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What is Compose Document?
Compose helps you turn a simple prompt into a structured legal document in minutes.
Instead of drafting from scratch, you guide the AI to generate an outline and then build out clauses step by step - using AI, your clause library, or your own edits.
It’s designed to speed up drafting while keeping you in full control of the content.
✅ Why use it?
Use Compose to draft documents faster and more easily, while keeping control over the content.
Draft faster using AI and your clause library
Create structured documents with clear outlines and clauses
Edit and adapt content easily (rephrase, add, or adjust clauses)
Work across document types (contracts, memos, letters, or single clauses)
⚠️When not to use it
If you prefer fully manual drafting without AI support
For highly specialised or sensitive matters that require detailed legal judgement without AI assistance
How it works
Compose follows a simple workflow: outline → draft → refine → export.
When you open the Compose Document page, you’ll see a selection of example documents. These are available in multiple languages, depending on the languages enabled in your Preferences.
You can search for a document using the search bar. If no results match, switch to the Prompt tab to create a document from scratch using AI.
Step 1: Create an outline
Start by describing the document you want to create. Your prompt should include:
Language
Drafting style (e.g. concise, balanced)
Key details (e.g. duration, jurisdiction, terms)
Example prompts:
“Software development agreement, German law, short, 2-year fixed term, balanced”
“Rental agreement for a garage in Brussels, indefinite duration, €2,000/month with indexation”
💡 You can update your prompt or style at any time - future drafts will reflect the latest version.
Decide how many sections you want your document to include.
Use the Style option if you want defined terms (capitalised legal concepts), and adjust the length using the slider to control how detailed the draft should be.
When you’re ready, click Draft. After a few seconds, the outline is generated:
Compose is not limited to contracts - you can also draft memos, letters, or even individual clauses. Despite the name “Document,” you can create structured standalone clauses with automatic numbering and layout.
Step 2: Fill in the clauses
Once the outline is ready, you can begin drafting the content of each clause.
👉Drafting with AI
Click Auto Draft on a clause to generate content.
You can optionally add extra instructions (for example, specific legal requirements) in the dialog that appears.
The AI generates the clause based on your outline and any additional instructions provided.
👉 Inserting clauses from your clause library
Each clause shows a Library button indicating how many potential matches were found in your clause library.
Matching is keyword-based, so results may not always be exact.
👉Manual drafting or editing
You can manually write or edit clause content by clicking the pencil icon.
Click the pencil icon again to save your changes.
Step 3: Rephrase and refine clauses
Once a clause exists (whether drafted manually or by AI), you can refine it using the wrench icon.
You have several ways to modify a clause:
Longer / Shorter: Adjust clause length
Rephrase: Change wording without changing meaning
Adapt to document content:
Redrafts the clause to align with the rest of the document, including defined terms. This is especially useful for clauses inserted from your library.
Suggest changes:
The AI proposes four possible improvements. Clicking one applies it immediately.
Give direct instructions:
For example:
“Add a paragraph on automatic termination” or “Make the clause more neutral.”
Comparing versions
After editing a clause, click the comparison icon to view differences between the current and previous versions. This helps you review even small changes.
Step 4: Add additional clauses
To add sub-clauses, click the green + icon on a top-level clause.
The AI suggests five possible sub-clauses. Click one to add it, or click again to remove it if added by mistake.
Export your document
When your document is complete, click Export. A default layout is applied, which you can adjust via export options.
Insert content into an open Word document
Instead of exporting a standalone document, you can insert content directly into an open Microsoft Word document:
Click Insert to insert the full document:
Managing placeholders
Placeholders are highlighted in yellow and automatically collected in a list.
You can:
Assign values to placeholders
Clear values to revert them to placeholders
All clauses using a placeholder update automatically.
Managing defined terms
All defined terms generated by the AI are listed in the Defined terms section of the Document drawer. You can also add terms manually using the + button.
When drafting or adapting clauses, the AI takes these defined terms into account and attempts to align terminology across the document.
For example, if your defined term is Client and a clause refers to Customer, the AI may replace it automatically. Always review these changes, as legal interpretation still requires human judgment.