> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://helpdocs.gavel.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Welcome to Gavel

> AI-powered legal tools built by lawyers, for lawyers. Start with Gavel Exec for AI contract review, or explore Gavel Workflows for document automation.

Gavel builds AI-powered legal tools that help law firms review contracts, automate documents, and deliver high-quality work at scale — without sacrificing accuracy or control.

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  <Card title="Gavel Exec: AI Powered Contract Review" icon="file-contract" href="https://helpdocs.gavel.io/#gavel-exec">
    AI contract review and drafting inside Microsoft Word. Redline, analyze, and draft commercial contracts using your firm's playbooks and precedents.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Gavel Workflows: Document Automation" icon="diagram-project" href="https://helpdocs.gavel.io/#gavel-workflows">
    No-code document automation for law firms. Turn client intake and templates into finished legal documents in seconds — no developer required.
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## Gavel Exec

Gavel Exec is the AI-powered suite built for transactional attorneys. It runs as a panel inside Microsoft Word **and now on the web at [exec.gavel.io](http://exec.gavel.io)**, so you get accurate, legally-trained contract analysis and redlining wherever you work — without switching applications. Whether you’re reviewing a first draft, responding to counterparty redlines, benchmarking a clause against market standards, or running batch analysis across a portfolio of contracts, Gavel Exec helps you work faster and more consistently on every deal.

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  <Card title="Introduction" icon="circle-info" href="/exec/introduction">
    Learn what Gavel Exec is, how it works, and what you can do with Chat Mode, Playbooks, and Projects.
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  <Card title="Installation" icon="download" href="/exec/installation">
    Install the Gavel Exec add-in for Microsoft Word and get set up in minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quick Action Guide" icon="bolt" href="/exec/quick-action-guide">
    Use guided Quick Actions to redline, comment, draft, and find missing terms without writing a single prompt.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Video Series" icon="circle-play" href="/exec/video-series">
    Watch step-by-step walkthroughs of Gavel Exec's core features and workflows.
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### Exec Word Add-in Core Features

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  <Card title="Chat Mode" icon="message" href="/exec/chat-mode">
    Ask questions, summarize clauses, and request redlines through a conversational interface.
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  <Card title="Playbooks" icon="book" href="/exec/playbooks">
    Apply consistent, rule-based redlines using built-in or custom playbooks tailored to your firm.
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  <Card title="Projects" icon="folder" href="/exec/projects">
    Attach firm-specific files and standing instructions to give the AI deal-level context.
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### Exec on the Web Features

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  <Card title="Batch Analysis" icon="table" href="/exec/chat-mode">
    Run structured analysis across a portfolio of contracts in a tabular view.
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  <Card title="Market Benchmarking" icon="chart-bar" href="/exec/playbooks">
    Benchmark clauses and documents against market standards by industry and company size.
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  <Card title="Prompts" icon="arrow-up-to-bracket" href="/exec/projects">
    Use ready-made prompts for any quick action and create new prompts for your use case.
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<Tip>
  New to Gavel Exec? Start with the [Introduction](/exec/introduction) and then follow the [Installation guide](/exec/installation) — you can be reviewing your first contract in minutes with no credit card required.
</Tip>

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## Gavel Workflows

Gavel Workflows is a no-code document automation platform built for legal professionals. A **workflow** pairs a questionnaire with one or more output document templates. When someone fills out the questionnaire, Gavel uses their answers to generate a fully populated document in seconds — no mail-merge, no copying and pasting, no manual data entry.

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  <Card title="Intro to Document Automation" icon="circle-info" href="/workflows/introduction">
    Learn how Gavel workflows combine a questionnaire with document templates to automate legal document generation.
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  <Card title="What Can You Automate?" icon="list-check" href="/workflows/what-can-you-build">
    Explore use cases and examples across practice areas — from estate planning to corporate transactions.
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  <Card title="Quickstart Guide" icon="rocket" href="/workflows/quickstart">
    Build and test your first workflow step by step in under an hour.
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  <Card title="Video Crash Course" icon="circle-play" href="/docs/gavel-101/5-minute-demo">
    Watch the five-minute demo and learn the Gavel Workflows platform from the ground up.
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### Build Your Workflow

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  <Card title="Question Types" icon="list" href="/workflows/question-types">
    Text, date, yes/no, single select, and more — every question type maps to a unique variable name in your documents.
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  <Card title="Conditional Logic" icon="code-branch" href="/workflows/question-logic">
    Show or hide questions, pages, and document clauses based on prior answers.
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  <Card title="Gavel Document Tagger" icon="tag" href="/workflows/word-documents">
    Tag your Word templates with variable names to automate document generation.
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  <Card title="Calculations & Advanced Logic" icon="calculator" href="/workflows/calculations">
    Build complex calculations and nested logic for even the most intricate documents.
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### Share & Scale

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  <Card title="Client Portals" icon="globe" href="/workflows/client-portals">
    Give clients a branded portal to complete intake and access their generated documents directly.
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  <Card title="Sharing Workflows" icon="share-nodes" href="/workflows/sharing">
    Share workflows internally with your team or externally with clients and partners.
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  <Card title="Bundles & Productization" icon="box" href="/workflows/paywalls">
    Group workflows into bundles and add Stripe payment gates to monetize your legal products.
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  <Card title="Integrations" icon="plug" href="/workflows/api">
    Connect to Clio, DocuSign, Zapier, and more for an end-to-end automated pipeline.
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## About Gavel

Gavel is a legal technology company founded in 2018 by attorney Dorna Moini to solve a real-world problem: too much time on repetitive legal tasks and not enough on high-value work. Every product Gavel builds is grounded in real legal practice — because the team includes the lawyers who lived it.

<Note>
  **Lawyers shouldn't have to choose between meaningful work and getting it all done.** Gavel makes both possible.
</Note>

### Security & Compliance

Gavel is built for law firms and legal teams that handle sensitive client data. Security is a core product value, not an afterthought.

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  <Card title="Gavel Exec: Zero Data Retention" icon="trash" href="https://www.gavel.io/security">
    Gavel Exec has contractually enforced Zero Data Retention agreements with all AI models it uses. Your documents are never stored or used for training.
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  <Card title="AES-256 Encryption" icon="lock" href="https://www.gavel.io/security">
    All data at rest is encrypted with 256-bit AES. Only HTTPS/SSL traffic is permitted to Gavel's application endpoints.
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  <Card title="Annual Penetration Testing" icon="bug" href="https://www.gavel.io/security">
    Gavel undergoes annual third-party penetration testing and maintains a Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC).
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## Need Help?

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  <Card title="Contact Us" icon="envelope" href="/exec/contact-us">
    Reach Gavel's team of legal professionals and engineers.
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  <Card title="Wishlist" icon="star" href="/exec/wishlist">
    Have a feature request? Submit it to the Gavel wishlist and help shape the product roadmap.
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