Legal research workflows5 min read
What is source-controlled AI legal research?
A practical guide to source-controlled AI legal research: using AI while keeping citations, quotes, treatment, and primary-law sources visible enough to verify.
Resources
Practical guides for verifiable legal research.
Plain-English explainers on legal citation verification, primary-law grounding, AI legal research, and source-controlled workflows.
Start here
The core concepts behind Descrybe, Claude, source context, and verifiable AI legal research.
Legal research workflows7 min read
Why source context matters in AI legal research
Source context can make AI legal research more grounded and easier to verify, but access to sources does not make answers automatically correct.
Legal Engine workflows8 min read
Claude with and without Descrybe Legal Engine: what changes?
Claude can help with legal work, but Descrybe Legal Engine changes the source context Claude can use. Learn what changes when Claude has focused legal research tools attached.
Understand the workflow differences
Plain-English distinctions between web search, raw legal data, connectors, and legal research workflows.
Legal research workflows6 min read
Web search is not the same as a legal research workflow
Open-web search can help with legal research, but legal work needs source identity, primary law, citation checks, treatment review, and source verification.
Legal research workflows7 min read
Raw legal data is useful. Legal research workflows are different.
Raw legal data can help AI systems work closer to the law, but legal research still needs structure, citation checks, quote verification, treatment review, and source inspection.
Legal Engine workflows9 min read
Claude MCP Connectors for Lawyers: What Legal Teams Should Look For
A plain-English guide to Claude MCP connectors for lawyers, including how Descrybe Legal Engine helps Claude work with primary law.
Legal research workflows5 min read
Descrybe vs traditional legal research workflows
A practical comparison of Descrybe and traditional legal research workflows, focused on source control, verification, and AI-assisted review.
Verify legal work
Practical checks for citations, quotes, case treatment, hallucinations, and source support.
Legal Engine workflows8 min read
How to Use Claude to Avoid Hallucinated Legal Citations
Claude can help with legal research, but citations still need checking. Learn how Descrybe helps Claude verify cases, quotes, treatment, and source text.
Trust and verification6 min read
How AI legal research can go wrong, and how to check it
A practical guide to common AI legal research failure modes, from fake citations to quote drift, and the source checks that reduce risk.
Trust and verification5 min read
How Descrybe verifies legal citations
How legal citation verification works in Descrybe, from resolving case references to checking quotes, source support, and treatment signals.
Trust and verification5 min read
How to verify a quote from a case
A practical checklist for verifying quoted language from a case, including citation matching, exact text review, context, and support.
Legal Engine workflows7 min read
How to Use Claude to Check If a Case Is Still Good Law
Claude can help organize a good-law check, but later treatment still needs source review. Learn how Descrybe helps check citing cases and treatment signals.
Use Claude for specific tasks
Task-focused guides for common legal research and review workflows inside Claude.
Legal Engine workflows7 min read
How to Use Claude to Summarize Court Opinions
Claude can help summarize court opinions, but legal summaries need source checks. Learn how Descrybe helps Claude work with opinion text and primary law.
Legal Engine workflows7 min read
How to Use Claude to Analyze a Legal Brief
Claude can help analyze a legal brief, but the legal sources still need checking. Learn how Descrybe helps verify citations, quotes, treatment, and support.