Alexii

About

Alexii is an AI-powered legal research assistant for CanLII. Open it as a side panel while reading any case on canlii.org and get instant, citation-backed analysis.

  FEATURES:

Chat: Ask questions about the case you're reading. Every answer includes clickable citation badges that  jump to the exact source paragraph on the page.

Case Brief : Generate a structured brief (Facts, Issues, Reasoning, Holding) with one click and download it as a formatted Word document (.docx).

Passage Lens: Classify every paragraph by its role in the judgment (Fact, Issue, Reasoning, Holding, Obiter, Citation) with a color-coded overlay on the page.

Counsel's Notebook: A cross-case research journal. Save passages from multiple cases, organize with tags, and use AI to synthesize connections across entries.

Argument Builder: Build structured issue trees, collect passages as evidence, and use AI to draft persuasive argument paragraphs backed by the case text.

Compare Cases: Paste a second CanLII URL to generate a detailed comparison of facts, issues, reasoning, and holdings between two decisions.

Similar Cases: Discover related decisions automatically.

Gist: Select any text on the page for an instant plain-language summary. Also available via right-click.

Bookmarks: Save any AI response for later reference.

SETUP: Bring your own API key (Anthropic or OpenAI). Your key is stored locally and never shared.