How drafting works — staging, trust scores, and review

When Cedent prepares something for you — a reply to opposing counsel, a court form, a letter — it does not send or file it. It places the draft in your Drafts queue, marked for review. Nothing leaves this queue without your approval. The queue is the heart of how Cedent stays approval-gated: it does the drafting, you make the call.

What Cedent drafts

Email replies to case correspondence. Cedent writes the body; the recipient, subject, and thread come straight from the email it is replying to, so you are not re-addressing anything.
Court forms — California family-law forms such as the FL-150 — filled in from the facts already on the matter.
Letters and other documents — correspondence and case documents prepared from the matter record.

Where drafts come from

A draft can appear a few ways, all of which end in the same review queue:

As Cedent works a case — when it reads new email and sees a routine reply or a form is warranted, it prepares one.
From a suggested action in the daily brief — clicking “File response” or “Request extension” sends that request into the matter chat, which produces a draft.
When you ask — request a reply or a form in the matter chat and the result lands in your queue.

However it starts, the draft waits for you. Cedent generating a draft is never the same as acting on it.

The trust score

Each draft card shows a trust score — Cedent’s own confidence in the draft, shown so you know how closely to look before approving.

A high score means the draft is complete and well-supported — for example a court form with every required field filled from verified facts, or a reply that draws on clear, well-sourced information.
A lower score means something is missing or unverified — a form with blank required fields, or a draft built on facts Cedent is less sure of. It is a signal to look harder and fill the gaps before you approve.

A trust score is a prompt for your attention, not a verdict. A high score does not mean approve without reading, and a low score does not mean the draft is wrong — it means Cedent could not fully stand behind it on its own. Every draft is yours to review regardless of its score.

Drafts are versioned

When you edit a draft, Cedent keeps the previous version, so nothing you change is ever lost. The draft’s history shows each version and where it came from:

Cedent’s original draft,
an edit by you or a colleague — with who made it and when, and
a fresh redraft when Cedent generates a new version.

You can restore any earlier version at any time. Restoring adds the old content back as a new version rather than wiping out what came after, so you can move back and forth without losing history. If two people open the same draft at once, Cedent flags the clash rather than letting one edit quietly overwrite the other.

Common questions

Where did this draft come from? A draft is produced as Cedent works a case, when you act on a suggested action in a brief, or when you ask for one in the matter chat. The card stays in your queue until you act on it.

Can I trust a high score and approve without reading? No. A high trust score means the draft is complete and well-supported, but you are the one accountable for what goes out. The score tells you how hard to look, not whether to look.

Will a draft ever send itself if I ignore it? Never. A draft sits in the queue indefinitely until you approve, edit, or reject it. Nothing is sent or filed automatically.