Before: A draft fills an absent commercial term with plausible language.
Missing positions become visible gaps
The assistant asks for the missing duration or remedy instead of choosing one for the client.
HINT for Lawyers
Your assistant drafts fast. HINT keeps it inside the matter's red lines.
HINT is a folder of plain-text matter notes beside your documents. Your assistant reads the notes that apply before drafting and sees the parties, defined terms, sources and positions it must not cross.
Where it helps
Three situations your team will recognize
Before: A clause uses a source or citation nobody verified.
Authority must be declared
Sources stay attached to the provision they support, and unsupported citations are reported for counsel to resolve.
Before: Terms from another matter bleed into the current draft.
Each client stays in its own scope
Folder inheritance carries firm policy down while keeping another client's facts outside the current matter.
See it
A real confidentiality agreement from the demo
The Pearson Specter Litt demo records Acme's confidentiality position in the matter folder.
demo-pearson-specter-litt/clients/acme_corp/hr/software_engineer_nda.md.hint ↗
# recital Purpose {#acme_nda_recitals}
The Employee has access to Acme's source code, systems, and product plans.
# definition Confidential Information {#acme_nda_def_ci}
Non-public information disclosed by or on behalf of Acme.
## exception Standard ExclusionsWhat your assistant does next
It drafts using the declared definition and exceptions, preserves defined-term discipline, and flags any commercial position that the matter has not supplied.
What your AI assistant receives
<recital name="Purpose">…</recital>
<definition name="Confidential Information">
…
<exception name="Standard Exclusions">…</exception>
</definition>Your boundaries stay visible
What it will never do
- Invent a party, fact, citation or negotiated position.
- Carry one client's matter knowledge into another client's folder.
- Present generated language as legal advice or as ready for signature.
FAQ
Questions lawyers ask
Does HINT give legal advice?
No. It supplies declared matter context to an assistant; licensed counsel remains responsible for every legal judgment.
Can it stop invented citations?
It tells the assistant that authority must come from declared sources and turns missing support into a gap, but counsel still verifies every citation.
Can firm policy and matter terms coexist?
Yes. Firm rules can live above client folders; client and document notes add narrower context below them.
For your technical colleague
The vocabulary
A hintbook is a vocabulary for your profession—installed, not written by you.
matter- Sets the client, purpose and boundary of the legal work.
party- Names a party and its role in the matter.
clause- Records a clause that the document must contain.
obligation- States an action a party is required to perform.
right- States an entitlement and the conditions around it.
source- Identifies authority or evidence rather than inviting a citation guess.
redline- Marks a position that drafting must not cross.
never- States an unconditional prohibition for the assistant.
Manual setup
Bootstrap is read-only: it prints instructions for the assistant. The assistant performs the installation.
npm install -g @openhint/cli
hint config
hint add @openhint/hintbook-lawyer
hint apply
hint verify clients/acme_corp/hr/software_engineer_nda.md
hint emit clients/acme_corp/hr/software_engineer_nda.md