zgbrenner builds a draft export that won't touch your text

Drafts now leave the tool as Word or Markdown files - copied out word for word, with a deliberate promise not to scrub them.

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zgbrenner added a way to pull finished drafts out as Word documents or Markdown files, each stamped with a header: matter name, task, date, and a reminder that a lawyer still needs to review it.

The interesting decision is what the export deliberately doesn't do. It copies your draft out verbatim - never editing, redacting, or rewriting - so if a piece of legal analysis happens to discuss something technical, that text survives intact. At the same time, the exporter promises never to inject anything of its own that resembles a leaked password or key. Both halves of that guarantee are tested, not just asserted. There's also a small bit of polish: the download option only shows up for substantial answers, not throwaway one-liners like "Done."

So what Worth a look if you're building a path to move AI drafts into a lawyer's hands - the "don't touch the text" invariant is the part to study, not the file plumbing.

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SHA	Subject	Author	Date
`cc41294b`	Merge pull request #1 from foolish-bandit/claude/gary-us-simplification-AjDDT	Zack Brenner	2026-05-19	↗ GitHub
Add Copy Draft, Markdown, and Word export for Gary's AI outputs
`b4345deb`	feat: add Copy Draft, Markdown, and Word export for AI outputs	Claude	2026-05-19	↗ GitHub
commit body Adds three export actions below every Gary assistant response so U.S. lawyers can move drafts into Word, email, or their own templates in one click: - "Copy Draft" - clipboard copy with HTML + Markdown payloads so paste into Word preserves headings and bullets; plain-English status text. - "Download Markdown" - `.md` file with safe filename like `contract-review-draft-2026-05-19.md`, wrapped with a short title block (matter, Saved Legal Task, date) and an attorney-review reminder. - "Download Word Draft" - `.docx` via the already-installed `docx` package; preserves headings, paragraphs, bullets, and simple GFM tables; ends with a short footer note. Helpers live in `frontend/src/lib/exportDraft.ts` and are reused by both the standalone assistant chat and the per-matter chat. Exports include only the assistant's prose - internal events, tool calls, IDs, and annotations are intentionally excluded. Adds focused tests in `exportDraft.test.ts` covering filename safety, header content, attorney-review reminder, no API-key/internal-ID leakage, and clipboard failure messaging. Updates the U.S. lawyer setup guide with a "Copying or Downloading Drafts" section, and extends the terminology map.
`347a4240`	fix: hide export row on very short replies; clarify no-scrub invariant	Claude	2026-05-19	↗ GitHub
commit body - AssistantMessage: only render Copy Draft / Download Markdown / Download Word Draft when the assistant's prose is at least 200 characters. Tiny conversational replies like "Done." or "I need more information." stay uncluttered. - exportDraft: document explicitly that the wrapper preserves AI content verbatim and never scrubs or redacts. The invariant we guard is the inverse - nothing the wrapper adds should introduce credential-shaped tokens. - exportDraft.test: add a positive test confirming that legitimate legal text discussing "API key" rotation or "Bearer token" authentication is preserved unchanged in the export.

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