Prepare client documents for AI review without sending files through another cloud

Why lawyers need prepared AI context

Legal work often depends on many related documents: contracts, exhibits, research notes, correspondence, and issue lists. Copying fragments into AI creates gaps, and uncontrolled uploads create privacy questions.

A good AI session starts before the first prompt. The model needs the stable facts, source documents, constraints, and vocabulary that shape the work. When those inputs are scattered, the output becomes generic or incomplete.

Workflow

Use Riflet as the assembly step before opening your AI chat.

• Create a folder for the matter or document set.
• Select only the documents relevant to the question you plan to ask.
• Add a short matter brief or issue list as the first file.
• Export one local bundle and decide where, if anywhere, to upload it.

Best-fit work

Riflet is strongest for contract review prep, case chronology building, research memo drafting because those workflows depend on multiple files being visible at once.

Riflet does not provide legal advice and does not make AI tools safe for privileged data. It helps you prepare context locally so you can make a deliberate sharing decision.

Token budgeting

Do not treat a context window as a storage closet. The more unrelated material you include, the harder it is for the model to keep the important parts in focus.

Use the token counter as an editing tool. If the bundle is too large, remove background files first, then duplicates, then low-signal references.