Appellate Document Formatting

Produces TOCs, TOAs, and Certificates of Compliance with accuracy guarantees and transparent placeholders where verification is required. The primary risk in AI-assisted appellate formatting is hallucinated page numbers and citations — use [__] placeholders aggressively rather than guessing.

Quick Start

Gather before drafting (unless user says "use defaults"):

1. Brief text — final or near-final; label output "DRAFT" if still revising
2. Forum/case metadata — court, circuit/state, case number, caption, brief type
3. Formatting — font (proportional/monospaced), name/size, spacing, margins
4. Filing method — CM/ECF, paper, or both; separate or combined certificate
5. Court orders — any modified length limits
6. Local rules — TOA format, hyperlinking, bookmarks, addendum
7. Word count — final count from drafting platform plus believed exclusions

Defaults (if user doesn't specify): FRAP 32 federal circuit rules; proportional 14-pt font; [__] page placeholders; word count marked as estimate.

Stop and ask if forum, brief type, or formatting details are missing — certificate language, limits, and exclusions depend on these.