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How BRON works in detail, and how to build on it.
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Using BRON
How each part of the product works, what it needs, who can do what, and where it stops.
Understand the case
- IntakeA prospect has sent an account and a few documents. Where do they go, and who decides whether the firm takes the matter?
- Matter intelligenceWhere did this fact come from, what cuts against it, and what rests on it if the document changes?
- DiscoveryAn email refers to an attachment that is not in what we received, and our own production goes out next week. What is missing on their side, and what must not leave on ours?
- Evidence collection: CollectorGarcia has the email that sent the defect report, and I cannot see his Mac. How do I get it from him?
Prepare and direct
- AI workspace: ChambersI have forty minutes before a call. What do the two depositions say about the notice date, and what needs me?
- WorkflowsIf I approve this plan, what exactly have I authorized?
- Drafting and citationsCan I see what every sentence rests on before I put my name on it?
- Your DayIt is 8:40 and I have nine matters open. What needs me before lunch, and what can wait?
- DeadlinesWhat is this date counted from, under which rule, and who confirmed it?
Carry it forward
- Valuation and strategyWhat does this range rest on, and how much should I rely on it?
- TrialTrial is in three weeks. What does the record support, and what is still contested?
- Second ChairSmith just said “Only after May 4.” I know Garcia emailed him the defect report. Where is that email?
- Client experienceMy client calls every Thursday to ask what is happening, and I still do not have the three documents I asked for in March.
- Resolution and moneyBefore the settlement money goes out, does the trust account tie to the bank, and has the client signed the closing statement?
Control and verify
- Record and exportsOpposing counsel will not take my word for it. What can I hand them that they can check themselves?
- Apps and integrationsMy team drafts in Word, the case arrives by email, and we already pay for an AI tool. What can reach the matter today, and what can each one do there?
- Firm controlsWho here can open this matter, who can approve what leaves it, and what can no setting change?
Building with BRON
The REST API and the MCP server: authentication, scopes, what an outside tool can read and propose, and what it can never do.
For developers
Choose the API or the MCP server
- Use the API for software your firm writes or runs. The reference covers keys and scopes, rate limits, the endpoints, webhooks, and rebuilding a matter's case map in your own app (the reference calls it the knowledge graph).
- Use the MCP server to connect an AI tool your firm already uses. The tool can read the matter, add notes and propose actions. It cannot send, file, sign, serve, calendar or move money.
Give each key only the access it needs
An API key acts as its owner. It can reach the firm's matters, except any its owner is screened from. By default that includes privileged material in the case map. Keep each key secret, like a password. Give it only the scopes it needs, and add a matter allow-list when it should reach one engagement. For a dashboard or a tool you are still trying out, create a client-safe key, which only ever sees the client view of the case map.
Get the OpenAPI description
Each deployment publishes an OpenAPI description at GET /api/v1/openapi.json. It gives the request and response shapes and contains no firm data. The API reference says which scope each endpoint needs and what each error means.
What an integration can do
- Read within its key's reach. It can read matters, documents, facts, citations and audit records only where its key has access.
- Keep the source with the work. Store record IDs and source locations with anything you derive, so a reviewer can go back to the original.
- Propose, and leave the decision to an attorney. Through the MCP server, a tool can add notes and file proposals. It cannot send, file, sign, serve, calendar or move money.
- Check exported files. Anyone can check exported files against their manifest without access to the firm's workspace.
Failure is part of the contract
BRON refuses a request when the key lacks the scope, the matter is out of its reach, or a person has to decide. The refusal comes back as an explicit answer, not an empty result. Show it to the person running the integration, and do not retry with a broader key.
Check an exported file
Use Verify to compare exported files with their manifest. You do not need an account. A match shows the files are the ones recorded. It does not show that nothing is missing.
Check valuation calibration
Valuation calibration sets out how BRON's valuation estimates, recorded before outcomes are known, are scored against matters that have resolved. It publishes a result only when its record of those estimates can be verified and enough matters have resolved, and it says whether it has.