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Getting Started with Chat in Robin
Robin’s Legal Intelligence Platform opens directly into a powerful chat interface, designed to be your starting point for legal research, document analysis and document review. Whether you’re asking general legal questions or working with documents, Robin's chat provides a seamless, conversational experience.
Starting your First Conversation.
Option 1: Start with Chat (No Documents Selected)
- Begin by typing a legal question directly into the chat and click the send icon.
- A new conversation autosaved to your Workspaces will be started. You can continue the conversation, ask follow-up questions, or upload documents later to deepen the analysis.
Option 2: Start by Selecting Documents
- From the chat window, click the ➕ icon to upload documents before starting your chat.
- Choose documents from:
- Legal Library
- Select document(s) using the check box. Used advanced filters to refine your search and locate your documents.
- Click Add Documents in the top right to include them in your chat.
- Your Computer
- Select documents from your local computer.
- Select whether to add the document(s) to the conversation or to also save them to the Legal Library.
- Legal Library
- Once documents are added, you can begin chatting with Robin using the context of those files.
- To add more documents to the conversation repeat the steps above.
Managing Documents
To remove documents from your conversation:
- Click the document icon.
- Select the documents you want to remove.
- Click the remove option in the top right corner.
Note: you can only remove a document before you ask a question.
Using Tools
At the bottom of the chat window, click Tools to access advanced features:
- Review with a playbook – automatically generate a marked up document based on your playbook. Note this only available where you have not added a document to the chat.
- Research with legal authority – Search verified legal sources for deeper insights with clickable citation.
- Create a new table – extract information from your documents at scale in a structured table.
What Happens Next
After interacting with Robin chat, you can:
- Ask follow-up questions in the same session.
- Click citations to open the full document at the relevant clause.
- View web citations to explore source material when in Research mode.
- Share your findings with your team. Your conversation is saved in Workspaces and can be accessed later or shared with colleagues.