> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.jurisphere.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.jurisphere.ai/jurisphere-word-add-in/core-features/ask-juris/reviewing-documents.md). # Reviewing Documents Asking Jurisphere questions about the document you have open Overview This page is about the other half of what the Ask Juris panel does: asking Jurisphere about your document, rather than asking it to change one**.** Summaries, clause by clause analysis, risk spotting, "does this conflict with that" questions, etc. Anything where you want an answer grounded in the text you have open, with a way to check exactly where that answer came from. {% hint style="warning" %} The Word Add-In always works against the single document you currently have open in Word. If you need to compare multiple documents against each other, extract the same information across a large batch of files or run one question across a whole folder of agreements, that's a job for the web platform's [**Ask Juris**](/ask-juris/reviewing-documents-with-ask-juris.md) or [**Parallel Review**](/parallel-review/overview-of-the-parallel-review-tool.md) tools instead. {% endhint %} *** ### What counts as a review question Anything where you want Jurisphere to tell you something *about* the document, rather than change it. A few shapes this commonly takes: {% tabs %} {% tab title="Summarize" %} **Try asking:** > "Summarize this entire document in five bullet points." > "Summarize the termination and renewal provisions in this agreement." > "Give me a one paragraph summary of this NDA suitable for a client who hasn't read it." Summaries are usually a good first move on any document you didn't draft yourself. This is a fast way to orient before you start asking narrower questions or making edits. {% endtab %} {% tab title="Ask a targeted question" %} **Try asking:** > "Does this NDA's confidentiality obligation survive termination and if so, for how long?" > "What are the conditions precedent to closing under this SPA?" > "Who bears the risk of loss during the delivery period under this agreement?" > {% endtab %} {% tab title="Identify risks or issues" %} **Try asking:** > "Identify any indemnity clauses that are one-sided, and explain why." > "Find any place in this agreement where 'reasonable efforts' is used without a defined standard." > "Flag anything in this document that loo > {% endtab %} {% tab title="Multi part instructions" %} You don't have to break a complex ask into several separate questions. A single, well structured multi part instruction works too. Try asking: > "Identify all indemnity provisions in this agreement, flag any that are one sided and suggest balanced alternatives for each." > "Summarize this document, list every party's key obligations separately and note any obligation that has no corresponding deadline." > {% endtab %} > {% endtabs %} *** ### Scoping a review question The same [**Whole Document** / **Selection Only** toggle](/jurisphere-word-add-in/core-features/ask-juris.md#setting-your-scope) covered in Ask Juris in the Word Add-In applies here . **Whole Document** is the right default for almost every *review* question, because most of what you'd want to know about a document, such as its risks, its obligations, whether it's internally consistent, it inherently depends on more than one clause. Reach for **Selection Only** specifically when you already know exactly which clause you're asking about and want a fast, tightly scoped answer that isn't influenced by the rest of the document. **Try asking (Whole Document):** > "Summarize every clause that survives termination and tell me how long each one lasts." **Try asking (with a clause highlighted, Selection Only):** > "Is this indemnity clause capped or is liability uncapped as written?" > "What would have to be true for this condition precedent to be satisfied?" *** ### Prompt Enhancement for review questions If you're not sure how to phrase a review question precisely, press **Tab** while your cursor is in the text field, the same [Prompt Enhancement](/jurisphere-word-add-in/help-section/errors-and-faqs/prompt-enhancement.md) feature is available here as well. | Before | After pressing Tab | | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | "Review this clause" |

"Analyze the selected clause for potential risks, ambiguities and
enforceability issues. Identify any terms that may be one-sided or
inconsistent with standard market practice. Suggest improvements
where applicable."

| Prompt Enhancement is especially useful when you know roughly what you're worried about in a clause but aren't sure how to phrase it precisely enough to get a useful response back. *** ### How inline citations work Every review response that draws on your document comes with **inline citations**. This is a small, clickable numbered references (like `1`, `2`, `3`) sitting next to the specific claims they support. {% stepper %} {% step %} ### Read the response The response appears in the panel as normal prose or a structured breakdown, with numbered citation markers next to the parts that are drawn directly from your document. {% endstep %} {% step %} ### Click a citation Clicking a citation number jumps you straight to the exact portion of your open Word document it's drawn from. It scrolls the document itself, it does not open a new tab or window. {% endstep %} {% step %} ### Verify at the source Read the actual clause the citation points to before treating the response as final. This is the whole point of citations being clickable rather than the response simply asserting something.
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