Getting Started

Getting Started

Requirements

• A Microsoft 365 account and Word (Windows desktop, Mac desktop, or Word on the web).
• Office.js requirement floor WordApi 1.6.
• The Vaquill AI backend for the hosted add-in (the upcoming BYOK community edition removes this; see Architecture).

How to use it

Once the add-in is loaded, it opens on the Assistant tab.

• Ask a question. Type into the composer and send. You get a grounded answer with numbered sources; click a citation to jump to its source, then Copy or Insert the answer.
• Make a change. Switch the composer to Edit, describe the change ("cap the confidentiality term at three years and add the standard carve-outs"), and review the redline cards. Accept or reject each; ask a follow-up to refine the set.
• Review a contract. Open the Review tab, confirm the detected type and side, and run it. Work through the redlines, watch the sign-off gate, then apply in place or download a corrected .docx.
• Draft something new. Open Draft, describe the agreement, and insert it.
• Finalize. Use Tools to make a clean copy, redact, or run the send-ready check before the document leaves your desk.

Every AI change applies as a native Word tracked change, so you accept or reject it through Word's own Review controls, and the counterparty can do the same in their copy.

For the full list of what each tab does, see Features.

Developers

To build, run, and sideload the add-in locally, see Development.