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  • PROFILES
  • REVIEWS
  • LOGS

How to perform conflict checks with your AI

Connect UniCourt to your AI client once. From there, your agent handles the heavy lifting of gathering entity data to flag potential conflicts.

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Short answer

How can I use AI to run conflict checks?

Your AI uses UniCourt to pull specific profiles for attorneys, law firms, and parties involved in a matter. It then compares these profiles against your existing client lists to find matches. You'll get a clear breakdown of potential hits and the data behind them.

Where your data lands.

The outcomes of a check.

The AI organizes the information it finds into these specific categories.

MATCHES

Direct conflict hits

The AI identifies exact matches between the new matter and your current clients or adverse parties.

PROFILES

Entity details

Your agent pulls structured data for the attorneys and firms involved so you can see their history.

REVIEWS

Human verification

You receive a list of potential issues that require your manual review to confirm or clear.

LOGS

Audit trail

The AI keeps a record of the entities it searched to ensure your check was thorough.

The workflow

What your AI does when a conflict check request arrives.

The AI moves through the UniCourt database to build a complete picture of the parties involved.

  1. Identify the parties

    The agent starts by looking up the specific individuals or organizations mentioned in your request.

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  2. Gather firm data

    It pulls detailed information on the law firms involved to check for institutional conflicts.

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  3. Check attorney history

    The AI retrieves specific profiles for the attorneys to see their past involvement in related matters.

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  4. Retrieve full profiles

    Once a match is suspected, the agent pulls the complete, structured record for that specific entity.

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Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the UniCourt search immediately.

Starting points

Replace the bracketed names with the actual names of the attorneys, firms, or parties you need to check.

UniCourt Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_TGnvAjynEQIYg7xYMLohr0zb3nw9799ZGVNf6UrV/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — UniCourt capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unicourt-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_TGnvAjynEQIYg7xYMLohr0zb3nw9799ZGVNf6UrV/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Run a conflict check for the law firm [Firm Name].

  • Search for any conflicts involving the attorney [Attorney Name].

  • Check if [Party Name] has any existing relationships in our database.

  • Pull the profiles for [Attorney Name] and [Firm Name] to check for potential issues.

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Start here

Connect UniCourt once, then ask.

You only need to link your account once. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can immediately start asking your agent to run searches.

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FAQ

How the conflict check behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI automatically clear a conflict?

    No. The AI only identifies potential matches. You must review the results and make the final decision to clear or flag a conflict.

  • 02

    Does the AI update my internal matter management system?

    No. The AI only reads data from UniCourt to provide you with information. It does not write to or change your other legal software.

  • 03

    What happens if the AI finds multiple attorneys with the same name?

    The AI will pull the available profiles and present them to you so you can distinguish between them using their specific firm or bar details.

  • 04

    Can I ask the AI to search for a party by just a partial name?

    Yes, the AI can use the search tools to find entities even if you don't have the full, exact legal name.

  • 05

    Does the AI store my client list?

    No. The AI only accesses the data it needs to perform the specific search you requested through the UniCourt tools.

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