Celsus User Guide

Getting Started

A short orientation to the Celsus workspace, case model, and composer modes.

What Celsus is

Celsus is a case-centric legal workspace.

It combines:

a case timeline for lawyer notes and workflow events
document scope controls
bounded AI actions for research, review, and drafting

It is not a generic chatbot and it is not intended to replace legal judgment.

The main parts of the workspace

Cases: active matters and case-specific work
Shared Spaces: firm-wide spaces such as Chambers
Private Discussions: direct or small-group discussions
Issues: focused sub-questions or thread-style workstreams

Your first steps

Sign in.
Open the relevant case.
Read the recent case notes and issue threads.
Check which documents and authorities are already in scope.
Decide whether you need to add a case note or run Celsus.

The composer modes

The composer has distinct modes:

Case note
Research
Review
Draft

Use Case note when you want to record something in the matter timeline.

Use Research, Review, or Draft when you want Celsus to run a bounded AI task.

Basic rule

Ordinary notes remain part of the case record.

AI actions should be explicit, scoped, and reviewable.