The deadline is real, the case is vital, and you know what you need to accomplish. But sometimes, translating knowledge into actual, actionable words feels impossible.
Call it what you will—writer's block, analysis paralysis, the blank canvas problem—but it's one of the most universal challenges in everyday work. And it's not limited to drafting briefs or memos, either. In a new world of AI, the pain of not knowing where to start bleeds into providing generative AI review instructions through prompting, too.
Our most productive work usually happens when we build on existing frameworks, iterate on proven concepts, or adapt solutions that have worked before. So, when we heard from Relativity aiR for Review customers who were spending too much time developing their prompts from scratch, we knew we could make the process easier and more effective for them.
Adopting generative AI in legal workflows can sometimes feel like adding more to an already full plate. Review teams are busy, and learning a new skill—especially one as open-ended as “prompt engineering”—can be a barrier. That’s why we built aiR for Review’s prompt kickstarter: to reduce friction and make gen AI adoption feel intuitive, not burdensome.
By leveraging background documents, this new feature in Relativity aiR for Review uses AI to craft your initial prompt criteria for you, so you can move from “Where do I start?” to “Let’s get perfecting” in record time.
How Does aiR’s Prompt Kickstarter Work?
aiR for Review’s new prompt kickstarter capabilities make getting started simple by using the materials your case team already has on hand: complaints, requests for production, internal memos, review protocols. Instead of starting from empty inputs, you can upload a few of these documents to serve as the foundation for AI to automatically generate a first draft of your prompt criteria.
Just add a touch of context about the scope of the matter (no heavy setup required), and then drop your files into the upload window, click Draft, and watch aiR for Review do the work. Within minutes, aiR creates a structured prompt criteria draft that’s grounded in your case’s actual context—ready for refinement and action.
No matter what type of review you’re conducting, aiR’s prompt kickstarter can help. Whether you're identifying relevant material, reviewing an incoming production, or analyzing issues during an investigation, this feature can generate a draft prompt tailored to your specific project.
Those core documents? Whether you’re starting with a complaint, DSAR request, or request for production, prompt kickstarter can use them to help you create a case overview, craft descriptions of key individuals, draft organizational context, and identify relevant terminology, all to help you begin to address the task at hand.
Instead of manually drafting definitions for each case issue—a process that can be inconsistent and time-consuming—aiR for Review’s prompt kickstarter will also be able to analyze the content and produce clear, structured definitions for up to ten issues, grounded in the language and logic of your case materials. These definitions reduce ambiguity, improve consistency and make issue tracking easier across your data set.
Simple Setup and Smarter Output for Generative AI in Document Review
Aligning on what is important and how to tag documents can take hours of back and forth. aiR for Review’s prompt kickstarter makes this pain a thing of the past by providing a structured perspective on what matters most. The result? Speedy onboarding and a lower barrier to entry for those involved in your AI-powered review process.
While testing out prompt kickstarter, our customers have experienced smoother handoffs between roles and a noticeable drop in the time spent clarifying prompt criteria. In fact, aiR’s prompt kickstarter has singlehandedly decreased the time required for prompt creation by 10x across aiR for Review users. By uploading a few documents and using AI to craft inputs, RelativityOne users have shaved days—sometimes weeks—off their prompt creation and iteration time, no deep prompt engineering required.
That, of course, is on top of the time they’re already saving by using aiR for Review instead of alternative methods.
And because the output is grounded in your case materials, prompt kickstarter is not just fast—it’s accurate. Its draft prompts, based on background documents and written in optimized language, set aiR for Review up for success, but are also designed to be refined by lawyers and SMEs with expertise on a specific project.
On top of being a valuable starting point, they shed light on what’s important in a matter and can lead to early insights that help tailor a review project moving forward. It’s a true human + AI collaboration: the AI lays the groundwork, and your team adds the nuance, leading to faster output, fewer false positives, and better alignment from start to finish.
Now It’s Your Turn to Try!
aiR for Review’s prompt kickstarter capabilities mark an exciting leap forward—helping teams move from background materials to accurate and actionable prompt criteria in moments. By turning case documents into smart starting points, it lowers the barrier to entry, saves hours of manual drafting, and helps teams get to meaningful results faster.
We’re thrilled to say that customers are already putting it to work and loving it:
- “I found prompt kickstarter very useful for prompt creation. What would have taken 30 minutes to create can now be done in less than a minute. It’s incredible!” – Danny Chan, Senior e-Discovery Case Manager & LDI Architect, Miller Thomson
- "aiR for Review’s prompt kickstarter was exactly what we needed... the legal team couldn't believe it was able to generate the prompt based off a few documents so fast. At one point, the team started laughing because it was that good. They were quite impressed.” – Jose Gonzalez, Practice Support Manager, Shutts & Bowen
- "The kickstarter tool provided a near-instantaneous first draft of a prompt with the right tone and plain language that future drafters or editors can adopt. This tool will free up our team’s time to focus on more complex fact investigation work." – Elizabeth Gary, eData Associate, Morgan Lewis
Now it’s your turn to see what prompt kickstarter can unlock for your team: the feature is live for all aiR for Review users right now.
Interested in learning more? Reach out here to request an aiR for Review product demo or check out our new e-book, The Legal Professional’s Guide to Prompt Engineering, to read about how prompting is actively reshaping the practice of law.
Graphics for this article were created by Natalie Andrews.
