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+# AI Legal Suite: Project Motivation and Vision
+
+## 1. Introduction
+
+This document captures the reasoning, vision, and discussion behind the creation of the **AI Legal Suite**.  
+It serves as a reference for current contributors and any future maintainers, explaining the “why” behind the project, its goals, and the decisions made so far.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Why Build AI Legal Suite?
+
+### 2.1. Challenges in the Legal Domain
+
+- **Volume & Complexity of Legal Documents:**  
+  Legal professionals face overwhelming amounts of documents, contracts, evidence, and case law, making manual analysis slow and error-prone.
+
+- **Repetitive, High-Stakes Tasks:**  
+  Many legal workflows (e.g. document review, due diligence, compliance checks) are repetitive but require precision, and mistakes can be costly.
+
+- **Knowledge Gaps & Accessibility:**  
+  Not all legal teams have access to the latest AI tools or resources, especially smaller firms or pro bono efforts.
+
+- **Slow Adoption of Automation:**  
+  The legal industry lags behind others in automating routine tasks and leveraging AI for knowledge extraction and workflow efficiency.
+
+---
+
+### 2.2. The Opportunity for AI
+
+- **Natural Language Processing (NLP):**  
+  Hugging Face models and LLMs can extract meaning, summarize text, answer questions, and even draft documents.
+
+- **Workflow Automation:**  
+  GitHub Apps and bots can integrate AI into the legal workflow, automating repetitive processes and reducing human error.
+
+- **Chain-of-Thought & Reasoning:**  
+  Libraries like LangChain allow chaining together multiple AI steps, emulating legal reasoning and evidence analysis.
+
+---
+
+### 2.3. Vision for AI Legal Suite
+
+- **Multi-Purpose Legal Agent:**  
+  A Python-based, highly extensible bot that can analyze legal text, support research, extract evidence, answer questions, and automate document processing.
+
+- **Accessible to All:**  
+  Easy to install (pip + Python), open and modular, with low entry barriers for teams of all sizes.
+
+- **Secure & Auditable:**  
+  Operates through a GitHub App, never exposing sensitive credentials or data, and with clear security policies.
+
+- **Human-in-the-Loop (but Minimal):**  
+  Designed for “AI-first” operation—human input is only needed for oversight, not for repetitive or error-prone tasks.
+
+---
+
+## 3. What Will AI Legal Suite Do?
+
+- **Legal Document Summarization:**  
+  Automatically summarize contracts, evidence, and case law using Hugging Face models.
+
+- **Q&A and Research:**  
+  Instantly answer legal questions based on provided context or documents.
+
+- **Evidence Extraction & Chain-of-Reasoning:**  
+  Extract facts and support multi-step reasoning for case preparation or compliance.
+
+- **GitHub Integration:**  
+  Automate issues, PRs, or document management in legal projects.
+
+- **Extensible Platform:**  
+  Easily add new “skills” (modules) as legal needs evolve.
+
+---
+
+## 4. Why Open Source?
+
+- **Transparency:**  
+  Legal automation must be auditable and trustworthy. Open source allows peer review and improvement.
+
+- **Collaboration:**  
+  The legal tech community can contribute new features, review code, and adapt the suite to new use cases.
+
+- **Lowering Barriers:**  
+  Smaller orgs, NGOs, and the public sector can benefit from high-quality AI legal tools without vendor lock-in.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Who Is This For?
+
+- Legal practitioners and teams seeking efficiency and precision.
+- Legal tech startups building new solutions.
+- Open-source contributors interested in AI, law, or workflow automation.
+- Anyone who wants to reduce manual, repetitive legal work and bring AI into the legal field.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Project Status
+
+- **Phase:** Early design and prototyping.
+- **Stack:** Python, Hugging Face, LangChain, PyGithub.
+- **Security:** GitHub App authentication, `.env`-based secrets.
+- **Open Questions:**  
+  - What should the first “killer feature” be?
+  - Deploy as CLI, service, or both?
+  - What legal datasets or models should be prioritized?
+
+---
+
+## 7. Invitation
+
+If you are reading this and considering joining or building on AI Legal Suite:  
+- Please review this document and the codebase.
+- Share your feedback, raise issues, or propose features.
+- Help us make legal automation smarter, safer, and more accessible.
+
+---
+
+*This file is maintained by the project founders and GitHub Copilot as part of an “AI-first” legal tech initiative.*

SECURITY.md

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+# Security Policy
+
+## Supported Versions
+
+These versions of the project are currently supported with security updates:
+
+| Version | Supported          |
+| ------- | ------------------ |
+| 5.1.x   | :white_check_mark: |
+| 5.0.x   | :x:                |
+| 4.0.x   | :white_check_mark: |
+| < 4.0   | :x:                |
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+To report a security vulnerability, please [open a security advisory](https://github.com/HOME-OFFICE-IMPROVEMENTS-LTD/ai-legal-suite/security/advisories/new) or email [msalsouri@hotmail.com].
+
+We will respond within 3 business days. Please do not disclose the vulnerability publicly until it has been addressed.
+
+If your report is accepted, we will coordinate with you on disclosure and patch timelines. If declined, we will provide a reason.