Gadoes makes legal sources a thing you can actually pick

The fork turns a backend catalogue of legal data sources into a real product surface - users connect them, pick them, and scope them per question.

searchchat-ui

Gadoes has built out the user-facing layer around connecting to outside legal data sources. There's a settings page where people browse sources by region, toggle them on, and paste in their own API keys for services like CourtListener and GovInfo. Those keys are encrypted at rest, with a fallback path so self-hosters can supply a shared key via environment instead of forcing every user to bring their own.

The more interesting move is in the chat itself. A sources pill sits next to the input, opening a picker where users can narrow a single question to a specific set of sources - and choose whether that scope sticks for the conversation or resets after one message. It's a small UI decision that maps neatly to how lawyers actually research: sometimes you want everything, sometimes you want only the Ninth Circuit.

So what Worth a look for anyone building legal-AI products who's wrestled with how to expose a growing catalogue of sources without burying users in toggles.

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SHA	Subject	Author	Date
`da870cef`	Chunk 6: Source Connections DB + User Settings UX + Key Encryption	Gadoes	2026-05-02	↗ GitHub
commit body - Add migrations: mcp_servers (seed data for 12 sources), mcp_connections, user_profiles column additions (courtlistener_api_key, govinfo_api_key, is_admin) - Implement AES-256-GCM encryption in backend/src/lib/mcp/encryption.ts (encryptApiKey / decryptApiKey, key from MCP_KEY_ENCRYPTION_KEY env var) - Add REST API: GET/POST/DELETE /user/mcp-connections with key encryption on write - Extend getUserApiKeys() and add getMcpApiKey() with env fallback pattern - Add UserApiKeys.courtlistener and .govinfo fields to llm types - Create LegalSourcesPage frontend settings page (grouped by region, toggle + API key input per server, tier-based 'coming soon' badge) - Add 'Legal Sources' tab to account settings layout - 13 backend unit tests (encryption round-trip, format, edge cases) - 13 frontend component tests all passing; tsc --noEmit clean Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
`bb72208c`	Merge chunk-6-source-connections into main	Gadoes	2026-05-02	↗ GitHub
`488ea9b4`	Chunk 7: Source Picker Popover UI	Gadoes	2026-05-02	↗ GitHub
commit body - Create SourcePickerPopover component with search, region grouping, state badges (Always on / Connected / Connect / Permission required), region_glyph display, and checkbox hooks for Chunk 8 scope toggling - Create SourcesPill component showing 'Sources · N active' in chat toolbar - Integrate SourcesPill + SourcePickerPopover into ChatInput.tsx - Closes on outside click and Escape key - Footer 'Add custom MCP server' placeholder (disabled for v1) - 16 component tests covering popover open/close, region order, search filtering, state badges, region_glyph, and checkbox callbacks - tsc --noEmit passes; all 51 frontend tests pass Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
`c8e13dac`	Merge chunk-7-source-picker into main	Gadoes	2026-05-02	↗ GitHub
`64ec30ab`	Chunk 8: Per-Query Scope Toggling	Gadoes	2026-05-02	↗ GitHub
commit body Backend: - Add mcpScope?: string[] \| null to POST /chat and POST /projects/:projectId/chat - Pass mcpScope to runLLMStream(); filter MCP server tools when scope is set (scopeSet filter applied after open-circuit filter, empty array = no filter) Frontend: - Create useScopeState hook: activeSources, scopeMode (per-message/sticky), toggleSource, clearScope, afterSend, mcpScopePayload - Add mcpScope? field to streamChat() and streamProjectChat() - Create ScopeIndicator component: 'Scope: N sources for this thread' + Clear Tests: - 7 backend unit tests: mcpScope filtering, open-circuit interaction - 12 frontend unit tests: useScopeState hook (toggle, sticky/per-message modes, clearScope, afterSend, mcpScopePayload computation) - All 57 backend tests and 63 frontend tests passing - tsc --noEmit clean Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
`e1df3784`	Merge chunk-8-scope-toggling into main	Gadoes	2026-05-02	↗ GitHub

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