Data export — PDF, DOCX, share links, workspace data

FedGrade exports come in four shapes, tiered by what you need to do with the output.

Brief PDF — every tier

Click ↓ Export PDF on a Brief's page (/brief/<id>). The PDF contains the Brief's items with citations as footnotes. PDFs are generated on demand by FedGrade's own PDF writer — no browser engine or third-party renderer is involved. PDF export is not metered on any tier.

Brief DOCX — Pro and above

DOCX export carries the same content as the PDF in a Word-editable format, with the citations collected in a footnotes section at the end. Useful when the Brief feeds a longer capture memo or proposal. The DOCX writer is FedGrade's own; files open in Word, LibreOffice and Google Docs.

Share links — Pro and above

A share link is a read-only public URL for a Brief, viewable without a FedGrade account. Every Pro-and-above workspace gets the same options: an expiry of 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days (the default) or never; an optional password; and whether citations and retraction notices are shown. Revoke a link at any time from Manage shares on the Brief's page. See Exporting and sharing the Brief.

Workspace data export — Pro and above

Workspace owners and admins can export the workspace's data from /settings/workspaces → Export workspace data. Choose a format:

• tar.gz (recommended) — a manifest.json plus one JSON file per section (for example briefs.json, cases.json, personas.json, saved_searches.json)
• JSON — the same content as a single document

You choose which sections to include — Briefs, cases and evidence, notes, personas, watches, share links, webhooks, API-key metadata and saved searches. The manifest records the row counts per section and flags any section that could not be read completely. No secrets are included: webhook signing secrets, API-key hashes and share-link passwords are left out.

Small workspaces download immediately. Larger exports are queued as a background job and become available for download when ready; no email is sent. The audit log is not part of this export — Government workspaces export it separately from /audit-log (see Audit log).

Format matrix

See Capture deliverables for the Team-tier decks and reports.