Exporting and sharing the Brief

A Brief can leave FedGrade as a PDF (every tier), a DOCX (Pro and above), a read-only share link (Pro and above), or a 30-day archive file (Pro and above). All of them carry the Brief's citations.

The export and share buttons live on the Brief's own page, /brief/<id>, which you reach from notifications, your activity feed, or Open in Brief on a search result.

PDF export — every tier

Click ↓ Export PDF. The PDF is generated on our servers by FedGrade's own PDF writer and contains the Brief's items, the citations as footnotes, and a page footer. PDF export is not metered on any tier.

DOCX export — Pro and above

Click ↓ Export DOCX. The Word document has the Brief's metadata on the cover, a heading and paragraphs per item, and the citations collected in a footnotes section at the end, so it is easy to edit and forward.

Share links — Pro and above

Click ↗ Share to create a read-only link that anyone can open without a FedGrade account. In the share dialog you can:

• set an expiry — in 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days (the default) or never
• add an optional password (at least 4 characters)
• choose whether citations and retraction notices are shown
• give the link a label

Manage shares lists every link for that Brief with its expiry, view count and status, and lets you revoke a link immediately. Shared Briefs do not show the Report inaccuracy button — that needs a signed-in account.

30-day archive — Pro and above

From the Brief's actions menu, Save 30-day archive (PDF) or Save 30-day archive (DOCX) bundles your last 30 days of Briefs into one file.

Brief history

Every Brief is kept. Free shows Briefs from the last 30 days; Pro and above see the full history. There is no retention setting to configure.

Programmatic access — Enterprise and above

Enterprise and Government workspaces can read Briefs over the REST API at GET /api/v1/briefs with an API key that has the briefs:read scope. See The REST API v1.