Harvey AI has rolled out Firm Knowledge, a new enterprise search feature designed to help legal teams locate and leverage institutional data scattered across document management systems, emails, and contract lifecycle management tools.

The platform addresses a persistent headache in legal operations: valuable expertise trapped in fragmented systems where finding the right precedent or past negotiation can eat hours of billable time.

What It Actually Does

Firm Knowledge lets users run natural language queries across connected company resources. Ask something like “show all indemnity provisions from relevant deals in the last 24 months and any related communications,” and Harvey surfaces structured results with summaries rather than a raw document dump.

The system maintains permission-aware architecture, meaning associates only see what they’re authorized to access. Ethical walls stay intact across matters—a critical requirement for firms handling competing clients.

Three integration paths are available: native connections to existing file storage, API access for programmatic data feeds, and upcoming Model Context Protocol support slated for later this year.

Practical Applications

Harvey positions the tool around three use cases. For due diligence, teams can pull information from multiple sources without manually reviewing each document. New associates can query matter history to get up to speed faster. And firms looking to productize their expertise can embed Harvey’s capabilities into client-facing tools for higher-volume, lower-margin work.

That last point hints at where legal AI is heading—not just internal efficiency gains, but new revenue models built on structured proprietary knowledge.

The Bigger Picture

Knowledge management has long been the unsexy cousin of legal tech. Most firms know their institutional knowledge represents a strategic asset, but actually making it discoverable has proven difficult. The knowledge-based theory of the firm treats such expertise as both valuable and scarce—which means tools that unlock it carry real competitive implications.

Harvey’s approach tackles the distinction between tacit knowledge (the stuff partners carry in their heads) and explicit knowledge (what’s actually written down). By connecting communications to artifacts to final agreements, the platform attempts to capture context that pure document search misses.

Existing Harvey customers can contact their account teams for access details. The company is also accepting demo requests from prospective clients.

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