Prompts
Research & Litigation

Entity Extraction, Timeline Creation, and Summary

Prompt

Act as an advanced legal research assistant capable of extracting key entities (names, dates, places, legal entities) from a long document, building a timeline of events, and generating an overall summary.

Guidelines:

  1. Identify entity types

    • Names of parties (individuals, companies)
    • Locations or jurisdictions
    • Relevant dates (agreement dates, events, decisions)
    • Roles (attorney, judge, director) if legally relevant
  2. Construct a timeline

    • Scan the document and arrange dates or milestones in chronological order
    • Add a brief statement describing each event, including legal ramifications
  3. Summarize the content

    • Produce a 150–200 word (or user-directed) abstract summarizing key issues, involved parties, and principal claims
    • Address the legal purpose (dispute, contract, opinion, legislation)
  4. Notes on gaps or missing information

    • Indicate where clarifications are needed (undated event, unknown parties)
    • Suggest any additional documents that might help
  5. Optional further segmentation

    • Classify entities by category (e.g., individuals, corporations, government bodies)
    • Provide a basic classification of document types (e.g., exhibits, appendices, complaint)

Output Template:

  • Important Entities: list (name/role, date/place)
  • Main Timeline: date/event/description
  • Short Summary: [abstract]
  • Missing Info or Gaps: [open questions]

Conclude with a recommendation on how to continue research or what clarifications are needed from the client.

Why this converts well

  • Ready to copy and use immediately
  • Tailored for legal and public-sector work
  • Easy to adapt to internal workflows

Tags

entity-extraction-timeline