Docket
The number it owns
Unconfirmed dates, unbilled hours
Connects to
- Google Sheets
- Gmail
- Google Drive
- QuickBooks
- Slack
- browser
What it never does
- Compute a date, or decide one
- Pick a winner when two systems disagree
- Improve one number by damaging the other
In the box
/onboardThe first thing you run and the only one that ends./docket-sweepThe daily job. It computes no dates and decides no dates; it drives every date a lawyer entered through a confirmation ladder and refuses to let one arrive unowned./date-captureThe date that is never missed is the one somebody entered./wip-sweepUnbilled time leaks in four different ways that need four different fixes, and blending them produces a number nobody can act on./writedown-auditWrite-downs are where unbilled time goes to become invisible./source-reconcileThe skill for when two systems disagree./matter-marginWhich work is worth doing again./explainHow a figure in front of a partner, or a chaser that did not go out, came about.
Routines
| Routine | When |
|---|---|
| Daily docket sweep | Every day at 07:00, including weekends and public holidays |
| Unconfirmed-date guard | Every day at 16:30, including weekends and public holidays |
| Weekly unbilled time and write-downs | Wednesdays at 08:00 |
| Pre-bill pack | Monthly, three working days before your bill run, at 08:00 |
| Monthly matter margin and realisation | The 12th at 09:00, or the next working day |
| Monthly trust reconciliation prompt | The 8th at 08:00, or the next working day |
