# Brief Intake Agent

*/Agents/Brief_Intake_Agent*

## Solution Overview

The Brief Intake Agent monitors public-facing legal inquiry inboxes and web forms to process unstructured prospective client narratives. It extracts the names of adverse parties, incident dates, and specific legal grievances, structuring this data into a standardized intake memo. The agent outputs a categorized case brief and a pre-calculated statute of limitations deadline directly into the firm's case management system.

Plaintiff-side litigation firms and legal aid clinics hire this agent to replace the manual triage of high-volume incoming case queries. It eliminates the bottleneck of paralegals reading through lengthy, emotionally charged emails just to identify if the firm handles that specific type of law. By immediately flagging conflicting parties and approaching filing deadlines, the agent ensures viable cases are not lost in the inbox backlog.

Operating as a dedicated digital worker, the agent consumes unstructured text from email servers and webhooks, passing extracted entity data down to headless conflict-checking APIs. It pushes the compiled intake brief into practice management software for human review. Because establishing an attorney-client relationship is strictly regulated, the agent does not send retainer agreements autonomously; it queues the verified intake packet for an intake attorney to make the final engagement decision.

## Icp Problems

- [Incomplete Client Requirements](/Problems/Incomplete_Client_Requirements) — ops
- [Delayed Milestone Billing](/Problems/Delayed_Milestone_Billing) — capital
- [Senior Staff Intake Waste](/Problems/Senior_Staff_Intake_Waste) — talent
- [Onboarding Client Churn](/Problems/Onboarding_Client_Churn) — retention
- [Unsecured Sensitive Data](/Problems/Unsecured_Sensitive_Data) — compliance
- [Slow Proposal Turnaround](/Problems/Slow_Proposal_Turnaround) — competitive
- [Manual Ticket Creation](/Problems/Manual_Ticket_Creation) — ops

## Icp Opportunities

- [Asynchronous Scoping Agent](/Opportunities/Asynchronous_Scoping_Agent) — Agent
- [Intake Ticket Automation](/Opportunities/Intake_Ticket_Automation) — Headless SaaS
- [Discovery as a Service](/Opportunities/Discovery_as_a_Service) — Service-as-Software
- [AI Proposal Drafting](/Opportunities/AI_Proposal_Drafting) — Agent
- [Intake Billing Connector](/Opportunities/Intake_Billing_Connector) — Headless SaaS

## Agent Definition

**Goals**:
- [Triage Cycle Time](/Metrics/Triage_Cycle_Time)
- [Intake Data Accuracy](/Metrics/Intake_Data_Accuracy)
- [Conflict Detection Rate](/Metrics/Conflict_Detection_Rate)
**Tools**:
- [Clio](/Products/Clio)
- [Microsoft Exchange](/Products/Microsoft_Exchange)
- [Filevine](/Products/Filevine)
**Skills**:
- [Reading Comprehension](/Skills/Reading_Comprehension)
- [Document Review](/Skills/Document_Review)
- [Information Organization](/Skills/Information_Organization)
- [Critical Thinking](/Skills/Critical_Thinking)
**Contacts**:
- Email
- Webhook
**Identity**: did:web:agents.legalfirm.example/brief-intake-agent
**Core Tasks**:
- [Monitor Public Inquiry Inboxes](/Tasks/Monitor_Public_Inquiry_Inboxes)
- [Extract Adverse Party Names](/Tasks/Extract_Adverse_Party_Names)
- [Calculate Statute Of Limitations](/Tasks/Calculate_Statute_Of_Limitations)
- [Run Headless Conflict Checks](/Tasks/Run_Headless_Conflict_Checks)
- [Push Memos To Practice Management](/Tasks/Push_Memos_To_Practice_Management)
**Escalation**: The agent operates autonomously to structure and route data, but the final decision to send a retainer agreement or establish an attorney-client relationship is strictly escalated to an intake attorney.
**Memory Kind**: persistent
**Memory Note**: Retains the firm's historical case acceptance criteria and specific attorney routing preferences to continuously improve triage accuracy and avoid repeatedly flagging out-of-scope legal matters.
**Autonomy Mode**: guarded
**Replaces Role**: [Legal Intake Specialist](/JobTypes/Legal_Intake_Specialist)
**Solves Problem**: [Intake Triage Bottleneck](/Problems/Intake_Triage_Bottleneck)
**Responsibilities**:
- Triage Inbound Legal Inquiries
- Structure Unstructured Case Narratives
- Flag Approaching Statutory Deadlines
- Queue Validated Intake Packets

## Agent Function Cascade

**Ai Role**: The agent drives the digital intake loop from initial inquiry ingestion through narrative extraction and conflict checking, escalating to a human intake attorney as a hard gate before any retainer agreement is sent or attorney-client relationship is established.
**Cascade**:
- Kind: Code · Note: Pulls raw email and web form data from Exchange and webhooks · Step: Ingest Inbound Inquiries · Verb: ingest · Realizes: Monitor Public Inquiry Inboxes · Oversight: none
- Kind: Generative · Note: Parses adverse parties, claims, and incident dates from free-text · Step: Structure Case Narrative · Verb: extract · Realizes: Structure Unstructured Case Narratives · Oversight: none
- Kind: Code · Note: Queries Clio and Filevine for matching adverse party records · Step: Execute Conflict Check · Verb: verify · Realizes: Run Headless Conflict Checks · Oversight: none
- Kind: Code · Note: Applies jurisdictional rules to incident dates to flag deadlines · Step: Calculate Statutory Deadlines · Verb: calculate · Realizes: Calculate Statute Of Limitations · Oversight: none
- Kind: Human · Note: Intake attorney reviews the assembled packet and approves retainer dispatch · Step: Approve Client Retainer · Verb: approve · Realizes: Approve Legal Representation · Oversight: approves
- Kind: Code · Note: Pushes the finalized intake packet into practice management software · Step: Queue Validated Intake · Verb: route · Realizes: Push Memos To Practice Management · Oversight: none
**Optimizes**:
- [Triage Cycle Time](/Metrics/Triage_Cycle_Time)
- [Intake Data Accuracy](/Metrics/Intake_Data_Accuracy)
- [Conflict Detection Rate](/Metrics/Conflict_Detection_Rate)
- [First-Pass Routing Yield](/Metrics/First-Pass_Routing_Yield)

## Agent Representative Offer

**Warranty**: Guarantees 99.9% uptime for inbox monitoring and a 10-minute maximum turnaround for initial triage, issuing usage credits for downtime or missed processing SLAs.
**Price Band**: Roughly $2 to $8 per processed legal inquiry, depending on monthly volume and document length.
**Pricing Kind**: UsageMeter
**Deliverables**:
- Staffed digital intake agent role active on designated inboxes
- Structured case narratives and adverse party extracts
- Headless conflict check reports
- Statute of limitations calculation alerts
- Validated intake packets queued in Clio or Filevine
**Delivery Mode**: The buyer provisions the agent via a self-serve dashboard, grants API access to Microsoft Exchange and practice management software, and the agent immediately begins metering usage per intake processed.
**Business Function**: ProvideService
**Agent Checkout Support**:
- agentic-commerce-protocol
- stored-credential

## Agent Composes Headless Saas

- [Inbox Webhook Feed](/Software/Inbox_Webhook_Feed) — Email Sync
- [Entity Extraction API](/Software/Entity_Extraction_API) — Legal NLP
- [Deadline Calculation Engine](/Software/Deadline_Calculation_Engine) — Rules Engine
- [Conflict Detection Service](/Software/Conflict_Detection_Service) — Data Cross-Reference
- [Practice Management API](/Software/Practice_Management_API) — Case Record Sync

## Agent Sequence Diagram

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
participant IWF as Inbox Webhook Feed
participant Agent as Brief Intake Agent
participant EEA as Entity Extraction API
participant DCE as Deadline Calculation Engine
participant CDS as Conflict Detection Service
participant IA as Human: Intake Attorney
participant PMA as Practice Management API
IWF->>Agent: Trigger Inbound Legal Inquiry
Agent->>EEA: Extract adverse party names and structure case narratives
EEA-->>Agent: Structured case data
Agent->>DCE: Calculate Statute Of Limitations
DCE-->>Agent: Statutory deadlines
Agent->>CDS: Run headless conflict checks
CDS-->>Agent: Conflict detection results
opt Final decision to send a retainer agreement or establish an attorney-client relationship
Agent->>IA: Review validated intake packet
IA-->>Agent: Approval to establish relationship
end
Agent->>PMA: Push memos to practice management
PMA-->>Agent: Validated intake packets queued
```

## Neighborhood

### Composed into

- [Public affairs service](/Services/Public_affairs_service) — composes · Services
- [Professional communication services](/Services/Professional_communication_services) — composes · Services
- [Situation and stakeholder analysis and communications planning services](/Services/Situation_and_stakeholder_analysis_and_communications_planning_services) — composes · Services

### What it does

- [Collecting Missing Brief Fields](/Tasks/Collecting_Missing_Brief_Fields) — performs · Tasks
- [Scheduling Kickoff Calls](/Tasks/Scheduling_Kickoff_Calls) — performs · Tasks
- [Routing Briefs To Account Teams](/Tasks/Routing_Briefs_To_Account_Teams) — performs · Tasks
- [Qualifying Inbound Client Requests](/Tasks/Qualifying_Inbound_Client_Requests) — performs · Tasks
- [Extract Adverse Party Names](/Tasks/Extract_Adverse_Party_Names) — performs · Tasks
- [Run Headless Conflict Checks](/Tasks/Run_Headless_Conflict_Checks) — performs · Tasks
- [Push Memos To Practice Management](/Tasks/Push_Memos_To_Practice_Management) — performs · Tasks
- [Calculate Statute Of Limitations](/Tasks/Calculate_Statute_Of_Limitations) — performs · Tasks
- [Monitor Public Inquiry Inboxes](/Tasks/Monitor_Public_Inquiry_Inboxes) — performs · Tasks
- [Create Jira Tickets](/Tasks/Create_Jira_Tickets) — performs · Tasks
- [Draft Asset Requests](/Tasks/Draft_Asset_Requests) — performs · Tasks
- [Evaluate Capacity Matrices](/Tasks/Evaluate_Capacity_Matrices) — performs · Tasks
- [Parse Client Emails](/Tasks/Parse_Client_Emails) — performs · Tasks

### Uses tool

- [Project Management Software](/Products/Project_Management_Software) — uses tool · Products
- [Client Intake Forms](/Products/Client_Intake_Forms) — uses tool · Products
- [CRM Systems](/Products/CRM_Systems) — uses tool · Products
- [Validating Form Submissions](/Action/Validating_Form_Submissions) — uses tool · Action

### Realizes

- [New Business Intake](/Services/New_Business_Intake) — realizes · Services
- [Client Onboarding](/Services/Client_Onboarding) — realizes · Services

### What it uses

- [Atlassian JIRA](/Products/Atlassian_JIRA) — uses · Products
- [Microsoft Exchange](/Software/Microsoft_Exchange) — uses · Software
- [Filevine](/Software/Filevine) — uses · Software
- [Clio](/Software/Clio) — uses · Software
- [Adobe Acrobat](/Products/Adobe_Acrobat) — uses · Products
- [Asana](/Software/Asana) — uses · Software
- [NetSuite](/Software/NetSuite) — uses · Software
- [Slack](/Software/Slack) — uses · Software

### Optimizes

- [First-Pass Routing Yield](/Metrics/First-Pass_Routing_Yield) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Conflict Detection Rate](/Metrics/Conflict_Detection_Rate) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Triage Cycle Time](/Metrics/Triage_Cycle_Time) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Intake Data Accuracy](/Metrics/Intake_Data_Accuracy) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Time To Kickoff](/Metrics/Time_To_Kickoff) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Brief Completeness Rate](/Metrics/Brief_Completeness_Rate) — optimizes · Metrics
- [Brief Turnaround Time](/Metrics/Brief_Turnaround_Time) — optimizes · Metrics

### What it addresses

- [Intake Triage Bottleneck](/Problems/Intake_Triage_Bottleneck) — addresses · Problems
- [Unstructured Project Intake](/Problems/Unstructured_Project_Intake) — addresses · Problems

### Required skills

- [Information Organization](/Skills/Information_Organization) — requires skill · Skills
- [Reading Comprehension](/Skills/Reading_Comprehension) — requires skill · Skills
- [Document Review](/Skills/Document_Review) — requires skill · Skills
- [Critical Thinking](/Skills/Critical_Thinking) — requires skill · Skills
- [Requirements Analysis](/Skills/Requirements_Analysis) — requires skill · Skills
- [Written Communication](/Skills/Written_Communication) — requires skill · Skills

### Replaces this role

- [Legal Intake Specialist](/JobTypes/Legal_Intake_Specialist) — replaces · JobTypes
- [Project Intake Coordinator](/JobTypes/Project_Intake_Coordinator) — replaces · JobTypes

### Latent gaps

- [AI Proposal Drafting](/Opportunities/AI_Proposal_Drafting) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Intake Ticket Automation](/Opportunities/Intake_Ticket_Automation) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Discovery as a Service](/Opportunities/Discovery_as_a_Service) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Intake Billing Connector](/Opportunities/Intake_Billing_Connector) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Asynchronous Scoping Agent](/Opportunities/Asynchronous_Scoping_Agent) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [AI Discovery Interviewer](/Opportunities/AI_Discovery_Interviewer) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Kickoff Generation API](/Opportunities/Kickoff_Generation_API) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Conversational Intake Agent](/Opportunities/Conversational_Intake_Agent) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Automated Brief Synthesis](/Opportunities/Automated_Brief_Synthesis) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Scope Pricing Engine](/Opportunities/Scope_Pricing_Engine) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Brief Data Parsing](/Opportunities/Brief_Data_Parsing) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Consent Capture Vault](/Opportunities/Consent_Capture_Vault) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Overflow Intake Desk](/Opportunities/Overflow_Intake_Desk) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [AI Intake Concierge](/Opportunities/AI_Intake_Concierge) — latent gap · Opportunities
- [Lead Qualification API](/Opportunities/Lead_Qualification_API) — latent gap · Opportunities

### Problems this exposes

- [Manual Ticket Creation](/Problems/Manual_Ticket_Creation) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Delayed Milestone Billing](/Problems/Delayed_Milestone_Billing) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Incomplete Client Requirements](/Problems/Incomplete_Client_Requirements) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Onboarding Client Churn](/Problems/Onboarding_Client_Churn) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Senior Staff Intake Waste](/Problems/Senior_Staff_Intake_Waste) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Slow Proposal Turnaround](/Problems/Slow_Proposal_Turnaround) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Unsecured Sensitive Data](/Problems/Unsecured_Sensitive_Data) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Inaccurate Scope Pricing](/Problems/Inaccurate_Scope_Pricing) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Incomplete Client Requirement Scoping](/Problems/Incomplete_Client_Requirement_Scoping) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Delayed Project Kickoffs](/Problems/Delayed_Project_Kickoffs) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Insecure Intake Data Handling](/Problems/Insecure_Intake_Data_Handling) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Intake Form Abandonment](/Problems/Intake_Form_Abandonment) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Strategist Billable Hour Leakage](/Problems/Strategist_Billable_Hour_Leakage) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Accelerate Intake Routing](/Problems/Accelerate_Intake_Routing) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Reduce Intake Abandonment](/Problems/Reduce_Intake_Abandonment) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Scale Intake Staffing](/Problems/Scale_Intake_Staffing) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Secure PII Consent Capture](/Problems/Secure_PII_Consent_Capture) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Extract Unstructured Brief Data](/Problems/Extract_Unstructured_Brief_Data) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Accelerate Lead Qualification](/Problems/Accelerate_Lead_Qualification) — exposes problem · Problems

### Composed of

- [Deadline Calculation Engine](/Software/Deadline_Calculation_Engine) — composes · Software
- [Conflict Detection Service](/Software/Conflict_Detection_Service) — composes · Software
- [Practice Management API](/Software/Practice_Management_API) — composes · Software
- [Entity Extraction API](/Software/Entity_Extraction_API) — composes · Software
- [Inbox Webhook Feed](/Software/Inbox_Webhook_Feed) — composes · Software
- [Issue Tracking API](/Software/Issue_Tracking_API) — composes · Software
- [Resource Capacity Feed](/Software/Resource_Capacity_Feed) — composes · Software
- [Team Messaging Webhook](/Software/Team_Messaging_Webhook) — composes · Software
- [Document Extraction Engine](/Software/Document_Extraction_Engine) — composes · Software
- [Email Ingestion API](/Software/Email_Ingestion_API) — composes · Software

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