Harvey
An AI platform made for law firms, used for research, document review, and drafting.
The fuller definition
Harvey is an AI software platform focused on legal and professional-services work, with products for tasks such as working with documents and researching questions.
- Documents
Authorized record
- Platform
Legal work tools
- Work product
Output requiring review
A simplified relationship, not a screenshot or a complete design.
A concrete example
A legal team uses an available document-analysis workflow to extract candidate information for review.
The distinction that matters
Harvey is a platform, not a synonym for a single foundation model. Features depend on the actual account and product configuration.
Related terms
Application
The app or website you actually use, like ChatGPT or Claude. It wraps around the model and decides what files, searches, and tools the model gets.
Documents & retrievalRAG — Retrieval-augmented generation
Letting the model look things up in your documents before answering, and show where the answer came from. Like an open-book exam.
Reliability & securityEvaluation (eval)
Testing an AI tool on a set of tasks to see how well it actually does.
Where it is taught
Choose an AI tool around the work productSource and further reading
Harvey · Product overviewThe definition and example are written for this library. The link gives background, official documentation or legal authority as labelled. Legal scope depends on the jurisdiction and current text; product features depend on release and settings.