary, typically within seconds for short documents. Paste the text or upload a file, and you get back a prose summary, a list of key points, every party / court / citation / statute mentioned, and any action items the document calls for. Built for Indian-legal practice rhythms: it recognises Indian courts and citation formats, handles bilingual mixed text, and rather than refusing because something “isn’t legal,” it summarises what’s there. You can ask for a shorter or longer version on demand, and re-run the summary at any time — earlier versions are kept so you can compare.

This guide covers the main Summariser workflow — creating a new summary. To deep-link into one finished summary (with version history and rewrite tools), open it and see Reading a single summary. To browse and manage everything you’ve summarised, see Your summary history.

Step-by-Step Guide

Creating a summary

There are two ways to feed in a document. Pick whichever fits the form you have.

1. Paste text. The default tab. Just paste — a judgment, a contract clause, a notice. Word count appears below as you type so you know what you’re sending.

   

2. Upload a file. Switch to the File tab. PDF, DOCX, and plain text are supported. We extract the text and then summarise — your original file stays in your storage; the summary references it.

3. Optional settings. Click the small adjustments icon next to the input tabs to open the options panel. Choose your output language if your firm prefers non-English.

4. Click Summarise. Processing happens in the background. You can navigate away — the summary will still be there in your history when it finishes.

What happens while it works

The Summariser runs through several stages — extracting the text, classifying the document type, building a high-level outline, then drafting the summary at different compression levels. A progress bar shows roughly where it is.

Navigate away anytime. A second tab, another matter — it doesn’t matter. The summary finishes in the background and appears in your history when ready. You can also drop in on /summaries/history to see anything still processing.

Reading the results

When it’s done, the page switches to the results view. Seven tabs across the top organise everything the AI extracted; cycle through them as you read.

1. Summary — a single prose paragraph, the kind of thing you’d dictate to your junior over chai. A slider at the bottom lets you switch between summary lengths (e.g. “two lines / one paragraph / one page”) if you want shorter or longer.

   

2. Key Points — bullet-list of the 5–8 most important findings or clauses. Good for forwarding to a client.

   

3. Entities & Citations — every party, court, judge, statute, citation, and date the AI extracted, grouped by type. Useful when you want to copy a citation block into a brief.

   

4. Q&A (judgments/statutes only) — likely client questions with model answers drawn from the document. Helpful when you need a phone-friendly response.

   

5. Action Items (briefs/notices/contracts only) — tasks the document calls for: filing deadlines, notice periods, contractual obligations. Each tagged with priority.

   

6. Sections — if the document has named sections (e.g. “Issues for Determination” in a judgment, “Indemnity” in a contract), each is summarised separately. Useful for navigating a 50-page document.

7. Original — the raw source text, in case you want to verify a point.

   

Rewriting and re-summarising

Two buttons at the top right give you control over the output.

• Re-summarise — generates a fresh summary of the same document. Useful when you want a different angle.

• Rewrite — keeps the same content but presents it in a different tone. Click the button to see the preset tones you can apply (e.g. plainer prose for a client, more formal prose for a filing). Each rewrite is saved as a new version, so the original stays available on the single-summary view.

  

Exporting, sharing, and printing

• Copy — copies the entire summary as Markdown to your clipboard.
• Export — PDF, DOCX, or Markdown file. Pick whichever your matter management system accepts.
• Share — generate a public read-only link to send to a client. They can read but not edit. Revoke it anytime from the Shared Links tab in Settings.
• Print — print-friendly layout that drops the navigation chrome.
• Editor — open the summary in the document editor for marking up and turning into a draft brief.

Managing past summaries

Every summary you create is saved automatically. To browse what you’ve done before — find by client name, filter by document type, delete in bulk, or share an old summary — head to the history page.

Things to keep in mind

• Verify before you rely. The AI is fast and usually right, but it’s not infallible. For any summary you cite in court or send to a client, spot-check the key facts and citations against the original.
• Long documents take longer. A 2-page notice summarises in under 10 seconds. A 200-page judgment can take 2–3 minutes. The progress bar runs through several stages; don’t reload the page mid-flight.
• Quotas reset monthly. Your plan includes a fair-use quota for summaries. The Settings → Usage page shows how much you’ve used this month. Once the quota resets on the 1st, you start fresh.
• Confidentiality. Documents you summarise are processed by an AI provider. See the privacy policy and terms for current data-handling commitments (including training and retention). Don’t paste anything sealed or under a confidentiality regime that prohibits third-party processors.

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