Release Notes
Improved Redlining Quality & Context
Harvey for Word has been updated to better understand your contracts and negotiating position, so its suggested edits are more targeted and easier to act on.
What's New
Harvey for Word has been updated with a set of redlining improvements that make its suggestions more relevant to your contract, easier to understand, and faster to act on. Here’s what’s changed:
- Improved document context: When you ask Harvey questions about your contract, it’s now able to identify the parties involved, determine which side drafted it, and detect the type of agreement being reviewed.
- More targeted edits: Harvey now applies updated review logic that prioritizes risk flagging and drafting quality, rather than broad rewrites.
- Clearer comments: Comments now explain why a change is being suggested, not just what was changed. This makes it easier to understand Harvey's reasoning and decide whether to accept, modify, or push back on a suggestion.
- Organization-wide context (optional): Admins can now add an Organization Context field in Workspace Settings. Harvey uses this additional information to tailor its suggestions and edits in Harvey for Word.
Why It Matters
These updates make Harvey's redlines more precise and easier to act on, with comments that explain the reasoning behind each suggestion, context that reflects your negotiating position, and improved overall drafting quality.
How to Use
Note: No setup is required. All improvements apply automatically when you use redlining in Harvey for Word.
- Open a contract in Word.
- Open the Harvey for Word add-in.
- Use the Assistant chat to ask questions or request contract changes. Harvey will detect the involved parties, the paper type, and document type, and use that context to inform its response, redlining recommendations, and comments.
- Review Harvey’s response. If anything about the detected context is incorrect, correct it directly in the chat before proceeding. Your confirmed context will be saved for that document across sessions.
- Proceed with your review. All comments, redlines, and risk flags will reflect your confirmed context.
FAQs
Does this work for all document types, or only contracts between two parties?
Currently, context detection is optimized for contracts between two parties. Support for additional document types may expand in future updates.
Can I correct Harvey's detected context if it's wrong?
Yes. Harvey will respond with detected parties and paper type in its answer. You can respond to correct the context and Harvey will apply your corrected context for the remainder of the session.
Does this change how I use Harvey for Word day-to-day?
No workflow changes are required. Context detection runs automatically in the background. The main difference is that Harvey's suggestions will be more targeted to your position from the start of each session.