Getting Started with Drafting
This guide walks you through drafting your first document from start to finish — exactly what to click, what to set, and what happens at each step. The whole flow is shown in the looping demo below; the steps beneath it break it down.
- A Judicio account with an active subscription or free trial
- Optionally, a precedent or reference document in your File Library (PDF, DOCX, or a scan) — drafting is strongest when it has something to anchor on
- Enough credits for the document you'll draft — your balance is shown in the top bar. See Credits Explained.
Open Drafting
Click Drafting in the left sidebar. You land on the Drafting home: a prompt that reads "What would you like to draft today?", the three ways to start (Ask Judicio, Smart Suggestions, Templates), and the composer at the bottom.
You can start from a brief alone — but attaching a precedent gives Judicio more to anchor on.
Pick your files and describe the document
On the Ask Judicio tab, describe what you need in plain language — for example:
Draft a mutual non-disclosure agreement between Acme Corp and Northwind Ltd for the proposed M&A, governed by Indian law, with a 3-year term and a carve-out for compelled disclosure.
You can also dictate it with the microphone button, and attach a precedent from the Files panel (here, a precedent NDA and the term sheet) so the draft mirrors its structure.
Set the scope with the discrete chips below the composer:
- Jurisdiction — the law the document is drafted under (here, India).
- Tone — how the document reads (Formal).
- Language — the output language (English).
- Length — how full the draft is (Balanced).
When you're ready, click Start drafting.
Prefer not to type? Switch tabs:
- Smart Suggestions — Judicio recommends documents to draft based on your selected files; pick one to use it.
- Templates — browse pre-built drafting templates (plus your saved and shared ones) and pick one.
Judicio drafts the document
A progress bar shows the draft being built — "Drafting your document… structuring clauses, grounding in your files and the law."
You can navigate away while it runs; Judicio notifies you when it's done and the run keeps its place in your history.
Toggle Deep Mode on for a thorough, well-grounded pass on a substantial document, or leave it off for a fast first draft. You can always refine the result with the assistant afterwards.
Review the draft in the editor
When the draft is ready you land in the editor — the document on the left, the AI Assistant on the right.
- Switch between Redline, Clean, and Original with the view-mode control. Picking a view never changes the document — it only reskins it.
- Toggle the Draft and Final copy lenses at the top — Draft is your working copy with tracked changes; Final copy is the clean version you export.
- Open the Sources tab in the assistant to see the cited authorities behind the draft — statutes, cases, and your own documents — each with a relevance bar.
Ask the AI to revise — as a tracked change
In the Chat tab, ask the assistant to revise any clause — for example, "make the term three years instead of two." The change arrives as a tracked edit: the original text is struck through in red, the replacement shown in green, right in the document.
Review it your way:
- Accept or Reject each change inline, or from its card in the assistant.
- Use Accept all / Reject all in the review bar when several changes land at once.
- Undo / Redo a decision, or open Resolved this session to see what you've already accepted or rejected.
See Editing with AI for the full set of moves.
Judicio's drafting is grounded in your files and cited authority, but you remain the drafter. Every authority is cited, so a click confirms it — and you accept each change deliberately.
Export — or save to Judicio
When the draft is ready, click Export and pick a format:
- Tracked changes (.docx) — a Word redline with real insertions and deletions, so counsel can accept or reject each edit in Word. Recommended while the draft still has pending changes.
- Final copy (.docx) — a clean Word document with every change applied, ready to use.
- Final copy (.pdf) — a branded, clean PDF with every change applied.
The editor is the preview — the lens follows the format you pick. Name the file, then Download it, or Save to Judicio to keep it in your File Library. See Exporting.
Next steps
- Editing with AI — revise the draft as tracked changes, with cited authority.
- Exporting — download a final copy, a Word redline, or a clean PDF.
- FAQ — answers to common questions.