cpatpa builds a firm-shaped front door for Mike
A new signup wizard captures who the lawyer is, where they practice, and what they work on - before they ever touch the AI.
The cpatpa fork (built around Australian firm Piper Alderman) adds a mandatory onboarding flow: after signup, every user is steered into a wizard that collects their office, jurisdictions, practice areas, sectors, and an AI-use disclaimer. Until they finish, the app won't let them anywhere else. The dropdown options aren't generic - they're seeded from Piper Alderman's own jurisdictions and practice groups, making this very much a firm-specific deployment rather than a general legal-AI tool.
The fork also adds a personal custom-instructions panel - up to 4,096 characters of standing guidance the AI carries into every conversation - plus an editable practice profile so a lawyer who moves offices or picks up new work can keep their settings current. Changing office automatically resets the timezone to match.
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