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by d4v3 490 days ago
It seems like an LLM could easily perform this task, aside from the actual send function. I like how your UI makes sure that all relevant details are included. What is the domain of the sender? Does it look like a legitimate law office?
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Would you trust it to? According to OP's website:

> A poorly worded letter can land you in hot water. Ours? They're rooted in real legal language, saving you from the dreaded "fine print" debacle.

On the other hand, I don't know that OP doesn't use an LLM to generate the letter, either, I guess.

edit: I guess OP's service does use an LLM.

They do use LLM to generate the text. I gave a short sentence saying “neighbour blew up my car with tnt” and the resulting letter fictionalized it in 3 paragraphs of fluff with a lot of added details which do not match what I wrote and might be hallucinated and inaccurate.

There’s an additional “legal review” step which I imagine is another LLM pass with “read this letter and ensure it complies with these legal requirements and adjust if not”, at least.

I would not send one of their letters verbatim without perusing and correcting any AI fiction that might creep in.

Then again I’m not in the US so I’m unlikely to ever need this service :)

> I would not send one of their letters verbatim without perusing and correcting any AI fiction that might creep in.

I guess that's probably a good idea regardless of whether an LLM writes it or not.

> Then again I’m not in the US so I’m unlikely to ever need this service :)

Ouch, right in the accuracy!

I would trust this site as much as myself using an LLM for this purpose (which is not much)
Bingo—of course we use an LLM. No human is sitting there churning out demand letters by candlelight. The magic isn’t just in AI spitting out legal-ish text (any LLM can do that); it’s in making sure the letter is structured, state-specific, and actually persuasive—so you don’t accidentally send something that screams “I just copy-pasted this from the internet.”

As for the sender domain—right now, you download and send it yourself. No fake law firm theatrics, just a clean, well-structured letter that gets people to pay attention (and hopefully, pay up). The power move is sending it yourself and making them think you mean business.

>> It seems like an LLM could easily perform this task

> Bingo—of course we use an LLM. No human is sitting there churning out demand letters by candlelight. ...

Sorry, let me clarify what I meant: It seems like someone (like myself, at least) could use an LLM to do this without using this site. I do like how you have all the questions prepared for the letter generator, as well as state specific law information, but I personally wouldn't trust uploading my files and story to a random site. That's not to say I should trust ChatGPT, but it does seem a little less sketchy for whatever reason. Not to mention, I can edit the letter more easily because I'm already in a session with it. Anyway, I'm sure other people will find this really useful, so kudos!

This is an LLM service.

The form is used to fill in details for the LLM prompt.

Yep—no smoke and mirrors here. It’s an LLM-powered service. The form isn’t just window dressing; it makes sure you include the right details so you don’t end up sending a "kindly pay me back, please" email that gets ignored.

The real value? Structure, specificity, and making sure your demand actually sounds like something that lands with weight. Otherwise, you’re just asking nicely—and in the world of unpaid invoices, "nice" doesn’t cut it.

Today an LLM told me that the cronjob

0 4 mon,thu * * /home/user/cronjob-scripts/start-smart-test-short.sh

would run on mondays and thursdays at 4:00 am.