Orient: what LegalWork is and how it's built
The fastest path from "never seen this repo" to knowing what the product does, the rules you build under, and how the UI is structured.
LegalWork
A local computer-use agent for law firms, from Eigenwelt Labs. Point it at a folder of documents and ask in plain English — it reads, drafts, and redlines them on your own machine, using the model you connect. Everything stays owned by the firm.
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What it does
- Review & redline contracts as tracked changes, right in Word.
- Tabular review — extract terms across many documents into a sourced grid.
- Draft briefs, memos, contracts, and engagement letters.
- Bring your own model — AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or any provider. Your data is only ever shared with the model you choose.
- Runs on this machine by default; connect a remote worker only when you want to.
- Extend it with skills, plugins, and MCP connectors, managed in Settings → Extensions and shared across every workspace.
Develop
Requirements: Node.js + pnpm@10.27.0, Bun 1.3.9+, the Rust toolchain (Tauri), and the opencode CLI on PATH. macOS needs Xcode Command Line Tools; Linux needs the WebKitGTK 4.1 dev packages.
pnpm install
pnpm dev # desktop app (isolated dev engine state)
pnpm dev:ui # web UI only
Checks: pnpm typecheck · pnpm build · pnpm test:e2e.
Contributing
Read AGENTS.md first. Run pnpm install, then verify with pnpm typecheck and pnpm test:e2e before opening a PR.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.