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Contexts are knowledge documents that provide background information about your project. They help Claude understand the bigger picture when answering your questions.

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What to Put in a Context

Anything that gives Claude useful background about your case:
  • Case strategy — your legal theories and approach
  • Key facts — the core facts of the dispute or matter
  • Party relationships — who the parties are and how they relate to each other
  • Procedural history — where the case stands and what has happened so far

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Creating and Updating Contexts

You can create contexts yourself from the project’s Contexts page, or ask Claude to create one. For example, “create a context document summarizing the background facts of this case.” Contexts can be updated at any time as your understanding of the case evolves. Both you and Claude can edit them.

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How Claude Uses Contexts

When you chat with Claude about your project, it can read your contexts to inform its answers. The more relevant background you provide, the more useful Claude’s analysis will be.