Where Cedent's answers come from

Cedent is source-grounded. When it tells you something, summarizes a case, or drafts a reply, it is working from your actual email and documents — not from general knowledge or guesswork. Just as important, it shows you what each answer rests on, so you can check it yourself. This is what lets you rely on Cedent without taking it on faith.

Everything traces back to a source

Facts in the synopsis carry the email or document they came from, and a sense of how trustworthy that source is. A date from a certified court order carries more weight than the same date mentioned offhand in an email.
Timeline entries link back to the email or document that produced them.
The daily brief tells you how many items it drew from and, by opening the matter, you can see exactly which ones.
Drafts are built from the facts on the matter, which in turn trace back to their sources — so a reply is grounded in the record, not improvised.

Why this matters

Because Cedent reads your real correspondence rather than a separate copy, it can always point you to the original. That means you are never asked to trust an answer on faith, and you are never left wondering where a number or a date came from. The summary is a shortcut to the record — not a replacement for it.

How to verify Cedent’s work

When something looks important or surprising, check it against the source:

Open the matter and find the synopsis fact, timeline entry, or line in the brief in question.
Follow it back to the email or document it came from.
Confirm it reads the way Cedent summarized it. If it does not, you can correct it — and your correction becomes the authoritative version, outranking what Cedent inferred.

For example, if a brief mentions a hearing date that surprises you, open the matter, find the date on the synopsis or timeline, and click through to the court notice behind it. Either it confirms the date or you have caught a discrepancy worth resolving.

When Cedent does not know

If the answer is not in your email and documents, Cedent does not make one up. It tells you it does not have the information rather than guessing. That is the trade-off of being source-grounded: narrower, but trustworthy. A blank is Cedent being honest about the limits of what it has seen — usually a sign the source has not been filed to the matter yet.

Common questions

What if the source itself is wrong? Cedent reports what the source says; judging whether the source is right is yours to do. When you correct a fact, your version becomes authoritative and Cedent stops deferring to the original.

Why won’t Cedent answer a question about my case? Most often because the answer is not in the email and documents on that matter. If the relevant message is sitting in your triage inbox, filing it to the matter gives Cedent what it needs.

Does Cedent use outside legal knowledge to fill gaps? For the facts of your case, no — it works from your matter’s own record and tells you when it does not have something, rather than filling the gap from general knowledge.