DeepJudge Introduces Agent Handoff Protocol, with Harvey and Thomson Reuters Among First to Adopt
Open protocol enables users to move between AI platforms without starting fresh, carrying the context needed to
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Open protocol enables users to move between AI platforms without starting fresh, carrying the context needed to continue their work.
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, August 13, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — DeepJudge, the institutional intelligence platform for legal AI, today introduced Agent Handoff Protocol, an open protocol designed to enable context continuity across AI systems.
Increasingly, people are moving between different AI products and experiences to complete their work. While existing protocols like the Model Context Protocol (MCP) enable systems to exchange information and perform specific actions, the broader context required to continue a task—including objectives, supporting materials, conversation history, and prior work—is often lost in the process.
The Agent Handoff Protocol addresses this challenge by enabling AI platforms to transfer the user and the context needed to continue work from one system to another. Rather than rebuilding context each time they switch products, users can move between AI experiences while preserving the information and progress that led to the current point.
For example, a lawyer researching a precedent question in DeepJudge can move into Harvey with the relevant context already in place, allowing the work to continue without re-uploading materials, recreating prompts, or rebuilding prior analysis.
“No single AI experience will be the right one for every task,” said Yannic Kilcher, CTO and Co-Founder of DeepJudge. “People should be able to use the AI tool that’s best for what they need to do and take their context with them. That is the experience we built Agent Handoff Protocol to enable.”
DeepJudge developed Agent Handoff Protocol and is releasing it as an open protocol. Harvey, the leading legal operating system for legal and professional services, has announced an integration implementing Agent Handoff Protocol that is entering beta this month.
Thomson Reuters is also supporting Agent Handoff Protocol, with additional details on their implementation and timing to follow in future announcements. Joel Hron, Chief Technology Officer of Thomson Reuters said, “The future of professional AI will not be defined by a single model, agent or application. Professionals will increasingly work across specialized AI experiences, and those systems need to work together without sacrificing the context, trust, and expertise required for high-stakes work. Open standards like Agent Handoff Protocol can help enable that interoperability, which is why Thomson Reuters is excited to support this effort and help shape what comes next.”
“The most capable legal workflows will draw on more than one specialized system. Agent Handoff Protocol lets a user move from Harvey into a partner’s product and back without losing the thread of their work, while leveraging both products to their full potential. We’re glad to be among the first to implement it,” said Siva Gurumurthy, Chief Technology Officer at Harvey.
As the institutional intelligence platform for legal work, DeepJudge is positioned to offer Agent Handoff Protocol as a shared resource rather than a proprietary advantage. The company invites other AI providers, specialist platforms, and law firms building AI solutions in-house to adopt the protocol and help shape its ongoing development.
The Agent Handoff Protocol specification and implementation resources are available on GitHub.
About DeepJudge
DeepJudge is the core AI platform for legal professionals to harness their institutional intelligence. DeepJudge transforms institutional knowledge into structured, governed intelligence that enables legal teams to find and analyze information, uncover insights across matters, and apply what their organization already knows to new work.
DeepJudge is trusted by leading law firms and in-house legal teams globally, including Holland & Knight, Cozen O’Connor, ArentFox Schiff, CMS, and Homburger, among others. To learn more, visit www.deepjudge.ai.
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