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Documentation

Everything 8rney does,written down.

Research, matters, canvas workflows, document intelligence, and bulk ingestion — the full guide, organised the way you actually work.

Core

The working loop

Chat, import, read, write — the four moves that make up almost every session.

Chat

Assistant controls, jurisdictions, citations, and response behavior.

Import

Library, matter, canvas, and inline import paths.

Read

Extraction, OCR fallback, summarization, chunking, and indexing.

Write

Live canvas editing and matter draft workflows.

Platform

What runs underneath

Retrieval, citations, parsing, embeddings, auth, and quotas.

Search

Workspace retrieval + Azure AI Search + web retrieval.

Citations

Structured source objects and authority-backed responses.

Parsing & OCR

PDF, DOCX, TXT/MD parsing with OCR fallback support.

Embeddings

OpenAI / Azure embeddings for semantic retrieval pipelines.

Auth & Integrations

Email/password auth, Drive retrieval, and workspace connectors.

Plans & Quotas

Basic vs Pro access and Deep Thinking query limits.

Collaboration

Working as a team

Matter workspaces, linked research, the shared library, and bulk ingestion.

Matter Workspaces

Documents, analysis, research, and drafts per matter.

Research Linking

Attach research outputs to preserve context and citations.

Library Layer

Unified searchable repository for personal and matter files.

Ingestion Console

Queue, tags, status, and chunk visibility for bulk ingestion.

Tutorials

Walk through it once

  1. 01First Research Query
  2. 02Matter-Centric Workflow
  3. 03Canvas Review Workflow
  4. 04Build Your Legal Library
  5. 05Bulk Ingestion with 8rneyDocs

Integrations

Bring your documents from where they already live

Connected sources go through the same extraction, OCR, and indexing pipeline as direct uploads.

Google DriveMicrosoft OutlookSharePointOneDriveDropboxGmail