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Appi AI: the intelligence behind every legal client community

Move beyond the single transaction. Appi AI manages your clients at scale — automating case updates for thousands of group action claimants, enabling instant self-service on matters and documents, and autonomously driving the cross-sell moment at settlement. All without growing headcount.

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The five pillars

of community intelligence

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Communications AI

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Search & Knowledge AI

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Agentic AI

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Admin AI

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Analytics AI

Appi AI is not a single feature — it's five integrated AI systems working together across your client community. Each pillar solves a distinct problem in how law firms engage with clients. Together, they turn a document repository into a living, intelligent client experience.

See how community intelligence works  for law firms

Understand audience behaviour in real time

See who is engaging, who is slowing down, and who is missing key actions, so teams can step in early.

Deliver content at the right moment

Messages, nudges, and updates land when people are most likely to respond, across in-app, push, SMS, and email.

Personalise every interaction

Appi adjusts content and recommendations based lifecycle stage, and recent activity.

Give teams clear, usable insight

Spot patterns across sentiment, engagement, and completion so  customer teams can act with confidence.

Communications AI

The right update. The right client. Before they need to ask.

From AI-triggered case progress notifications to automated settlement summaries and group action milestone updates, Communications AI eliminates the manual overhead of keeping thousands of clients informed. Every communication is personalised to the client's matter, triggered by case events, and delivered at the moment they are most likely to engage — not when someone remembers to send the weekly batch email.

AI-triggered case updates

Automated progress notifications sent at every case milestone — medical evidence approved, settlement offer received, court date confirmed. Clients stay informed without calling the office. Up to 70% click-through rate.

Settlement document repurposing

Upload a complex settlement offer, terms and conditions, or damages schedule, and AI automatically repurposes it into a client-friendly summary with clear, actionable next steps — in your firm's voice.

Predictive delivery timing

AI learns the engagement patterns of individual clients — when they open communications, when they act, what time of day. Critical updates are held until the precise moment each client is most likely to respond.

Settlement milestone cross-sell nudges

When a PI client approaches settlement, AI surfaces a timely, relevant prompt for wealth management, trusts and wills, or other practice areas — at the moment clients are most receptive to thinking about next steps.

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Search & Knowledge AI

One situation.

The right documents, instantly.

Clients no longer bombard fee-earners with avoidable inbound calls. A personal injury claimant asks "Has my medical report been approved?" — AI surfaces the answer instantly from their case file. An HR director asks "I'm dealing with a disciplinary, what do I need?" — AI delivers the exact documents. Every answer is securely sourced only from the files that specific client owns. Scoped to their matter. Safe by design.

Case status self-service

"Has my medical report been approved?" — AI generates the precise, up-to-date answer from the client's own case file. Avoidable inbound calls eliminated. Fee-earner time protected.

AI-powered document search

"I'm dealing with a disciplinary at investigation stage" — Appi surfaces the exact documents needed: investigation plan, witness statement form, suspension letter. Scoped to what the client's retainer covers.

Permission-scoped AI search

Every AI answer is drawn exclusively from files that specific client owns. A PI claimant sees only their case. An HR director sees only their retained documents. Enforced at the data layer — not by trust.

AI legal companion

Step-by-step guidance for complex situations — disciplinaries, group action milestones, settlement stages. AI walks clients through the process, surfaces documents at each step, and knows when to escalate to a fee earner.

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Agentic AI

Beyond answering questions.

AI that completes the journey.

Agentic AI monitors every client journey for the signals that unlock growth. When a PI client nears settlement, it autonomously surfaces a trusts and wills referral at exactly the right moment. End-to-end onboarding agents handle identity checks, document requests, and case setup automatically. Group action milestone agents trigger personalised actions for thousands of claimants simultaneously. Your team sets the rules; AI runs the process.

Predictive cross-sell agents

AI monitors PI clients approaching settlement and autonomously triggers a highly relevant prompt — wealth management, trusts and wills, financial planning — at exactly the moment a client is most receptive to thinking about next steps.

End-to-end client onboarding

Routine onboarding handled entirely by AI — identity checks, document requests, forms of authority, case setup. No manual chasing, no support tickets, zero wait times. From instruction to case-ready, automatically.

Group action milestone agents

Automated actions triggered at each stage of a group action — stage notifications sent, evidence requests queued, settlement communications dispatched — for hundreds or thousands of claimants simultaneously.

At-risk client re-engagement

Identifies clients who have gone quiet — low portal engagement, no document access, approaching key milestones with no action — and triggers a personalised re-engagement journey before they disengage entirely.

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Admin AI

White-label communities.

Moderated at scale.

For firms offering retained services to large corporate clients, Admin AI enables instant spin-up of fully branded, white-label community platforms — a dedicated space for Royal Mail, a separate environment for an NHS Trust HR team. For firms managing group action communities where thousands of claimants share sensitive experiences, AI moderation classifies every post by risk automatically — keeping your brand compliant without the overhead of manual moderation.

White-label community scaling

Instantly spin up fully branded, white-label versions of the platform for corporate clients — a dedicated community for Royal Mail, a separate environment for a manufacturing group's HR team. One platform, infinite branded instances.

Group action community moderation

AI automatically classifies every post in client community spaces — group actions, serious injury forums, financial mis-selling groups — by risk level, detecting harmful language and surfacing only genuine issues to human moderators.

AI content governance

Continuously scans your document library for stale precedents, outdated policies, and superseded guidance — flagging content before clients encounter it. Legal accuracy as a governance obligation, not an afterthought.

AI design & configuration assistant

Describe what you need — "Build an onboarding hub for the new emissions group action" — AI creates and configures it. No technical support or development resource required.

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Analytics AI

From client MI  to strategic commercial intelligence.

Analytics AI stops your team spending hours manually compiling client reports. It automatically writes executive reports on platform adoption, referral success, and client satisfaction. More importantly, it analyses exactly what legal issues clients are asking about but failing to find — creating a direct, predictive feedback loop into your future legal products, content strategy, and practice area investment decisions.

Fee-earner capacity protection

Tracks how many avoidable inbound contacts AI self-service has deflected — case status queries, document requests, procedural questions. A direct measure of billable time recovered.

Referral pipeline analytics

Which cross-sell prompts are converting to second service instructions? Which practice areas are generating referral opportunities? Track the commercial ROI of every AI-triggered prompt.

Content gap prediction

AI analyses exactly what legal issues clients are asking about but failing to find — a direct, predictive feedback loop into your future legal products, knowledge base, and practice area investment decisions.

Conversational analytics

Ask: "Which practice areas are generating the most unresolved queries this month?" — insights in plain language, immediately actionable. No BI reports, no waiting for the data team.

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Intelligence that delivers

measurable impact

96%

Client retention at AfterAthena, Napthens

Achieved after launching an Engage-powered client community — intelligent, personalised engagement replacing a static document portal.

40%

Reduction in manual work

Client onboarding, document sharing, case update communications, and routine queries — all handled by AI. Fee-earners focus on what needs them.

29%

Reduction in routine fee-earner queries

AI self-service handles case status, document requests, and procedural questions — protecting billable-hour capacity from avoidable inbound contact.

Chris Boyle

Head of AfterAthena - Partner Napthens LLP

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How Engage Helped Napthens’ AfterAthena Build a Thriving Client Community

The AfterAthena community created a structured digital environment where clients engage with Napthens beyond individual legal matters, strengthening long term relationships and positioning the firm as an ongoing strategic partner rather than a reactive service provider.

Challenge

Napthens AfterAthena sought to strengthen connection and value between legal advisors and their business clients but lacked a unified digital space that could host community interaction. Traditional communication channels were fragmented leaving clients without an engaging platform to access resources, share best practice, or collaborate on legal and business insights.

Solution

Engage delivered a purpose-built community platform branded for Napthens AfterAthena with dedicated sections for expert content, interactive events listings, resources and tailored alerts. The platform unified connection points for advisors and clients alike giving them on-demand access to insights, thought leadership content, discussion forums and learning opportunities designed to extend the firm’s value beyond transactional relationships.

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Claire Leake

Chief People Officer at National Care Group Limited

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National Care Group: Transforming Engagement with Engage

“Engage has transformed how we reach our frontline teams. Being able to communicate in real time has played a huge role in reducing turnover from 41% to under 24%.”

Challenge

NCG faced significant challenges in communication and colleague retention. An annual turnover rate of 31.5% created instability within the workforce, making it difficult to provide consistent, high-quality care.

Solution

Engage brought all communication into one accessible platform, giving colleagues a central place to receive updates, view policies, and share feedback instantly. By connecting teams across hundreds of locations, the app has created a more inclusive, efficient and responsive way of working.

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Chris Boyle

Head of AfterAthena and Employment at Napthens

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North West based law firm Napthens launches community app with Engage

“Engage strengthens our relationships and positions us as trusted advisers. By keeping clients informed with the latest legal updates and documents, we’ve achieved a retention rate of around 96%.”

Challenge

AfterAthena needed to move beyond traditional, transactional communication. Clients lacked a single place to access documents or updates, and email processes slowed everything down. They wanted a modern way to build a stronger client community and improve access to essential information.

Solution

AfterAthena launched a single platform that brings their client community together. Clients can access documents, updates and guidance in one place, with integrated systems and real-time messaging making communication smoother and more connected.

Trusted by leading enterprise with their people, data, and communities.

Engage is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified, combining enterprise-grade security with GDPR compliance and full data encryption. Single sign-on (SSO), SCIM provisioning, and role-based permissions protect every user and workflow, while audit logs and data residency options give IT complete visibility and control.

Trusted by enterprise with their people, data, and communities.

You do not need to rip and replace existing systems. Engage connects to your HR platform, CRM, support tools, payroll, and learning, so your data, documents, and workflows flow into one branded app and web experience that colleagues and customers will return to.

One login for everything

Single sign-on for colleagues, plus secure access for customers and partners.

Admin that saves time

Provision users, groups, and access rules automatically from your source systems.

Impact you can prove

Track reach, reads, actions, sentiment, and outcomes in reports leaders can use.

Content where people are

Knowledge, documents, service updates, and resources in one place.

Frequently asked questions

How does Engage handle solicitor-client privilege and data confidentiality?

Permission scoping is enforced at the data layer — not as a post-query filter. Each client's AI answers are drawn exclusively from content they are authorised to see, and client data is never commingled. The platform is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant, and uses 256-bit AES encryption. Client data is never used to train external AI models — all AI processing operates within your firm's own scoped data environment.

Can we create different access tiers — retained clients, other clients, and prospects?

Yes. Engage supports multi-tier client access natively. Retained clients receive full access to the document library, AI employment law companion, and matter history. Other firm clients can receive a curated subset of content that adds value and builds the case for retaining. Prospects can access gated content that demonstrates your expertise without giving away the full service. Each tier's permissions are enforced automatically — no manual management required.

How does Engage integrate with our PMS and case management system?

Engage connects via API to your practice management system, CRM, document management, and case management tools. This enables automatic client provisioning when a retainer is signed, bi-directional data sync for matter status and document delivery, and real-time personalisation based on client data. Our Professional Services team has deep legal sector integration experience — including PMS, CMS, and CRM integrations at leading UK law firms — and can advise on the right integration pattern for your technology stack.

Can different practice areas have their own agents and knowledge bases?

Yes. Appi AI supports per-agent knowledge scoping — separate agents for employment law, immigration, health & safety, commercial, and any other practice area, each trained only on the content relevant to that domain. This ensures clear, trusted boundaries for every client interaction and prevents agents from surfacing guidance outside their competence. Individual practice area teams can manage their own agent's knowledge base independently.

How quickly can we be live, and what does the onboarding process look like?

A fully branded, AI-powered client community — connected to your systems, populated with your document library, and configured for your client tiers — typically goes live within eight weeks. The process runs through discovery, data audit, permission mapping, integration build, and client UAT before launch. We recommend a phased rollout: existing retained clients first, then existing firm clients, then the wider prospect strategy. Our team includes professionals with nine years of legal sector experience who understand the nuances of how law firms operate.

What security standards does Engage meet?

Engage is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified, GDPR compliant, and uses 256-bit AES encryption for all data at rest and in transit. We support SSO/SAML, SCIM provisioning, role-based permissions, comprehensive audit logs, and EU/UK data residency. Unscoped AI tools and external LLMs fall outside these standards — our platform is designed specifically so law firms can offer clients AI-powered self-service without compromising on the security obligations that come with professional legal services.