Two Types of Legal Work, One Agentic Platform | Harvey

This post introduces a distinction between two types of legal work handled by Harvey's agentic platform: repeatable work (e.g., contract checklists, regulatory monitoring, term extraction) and complex, long-horizon work (e.g., analyzing contract suites, drafting memos, end-to-end diligence). For repeatable work, agents follow structured, consistent steps at scale. For complex work, agents collaborate with lawyers by generating plans for review, pausing for high-stakes decisions, and providing a transparent record of work and judgment calls. This evolution is driven by foundation models' improved ability to sustain complex reasoning over longer tasks and produce higher-quality outputs with less variance. The platform's infrastructure, governance, and compounding knowledge support both modes of execution.