Legora and iManage plan governed MCP actions against the document system of record

On October 16, 2026, iManage and Legora announced plans to connect Legora to the iManage MCP Server so mutual customers can retrieve governed knowledge and perform actions such as moving documents or updating document information from Legora workflows. The planned connection keeps iManage permissions in control and preserves iManage as the system of record, while extending an existing API integration that already supports browse, search, access and save-back functions. For product and security teams, this is an important move from read-only retrieval toward permission-aware action, where authorization, transaction logging and rollback become part of the AI safety model. Buyers should ask for production availability, scope of supported actions and independent evidence that agent behavior cannot exceed the initiating user’s rights.