What Is Gavel Exec? - Gavel

Gavel Exec Overview

Gavel Exec is the AI-powered suite built for transactional attorneys. It runs as a panel inside Microsoft Word and now on the web at exec.gavel.io, so you get accurate, legally-trained contract analysis and redlining wherever you work — without switching applications. Whether you’re reviewing a first draft, responding to counterparty redlines, benchmarking a clause against market standards, or running batch analysis across a portfolio of contracts, Gavel Exec helps you work faster and more consistently on every deal.

How Gavel Exec Works

Gavel Exec is available on two surfaces. Your projects, playbooks, and context carry across both.

• Gavel Exec for Word — A panel that runs inside Microsoft Word. Draft, redline, and review contracts without leaving your document.
• Gavel Exec for Web — A full-featured legal AI platform at exec.gavel.io. Access all Word add-in capabilities plus web-only tools like Batch Analysis, Market Benchmarking, and multi-document review.

Modes

Gavel Exec operates in two primary modes:

• Chat Mode — Talk to Gavel Exec like an assistant. Ask it to redline, draft, summarize, or flag legal issues in the open document through a conversational interface.
• Playbook Mode — Apply a structured set of rules to review and redline a document. Use Gavel’s built-in playbooks or create your own to enforce consistent positions across every deal.

Both modes support Projects, which let you attach firm-specific documents and standing instructions so the AI always operates with the right context for a deal.

Key Use Cases

Available in Both Word and Web

1. Asking questions and getting summaries: Ask Gavel Exec to explain terms, surface risks, or summarize any section of the document.

   • “What are the key obligations in this section?”
   • “Summarize the indemnification clause in client-friendly terms.”
   • “Which clauses relate to termination?”

2. Revising clauses or drafting new language: Highlight text and ask Gavel Exec to rewrite or improve it using legally-trained, domain-specific AI.

   • “Make this clause more buyer-friendly.”
   • “Draft a limitation of liability clause in the same style as this paragraph.”

3. Redlining documents: Generate redlines based on specific instructions or reference documents. Proposed redlines appear in the chat for your review — use Apply All to accept them, then accept or reject individually in Microsoft Word.

   • “Redline this clause to reflect seller-side positions.”
   • “Apply redlines consistent with a strong investor preference.”

4. Evaluating counterparty redlines: Use the Summarize Redlines Quick Action to review accepted redlines, then ask Gavel Exec whether to accept, reject, or counter each one.

5. Long-form drafting: Draft documents from scratch or from a precedent, grounded in legal data and market standards.

Available in Gavel Exec for Web

• Batch Analysis: Run analysis on key terms across a stack of contracts and get a structured, tabular view of the results. Built for due diligence, lease portfolios, vendor reviews, and policy audits. Can also draft memoranda summarizing major issues.
• Market Benchmarking: Benchmark a clause or an entire document against market standards across corporate transactional and commercial contract categories, with segmentation by industry and company size.
• Multi-document analysis: Drop in multiple documents at once and get comparative analysis across them, with citations back to each source.

Adding Context to Your Prompts

You can attach additional context to any prompt by clicking the + button in the bottom-left of the Exec chat window:

• Upload a file — Add a related document (such as an LOI or term sheet) to give the AI more background on your deal.
• Scope to selected text — Highlight text in the document first, then select this option to limit changes to that selection.

In Gavel Exec for Web, you can also drop in multiple files at once for comparative review.

Using Projects

Project selection helps scope Chat Mode and Quick Actions to specific deals. Projects attach multiple documents and standing instructions so the AI always has the right context — useful for recurring clients or complex transactions. Projects are accessible across both the Word add-in and the web platform.