#Start with the docket record
ElevenFlo indexes 2.5M+ live court documents drawn from public court records. A live document is available in the corpus, but its text can be incomplete, image-heavy, sealed, restricted, or still processing. The workflow therefore starts with identity and availability checks rather than an assumed complete record.
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or another client through the
setup guide. Call find_cases with the debtor name plus
any known court, case number, or petition date. Confirm the returned
case_id. Then use list_docket_entries to review a bounded docket range
or search_filings to find entries that match the research question.
The returned docket row is the map to the filing. Preserve its docket number,
title, filing date, document_id, and source link. Docket text can identify
what was filed, but it does not necessarily establish the operative terms
inside the document.
#Choose the document set
Select the smallest set of filings that can answer the question. A financing question may require the motion, proposed order, objections, hearing materials, and entered order. A plan-treatment question may require the plan, disclosure statement, solicitation declaration, confirmation order, and effective-date notice.
Use list_document_types when a category is uncertain. Use
find_case_document_hubs to locate central filings and
list_document_relationships to identify related records. Treat those
relationships as leads. Read the documents before describing their procedural
or legal effect.
#Retrieve support before synthesis
Use search_document_summaries and get_document_summary for orientation.
For supporting language, call search_document_chunks across the selected
document_id values. Follow with read_document_chunks when you know the
relevant chunk identifiers, or extract_document_passages when you have a
focused question about one filing.
Ask the client to preserve the distinction between exact retrieved text and its own summary. The answer should cite the filing next to each material statement, not place a loose source list at the end. It should identify requested, proposed, interim, final, and effective relief accurately.