One sentence from a client, followed all the way.
The clearest way to explain MatterGraph is to take a single line of a client’s account and show everything the system does with it.
Every fact keeps its source
Illustrative
It starts with how people actually talk.
Partway through a guided interview, a client types one sentence. It contains four people, a location, an implied date, a threat, and several possible evidence needs, none of them labelled.
A static form would file this as free text in a box called “Additional details.”
Client answer
“A debt collector came to my family home and threatened my brother and mother after I left.”
What the system takes from it.
Each of these becomes a record in the matter, linked to the answer it came from.
Debt collector visited family home
Date type: unknown. Confidence: client stated. Awaiting review.
Four people identified
The client, their mother, their brother, and the collector, each with a role in the event.
Family home
Recorded as a place that can be linked to other events in the matter.
Five items needed
Brother’s affidavit, mother’s affidavit, call logs, photographs, messages.
Follow-ups tied to specific gaps.
The sentence is missing a date, the exact words used, whether anyone else saw it, and whether anything was put in writing. Each gap generates a specific question rather than a generic request for more detail.
Questions go back to the client in the same guided interview, so the answers land as structured records instead of arriving as a reply email someone has to re-read and re-key.
Generated follow-ups
- What date did this happen?
- Who was present?
- What exactly did the collector say?
- Was there any written notice?
- Did anyone report this?
- Can your brother provide a written statement?
It becomes work with an owner.
Gaps do not sit in a summary waiting to be noticed. They become tasks that trace back to the fact that created them.
- Step 01
Ask whether the brother can provide a statement
Suggested from the evidence gap on the event. The firm decides whether the statement is useful and what form it should take.
Evidence gapwaiting_on_client - Step 02
Request the mother’s affidavit
A second corroborating account for the same event, tracked separately so partial progress is visible.
Evidence gaptodo - Step 03
Ask the client to pin down dates
Raised because the event carries a date type of unknown, which will need resolving before the account can be relied on.
Follow-upwaiting_on_client - Step 04
Verify the loan documentation
Added manually by the paralegal after reading the account. Manual and suggested tasks use the same tracking model.
Manualin_progress
The attorney opens a file that is already organized.
By the time an attorney looks at the matter, the account is in order, the supporting documents are attached to the facts they support, the gaps are named, and any inconsistencies have been flagged for a decision.
What the attorney does is the part that requires an attorney: assess it, note the theory it supports, decide what is weak, and approve or reject what the system proposed. Nothing has been concluded on their behalf.
- Relevant to the harassment theory
- Date currently uncertain; review what can be established
- Needs a corroborating affidavit before it can be relied on
- Compare against the client’s earlier statement for consistency
What the attorney can export
Case timeline
The chronology with sources attached
Evidence checklist
What is held, what is outstanding
Draft declaration
A starting point, requiring review
Case memo
Matter summary for the file
Task report
Outstanding work across the matter
Every output is a draft
Extracted events, generated questions, contradiction flags, and draft declarations are all suggestions. They require attorney review and approval before they are used for anything. MatterGraph does not determine legal merit, recommend strategy, or produce filing-ready documents without a lawyer signing off.
Test the workflow on a representative matter.
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