Legal & IT Copilot Guardrails

## When NOT to Use Copilot for Legal & IT

**LEGAL - NEVER use Copilot for:**
- Legal advice or opinions
- Contract interpretation
- Claim entitlement analysis
- Compliance decisions
- Settlement authority
- Litigation strategy
- Contract execution/signing
- Regulatory advice

**Copilot outputs are NEVER legal advice, regardless of how they are worded.**

**Legal Privilege Warning:**
- Be mindful of privilege when prompting
- Attorney-client communications have implications
- Consult your legal team about appropriate Copilot use

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**IT & CLOUD - NEVER use Copilot for:**
- Production code writing
- Security assessments
- Access control decisions
- Infrastructure changes (use IaC)
- Active incident response
- Vulnerability remediation
- Password/secret handling
- Data handling decisions

**Security Reminder:**
- Never include credentials in prompts
- Remember prompts may be logged
- Follow your organization's AI policy
- Never use Copilot to bypass security controls

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**Golden Rules:**
- Legal: "Copilot retrieves - legal provides judgment"
- IT: "Copilot researches - IT decides and executes"

**System Integration Note:**
Copilot does NOT integrate with:
- Contract management systems
- Legal research databases
- ServiceNow / ITSM tools
- DevOps platforms
- Security tools