Lawyers do not want another document editor. They want the tools they already use to be smarter. The CouncilGPT Word Add-In was built around that constraint: every draft, review, and redline action happens inside Microsoft Word, using tracked changes the same way a colleague would.
The task pane becomes the Council
After installing the add-in from the Microsoft 365 admin centre, a lawyer sees a task pane next to their document. They can select any clause and ask LISA to review it, compare it to precedent, or rewrite it in a different posture. The request is routed to the Council, which reads the selected text, the document context, and the firm's vault precedents before responding.
When LISA suggests a change, it arrives as a proper Word tracked change. Additions are underlined, deletions are struck through, and comments explain the rationale. A lawyer can accept, reject, or edit each suggestion without switching windows.
Drafting from precedent
The add-in can also pull language from the Vault. A lawyer types the concept they need (for example, a limitation of liability clause for a SaaS MSA), and LISA searches the firm's own precedent bank, ranks the matches, and inserts a draft aligned to house style. Because the document stays in the user's tenancy, privilege and confidentiality controls remain intact.
Deploy once, control centrally
IT teams deploy the add-in through Microsoft 365 admin, and it works on Windows, Mac, and web versions of Word. Authentication flows through the firm's existing SSO provider, and the add-in inherits Vault's isolation model. Redlining is no longer a separate workflow; it is just the Council working where the lawyer already is.