Reading is optional now
Most documents are read for one reason: to find the two sentences that matter to you. The notice period in a lease. The liability cap in a contract. The method section in a paper. Chatting with the document skips the search: you ask, the AI reads everything and points you to the answer.
Under the hood the full document text is provided to the model together with your question, so the answer reflects what your file says rather than what similar documents usually say. That distinction is everything when the question is about your specific terms, numbers and dates.
Questions people actually ask
- "What happens if I terminate this agreement early?"
- "What are my obligations under section 6?"
- "Does this insurance policy cover water damage?"
- "Which deadlines does this letter set and when?"
- "Explain the indemnification clause like I am not a lawyer."
For a document you will query repeatedly, or several documents at once, the vault is the better home: files stay stored encrypted and one question searches all of them. For a one-off overview instead of specific answers, the summarizer condenses the whole file, and for contracts the contract analyzer runs a structured risk review.