The document editor
Parachute’s document editor is where you draft, review, and refine your legal documents. It combines a rich text editor with AI-powered tools, real-time collaboration, and version control.
The editor toolbar includes an AI button that gives you three actions you can run on your document at any time:
Runs a comprehensive review of your document, identifying key legal issues and providing actionable suggestions. Use this after drafting to catch legal gaps, missing clauses, or potential risks before sharing the document.
Generates targeted, in-line suggestions based on a specific objective you provide. For example, you might ask it to “make the limitation of liability clause more favourable to us” or “add GDPR-specific data processing language”. Suggestions appear as tracked changes you can accept or reject.
Rewrites your document based on new requirements or a different direction. Provide your objective (e.g. “re-draft this as an internal policy rather than a customer-facing document”) and Parachute generates a new version while preserving the core content.
Add comments to any part of a document by selecting text and clicking the comment icon. Comments support @mentions - type @ followed by a team member’s name to notify them directly.
Use comments to:
- Flag sections that need review from a colleague
- Ask questions about specific clauses
- Leave feedback on draft language
- Coordinate with your team on revisions
Comments are visible to all team members with access to the document, and @mentioned users receive a notification.
When working in a thread alongside a document, you can highlight any section of the document to pull it into the AI conversation as context. Select the text you want to reference and it will be included in your next message to the AI.
This is useful when you want the AI to:
- Explain a specific clause
- Suggest improvements to a particular section
- Check whether a highlighted provision conflicts with your knowledge base
- Draft alternative language for a selected paragraph
In any thread or chat, type @ to search and reference documents from your knowledge base. When you reference a knowledge base document, its content is pulled into the conversation as context for the AI.
For example, you might reference your existing privacy policy while drafting a new data processing agreement, so the AI can ensure consistency between the two documents.
Every significant change to a document is tracked in the version history. You can:
- View previous versions - see how the document has evolved over time
- Compare versions - see what changed between any two versions
- Restore a previous version - roll back to an earlier version if needed
Version history is automatic - you don’t need to manually save versions.
Export any document as a .docx file by clicking Export > Word. The exported file preserves formatting, headings, and structure. This is useful for sharing documents with external stakeholders who don’t use Parachute, or for final sign-off workflows that require Word format.
Export any document as a PDF by clicking Export > PDF. PDFs are useful for archiving finalised documents or sharing read-only copies.
A single thread can contain multiple documents. When you have more than one document in a thread, you can switch between them using the document tabs at the top of the editor.
This is useful for related documents that share context - for example, a privacy policy and its associated data processing agreement. The AI has access to all documents in the thread, so it can reference one document while you’re working on another.
Use the search bar to find documents, threads, and knowledge base content across your organisation. Search works across:
- Document titles and content - find documents by keyword
- Thread messages - search past conversations
- Knowledge base - locate uploaded policies and reference materials
- AI document drafting - how to generate documents with AI
- Document review - automated multi-stage review
- AI modes - choose the right AI mode for your work
- Tips and tricks - best practices for getting the most out of Parachute
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