Petition Studio

• Reads your petition draft paragraph by paragraph and flags four kinds of problems: unanchored assertions, broken bridges between a claim and its evidence, generic language, and structural issues — each tied to the exact paragraph and quote, not a vague overall impression.
• Scores the draft's overall readability and generic-language density, and writes a short linkage summary plus your "top three moves" to make next.
• Cross-checks against your Case File to surface unused strong evidence (exhibits you have but haven't cited) and missing bridges (places a claim needs a connection to evidence that isn't there yet).

This review runs inside a specific case, not as a standalone free tool — it needs your Case File to check evidence linkage against. Every result carries the standard compliance disclaimer and a "SIMULATED DRAFT REVIEW — educational, not legal advice" watermark.

Petition Studio sits in the Position stage of the Case Journey, alongside Narrative Studio and Evidence Binder — run it once you have an actual draft to review, after your narrative and evidence are assembled. It's also the natural next stop coming from RFE Studio: if a real RFE questioned your petition's substance, RFE Studio's own workspace links directly here to check whether the draft itself was part of the problem.

Run it again after each real revision — the History tab tracks every past review and shows a delta note ("since the prior version…") so you can see what actually improved.

• Case File readiness required. Your case needs a ready CV, at least 3 analyzed criterion projects each with a distinct primary criterion, and at least 8 ready documents case-wide before this tool unlocks — the same readiness gate RFE Studio uses. If your case isn't there yet, the page tells you exactly which of the three is still missing.
• Your draft, as either pasted text or an uploaded file (PDF, Word .docx, or plain text) — nothing is stored except the extracted text.
• Cost: 2 credits per review. Petition Studio is listed as a Pro-tier tool in the product catalog, but the review screen itself only checks your account's credit balance against that 2-credit cost — it does not separately block a Free-plan account that has purchased credits. Either a Pro plan or enough credits gets you in.
• Only the case owner can start a new review; collaborators with case access can view past reviews.

• Readability / Generic language — two overall bands describing the draft's readability and how much of it reads as generic/boilerplate language rather than specific, evidence-backed claims.
• Top three moves — the review's own short list of the highest-value edits to make next.
• Flag kinds (shown per paragraph, with the exact quote and a one-line note):
  • Unanchored assertion — a claim made without a clear evidentiary anchor.
  • Broken bridge — a claim that's near its supporting evidence but isn't actually connected to it.
  • Generic language — boilerplate phrasing that could describe almost any petitioner.
  • Structure — an organizational issue in how the paragraph is built.
• Unused strong evidence — exhibits in your Case File that are strong but aren't cited anywhere in this draft, with a note on why each one matters.
• Missing bridges — specific gaps between two things that should be connected (a claim and its evidence) but currently aren't.

Warning: This is a code-and-AI-assisted structural read of your OWN draft against your OWN Case File — it never tells you whether the underlying case is strong enough to win, only where the draft's language and evidence links can be tightened. Read it exactly in the tool's own terms; it is not a legal opinion.

• Petition Studio is not available on the Free plan's tool list, and doesn't have a no-account preview the way the free standalone tools do — it always runs inside an actual case.
• What genuinely unlocks it: either a Pro plan subscription (which includes it in the plan's tool list at no extra credit cost concern beyond your monthly allowance) or a Free-plan account with purchased one-time credits, since the workspace itself gates purely on your credit balance (2 credits) rather than checking plan tier.
• The 7-day Pro trial requires a card upfront at Stripe checkout (not a no-card trial) but is cancel-anytime afterward, self-serve, through the billing portal.
• Start your free trial from /dashboard/billing to reach Petition Studio through the Pro plan's monthly credit allowance instead of buying credits one at a time.

• Running it before the Case File is ready. The readiness gate (CV + 3 analyzed criteria + 8 documents) exists because the review needs real evidence to check bridges against — running it too early just returns the readiness checklist, not a review.
• Treating a "Generic language" flag as a style nitpick. In an extraordinary-ability petition, generic phrasing that could describe any candidate is often the exact language an officer discounts — it's a substantive flag, not cosmetic.
• Ignoring "Unused strong evidence." It's easy to focus only on what's flagged as wrong and miss the panel telling you what you already have but haven't used yet.
• Re-running a review without actually revising the draft first. The delta note only becomes useful once there's a real difference between versions to compare.