Connect Legal Engine

Connect and Test Descrybe Legal Engine

Make sure your assistant can actually use Descrybe before you ask it to do legal research.

You will know how to start a tool-backed research chat and how to tell whether Descrybe was used.

Start with the right assistant mode

Open Claude, ChatGPT, or Perplexity in a place where your approved Descrybe Legal Engine connection is available. The exact way you use the connection depends on the assistant.

UI labels change over time. Look for Descrybe Legal Engine in the assistant's tools, apps, connectors, plugin directory, or custom connector area, depending on the product you are using.

If you need step-by-step setup details or provider-specific notes, keep the Descrybe User Guide open while you connect the tool.

Open the user guide

Provider notes

  • Claude: once the connector is available, you can ask Claude to use Descrybe Legal Engine, or it may use the connector automatically for legal research questions.
  • ChatGPT: once Descrybe Legal Engine is available, you can ask ChatGPT to use it, or ChatGPT may call it automatically when the legal question needs source-grounded research.
  • Perplexity: select the Descrybe Legal Engine connector at the start of a new thread before submitting the prompt.

Smoke test prompt

Connection check
Use Descrybe Legal Engine to run a simple source-grounded legal research check. Find one or two public cases about [sample issue] in [jurisdiction]. Do not rely only on what the AI already seems to know. Show me what source-backed information you found and what still needs human review.

What good looks like

  • The assistant makes clear that it used Descrybe Legal Engine or a source-grounded legal research tool.
  • If you are not sure, ask directly: "Did you use Descrybe Legal Engine for this answer?" Then ask what sources it checked.
  • The answer includes real source identifiers such as case names, citations, courts, dates, or source links.
  • The assistant separates retrieved source information from its own analysis and uncertainty.
  • If the tool is not available, the assistant says so instead of pretending to have checked legal sources.