Avocado Legal
Legal research that shows you the source.
Point your AI assistant at Avocado Legal to search South African legislation, judgments, court rules, and commentary, and get the source passages behind the answer.
Private research access for approved users. It does not replace your legal judgment.
What it is
A source-finding assistant for South African law
Avocado turns public South African legislation and judgments into a searchable corpus. You reach it from Claude, ChatGPT, or another MCP client, so answers can point at primary sources instead of generic web chat.
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Legislation & regulations
Acts, regulations, proclamations, and official government legal texts.
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Case law & judgments
Decisions from the Constitutional Court, SCA, High Courts, Labour Court, and related tribunals.
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Rules & procedure
Uniform Rules, practice directives, and motion-court guidelines.
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Commentary
Secondary material for context — not binding authority unless that is what you are researching.
How it works
Ask in your AI app. Open the passages it returns.
Treat Avocado as a source finder. Ask a clear question, ask for quoted passages, then open the linked documents yourself.
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Connect your AI assistant
Most early testers use Claude Desktop: add the Avocado Legal connector, sign in with an approved Google account, and enable it in a new chat.
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Ask it to search Avocado
Say “search Avocado Legal” or “use the Avocado connector” so the AI queries the corpus. Ask for exact quotes before any summary.
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Read the source
Avocado returns quoted source text with links. Open the document and read the passage in context.
Who it’s for
Approved practitioners, researchers, and firms
Access is by invitation while we are in testing. The living corpus grows every day — coverage and retrieval quality improve over time; gaps and imperfect OCR are expected while the library matures.
Avocado searches a legal corpus. It is not a place to upload client files. Keep client detail out of tool queries; your AI chat provider still sees whatever you type into the chat itself.
Interest list
Join the list for beta access.
Join the interest list for early access. Tell us your name and practice type. We will confirm when an account can be approved. Please wait before trying to connect.