AI-Assisted Drafting of NEC4 ECC Communications

This article is a guide on how to generate structured draft notices within FastDraft using a guided chatbot interface. Although it has been deployed to all our instances, it is currently only available on request in Beta mode. Please liaise with your account manager or our support team.

This guide contains the following:

• Overview
• Training video
• Key Features
• How to Use
• Important considerations
• Limitations
• Coming soon

Overview

The Assisted drafting functionality uses a curated knowledge base to provide contract-relevant guidance and draft content. Users remain responsible for reviewing and issuing notices.

Training video

Key Features

• Chat-based drafting interface within FastDraft
• Guidance aligned to contractual processes - this will only be availbale initially for NEC4 ECC
• Prompts for missing information
• Produces structured draft outputs ready for review

How to use

• Open the chatbot from the right-hand panel and select Draft Notice
• Enter your request (e.g. “Draft an Early Warning”)

• Provide any additional details requested

• Review the generated draft
• Copy into the relevant workflow (cut and paste) and complete required fields on the draft notice and save. 

Important considerations

• Drafts are not automatically created as notices - you must create a draft and then communicate when ready.
• You must review and verify all content before issuing
• The system may:
  • Prompt for missing information
  • Suggest alternative contractual approaches
• NB: Outputs are guidance only and do not replace professional judgement

Limitations

• There is no automatic population of workflow form fields
• It does not use project-specific contract data
• Currently only available on NEC4 ECC contract types 

Coming soon

• Chat history
• Context-aware drafting (user, contract, role)
• Expanded contract coverage