Fear 1
It emails a client something wrong.
Client dispatch is a gated capability. The AI can draft the update, but it cannot send it. A lawyer approves first, and the approval is recorded.
For law firms
Your team drafts client updates, runs intake, extracts deadlines, and reconciles billing all day. Nothing reaches a client, a calendar, or a trust ledger without a lawyer's approval.
And every action leaves a signed record that proves a lawyer stayed in control. Not proof that you used AI. Proof that you supervised it.
Most firms are not afraid AI gives a wrong answer in a chat window. They are afraid of what happens when it acts on its own.
Fear 1
Client dispatch is a gated capability. The AI can draft the update, but it cannot send it. A lawyer approves first, and the approval is recorded.
Fear 2
Deadline extraction runs on every matter document, and a calendar write is gated behind your approval. You get the date and the proof it was surfaced, not a silent miss.
Fear 3
AgentGuard runs on your own model key and never sees the content of a matter. It governs what the agent is allowed to do, not what it reads. Your data stays in your runtime.
Proof of control, not proof of AI
A chat history shows that you used AI. A supervision receipt shows that a lawyer stayed responsible: who reviewed the work, what capability the agent was granted, whether a human approved before anything left the firm, and which policy was in force. It is signed, tamper-evident, and verifiable by anyone you hand it to, with the content itself never stored.
It maps to the duties the ABA's 2024 guidance puts on a lawyer using generative AI:
Every teammate starts read-only. Anything that touches a client, a calendar, or a trust ledger has to earn a higher capability, and earning it is recorded.
| Capability | What it allows | What it cannot do |
|---|---|---|
| READ_ONLY | Classify, summarize, extract deadlines, reconcile billing, prepare a packet. | Send a client email. Touch the trust ledger. |
| TRANSACT | Prepare a dispatch-ready draft that still waits for a lawyer's approval. | Move trust funds. Change a policy. |
| ADMIN | Trust-account actions, retention changes, capability grants. | Dispatch to a client without review. |
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