Provakil tracks 80,000 to 90,000 cause lists a day for enterprise clients. Zelican syncs with Supreme Court, High Courts, district courts, and tribunals. Komlit from Lexplosion, MyKase, ProInd LPMS all do credible work. They are the well-funded versions of the litigation-management stack. They cost between tens of thousands and lakhs of rupees per year depending on seats and features. And they all take a month of onboarding.
A solo advocate with 140 pending matters, a Delhi High Court roll number, and a weekly WhatsApp dump to the client list can get 70 percent of what those platforms offer in one afternoon. The stack is Claude Desktop, the eCourtsIndia MCP, and one shared Notion or Google Doc. This post shows exactly how.
The five questions that run a litigation practice
Every matter-managing advocate asks the same five questions every week. The MCP answers each with one prompt.
| Question | MCP approach |
|---|---|
| What is listed tomorrow across my matters | search_causelist with your advocate name, sorted by courtroom |
| What orders came in this week | bulk_refresh_cases with your CNR list, filter orders in last 7 days |
| Which matters have not moved in 60 days | bulk_refresh_cases, compare lastHearingDate to today |
| What is opposing counsel doing on her other matters | search_cases with advocates="Opposing Counsel" |
| What has the bench ruled on similar matters recently | search_cases with the judge’s name, hasOrders=true, last 6 months |
The one-time setup
Open Claude Desktop. Install the MCP in 90 seconds using our MCP 101 guide. Paste your CNR list into a Google Sheet with columns for Matter, Client, Counsel Assigned, Exposure, Last Update. That sheet is your docket. That is the whole stack.
The weekly routine
Every Monday at 07:00 IST: 1. Read the CNR list from my Google Sheet. 2. Refresh all of them via bulk_refresh_cases. 3. For each CNR, report: last order date, last hearing date, next listing, current status. 4. Flag any matter where no movement for 60+ days. 5. Flag any matter with a new order in the last 7 days. 6. Summarise in a table. 7. Paste the table into my shared team Notion at /litigation/weekly.
Ten minutes from Monday 7 am. The team stand-up has an agenda. The client emails have subject lines. The adjournment narrative is not a surprise.
Integrations you will want in week two
- Push the output to a shared Slack or WhatsApp channel.
- Create a Google Calendar event for every “listed tomorrow” row.
- Maintain a separate CSV for audits, so you can demonstrate compliance with your firm’s client-communication policy.
How this compares to paid products
Paid products have real advantages. Time capture. Billing. Trust accounting. Client portals. Conflicts checking. Document assembly. Firm-wide reporting. You will outgrow this DIY stack when your practice becomes a team of five or more, when billable-hour capture becomes a revenue issue, or when a client audit demands an immutable log. That is fine. The MCP stack gets you from zero to a working practice tool. Pay for the rest when you need it.
What this means for advocates
You do not need a year-long procurement cycle to get your practice organised. Start with one matter. Paste the CNR into Claude and ask “What happened in this case in the last year. Explain in English.” If you like the answer, expand to ten. Then to a hundred. Our CNR Decoded post explains how the 16-character identifier you are about to paste actually works.
A working practice tool used to cost a month of onboarding and a five-figure budget. The version that covers 70 percent of the work now costs an afternoon.
Further reading: The 5 AM Cause List Problem, Case Status Dictionary.