Most people think writing is itself just natural language. But anyone who’s spent hours addressing vague comments or circulating the 54th version of a memo knows: corporate writing is its own language. It’s closer to code than prose—full of structure, logic, and unwritten rules.
So I built Scrutiny: an AI assistant that lives natively inside Microsoft Word— where professionals are already comfortable.
We’re still early in development, but Scrutiny already supports several core features:
-> Chat Mode – Talk about your document with the latest models—no more copying and pasting revisions in and out of ChatGPT.
-> Draft Mode – Need to add a section outlining the history of foundation models? Just ask, and Scrutiny inserts it in your doc, matching tone and style.
-> Comment Mode – Get a peer-style read-through. Scrutiny leaves thoughtful comments on clarity, logic, and tone—like a colleague would.
-> Sources Mode – Need a citation for that stray claim on page 42? Scrutiny finds high-quality sources and formats the citation in seconds.
I made this for myself originally, but once colleagues saw me using it, they asked to try it. And now it’s in beta across multiple consulting firms—and students, teachers, and other professionals have started picking it up too.
It’s live and freely available to download at:
www.usescrutiny.com
Would love feedback, thoughts, or ideas. Happy to answer questions.
— Dale
p_ing•6mo ago
Like all modern Office Add-ins, only the manifest "lives" inside the Office application. All of the logic is remote.
Exactly—Scrutiny uses the standard Office Add-in structure. The manifest lives in Word, letting it see your edits in real-time and directly modify the document, while the backend remotely handles the AI processing.
manzodale•6mo ago
I built Cursor for Word.
Most people think writing is itself just natural language. But anyone who’s spent hours addressing vague comments or circulating the 54th version of a memo knows: corporate writing is its own language. It’s closer to code than prose—full of structure, logic, and unwritten rules.
So I built Scrutiny: an AI assistant that lives natively inside Microsoft Word— where professionals are already comfortable.
We’re still early in development, but Scrutiny already supports several core features: -> Chat Mode – Talk about your document with the latest models—no more copying and pasting revisions in and out of ChatGPT.
-> Draft Mode – Need to add a section outlining the history of foundation models? Just ask, and Scrutiny inserts it in your doc, matching tone and style.
-> Comment Mode – Get a peer-style read-through. Scrutiny leaves thoughtful comments on clarity, logic, and tone—like a colleague would.
-> Sources Mode – Need a citation for that stray claim on page 42? Scrutiny finds high-quality sources and formats the citation in seconds.
I made this for myself originally, but once colleagues saw me using it, they asked to try it. And now it’s in beta across multiple consulting firms—and students, teachers, and other professionals have started picking it up too.
It’s live and freely available to download at: www.usescrutiny.com
Would love feedback, thoughts, or ideas. Happy to answer questions.
— Dale