General AI assistants and MCP
Ulpian, ChatGPT, Claude and your own agents
Many lawyers already use a general AI assistant. The problem lies in how it is used: a matter pasted into a conversation, with no access rules and no record. Ulpian offers two routes. Its own assistant works on your matters. And its MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT or your agents connect to Ulpian with the same rights and approvals as a member of the firm.
What you will see in Ulpian
Fictitious matter, sample data.
Claude, ChatGPT or your legal AI tool, connected to your matters with your rights
Ulpian supports MCP (Model Context Protocol), the open standard that lets an AI assistant connect to other software. Claude, ChatGPT or any compatible legal AI tool connects to the firm through a personal token: it sees what you see, and its proposals arrive in the same decision inbox. Choose an assistant.
Claude proposes 40 minutes on the Acme matter.
The token can be revoked at any time from the account settings.
The path of a request
What happens when someone at the firm asks the AI a question. Switch between a local model and an external provider to see what changes.
03 Your keys, your provider and your processing region, or a local model that stays in your infrastructure.
With an external provider, identifiers are pseudonymised before anything leaves, to the provider and region you chose.
What these assistants do well
- 01
Versatility
They answer almost anything, write well and are already installed on the team's computers.
- 02
Habit
Your associates know how to use them and do not want to change interface.
| General AI assistants and MCP | Tool in this category | Ulpian |
|---|---|---|
| Access to your matters | By copy and paste | Through the MCP server, with a personal token and your rights |
| Ethical walls | No | Applied to the assistant as to an associate |
| Approval before sending | No | Proposals arrive in the firm's decision inbox |
| Record of calls | In the person's account | In the firm's audit log |
| Pseudonymisation | No | Identifiers can be replaced by tokens before the external call |
What the MCP server allows
- Your teams keep the assistant they know and work on Ulpian's matters.
- The assistant uses the same tools as a member of the firm, with the rights of the person connected.
- Its proposals arrive in the same decision inbox as those of Ulpian's agents.
What the firm keeps in hand
- Who is allowed to connect, and each person's token, revocable at any time.
- Approval of everything sent to a client, a court or a bank.
Statuses reflect the platform as it is today.
MCP server
AvailableClaude, ChatGPT, your legal AI tool or your own agents connect to Ulpian through MCP, the open standard, with the same tools, rights and approvals as a member of the firm.
Open the workspaceLegal assistant
AvailableIt reads your matters with your access rights, cites its sources, drafts and proposes items to approve. It opens in a panel on the page you are on.
Open the workspaceDecision inbox
AvailableEvery agent proposal arrives in one place. You accept, correct or reject, and the decision is logged.
Open the workspaceEthical walls
AvailableA walled matter stays invisible to people and agents without access, including in AI answers.
Open the workspaceAudit log
AvailableWho did what, on which matter, and which AI was called with which model.
Open the workspace
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Claude, ChatGPT or another AI tool with my matters?
Yes, with any AI assistant or legal AI tool that supports MCP (Model Context Protocol), the open standard for connecting AI tools, through Ulpian's MCP server and a personal token. These tools reach the same functions as you, with your rights, and their proposals land in the same decision inbox.
Is my data used to train a model?
With Ulpian's assistant, no: your documents and queries are not used to train any model. With an external assistant connected through MCP, its vendor's terms apply to what it receives; check them with your IT team.
See it on a matter that looks like yours
The diagnostic shows you in three minutes where your firm loses time. The call shows you Ulpian on a typical matter, in twenty-five minutes.