Definely – the contract technology company used by law firms and in-house teams including A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May, Troutman Pepper Locke, Samsung and KPMG – has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling lawyers to call Definely’s specialist review tools from directly inside their enterprise AI environments.
As the volume of AI-generated drafting threatens to outstrip the speed of human review, expert judgement has never been more critical, and asking an AI to check itself should not be a solution for clients, risk committees and courts. Definely says that its MCP closes this gap by equipping lawyers with an objective, deterministic baseline for review. Definely treats contracts as structured objects. The MCP uses Definely’s tools to deliver repeatable results and the output is auditable in a way that a generative model’s review of its own work cannot be.
“Generative AI can benefit from tools offering structured analysis, much like the way they might use a calculator tool for maths,” said Shima Rashidi, head of AI at Definely. “The Definely MCP connects Enterprise AI platforms to our structured review tools, allowing the AI to report verifiable facts, providing the repeatable and auditable results that human accountability demands in the legal sector.”
The calculator analogy is deliberately chosen. Just as a language model should not be trusted to perform arithmetic from first principles when a calculator is available, Definely argues it should not be trusted to validate its own structural outputs when a purpose-built tool can do it with certainty.
Troutman Pepper Locke, which has deployed Definely alongside its proprietary Enterprise AI agent Athena, welcomed the MCP launch, with Max Gladstone, director of innovation solutions, observing: “With near-universal adoption of Athena, our Enterprise AI agent, Troutman Pepper Locke continues to build strong momentum in leveraging AI to drive better client outcomes and improved attorney experience. Our partnership with Definely and their MCP advances that effort, enabling more seamless, connected workflows across the legal technology landscape.”
