# case.dev

> The complete API platform for legal technology developers.

case.dev provides a unified suite of AI-powered services and infrastructure tools that enable developers to build production-grade legal applications without managing complex infrastructure.

## Quick Facts

- **Type**: API Platform (REST APIs)
- **Industry Focus**: Legal Technology
- **Authentication**: API Keys (`case_sk_live_*` or `case_sk_test_*`)
- **Base URL**: `https://api.case.dev`
- **Documentation**: https://docs.case.dev
- **Console**: https://console.case.dev
- **OpenAI Compatible**: Yes (LLM endpoints are drop-in replacements)
- **Pricing Model**: Pass-through (upstream provider cost, no markup)

## News Articles (Markdown Available)

All news articles on case.dev are available in markdown format for AI agents:
- **HTML version**: `/news/[slug]`
- **Markdown version**: `/news/[slug].md`

The markdown version includes YAML frontmatter with metadata (title, date, author, category, url, canonical).

Example: `https://case.dev/news/test.md`

## Legal Agent Skills (MCP)

Access 800+ curated legal skills via Model Context Protocol:

- **MCP Endpoint**: `https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp`
- **Tools**:
  - `resolve_skill` - Search skills by topic (e.g., "appellate brief", "contract review")
  - `read_skill` - Get full skill content by slug
- **Browse**: https://agentskills.legal/skills
- **Documentation**: https://docs.case.dev/agent-skills

Skills cover: litigation, transactional, corporate, regulatory, research, drafting, analysis.

## Core Value Proposition

Stop stitching together multiple vendors. case.dev provides:
- **One Unified API** for document processing, AI, storage, search, and automation
- **90% Cost Savings** on vector storage (10 credits/GB/month vs competitors)
- **Legal-Optimized** with 800+ expert skills and legal embeddings
- **Production-Ready** with multi-tenant architecture, encryption, and audit logs

## Pricing Model

### Platform Tiers

| Tier | Price/Month | Description |
|------|-------------|-------------|
| OSS Pay-Go | $0 + usage | Pass-through pricing at upstream provider cost. $10 free usage included. 100 RPM LLM rate limit. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom pricing, BAA/HIPAA available, dedicated support. Contact sales. |

All API usage is billed at upstream provider cost with no markup.

## Services (19 Total)

### Vault API - Document Storage & Semantic Search
Store legal documents with encryption, automatic OCR, semantic chunking, and vector embeddings.
- Endpoint: `/vault`
- Features: Presigned uploads, semantic search, metadata filtering, GraphRAG
- Pricing: 3 credits/GB/month storage, 10 credits/GB/month vectors

### OCR/Vision API - Document Text Extraction
Extract text from scanned PDFs and images with 95-99% accuracy.
- Endpoint: `/ocr/v1/process`
- Features: Table extraction, searchable PDF generation, multi-language
- Pricing: 1-3 credits/page (Simple/Complex/Legal Grade)

### Voice API - Transcription & Text-to-Speech
Convert audio/video to text with speaker identification and PII redaction.
- Endpoint: `/voice/transcription`
- Features: Speaker diarization, auto chapters, sentiment analysis, 100+ languages
- Pricing: 15-65 credits/hour (Standard/High Quality/Premium)

### Translation API - Multilingual Document Processing
Neural machine translation powered by Google Cloud Translation, supporting 100+ languages.
- Endpoint: `/translate/v1/translate`
- Features: Auto language detection, batch translation, HTML preservation
- Pricing: 3 credits/1,000 characters

### LLM API - Unified AI Model Access
Access 140+ AI models through one OpenAI-compatible API.
- Endpoint: `/llm/v1/chat/completions` (OpenAI compatible)
- Endpoint: `/llm/v1/embeddings` (OpenAI compatible)
- Features: Multi-provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, xAI), BYOK support, cost tracking
- Flagship Model: CaseMark Core 1 (200K context, legal-optimized)
- Pricing: 35-2,500 credits/1M tokens by tier

### Workflows API - Multi-Step Automation
Orchestrate document processing pipelines with declarative JSON.
- Endpoint: `/workflows/v1`
- Features: Durable execution, automatic retries, webhook notifications
- Pricing: 1-15 credits/execution by complexity

### Actions API - Event-Driven Automation
Execute workflows in response to events, schedules, or webhooks.
- Endpoint: `/actions/v1`
- Triggers: API events, cron schedules, external webhooks
- Pricing: Free (underlying services charged separately)

### Convert API - File Format Conversion
Convert FTR court recordings to standard M4A audio.
- Endpoint: `/convert/v1/process`
- Pricing: 15 credits/hour

### Format API - Document Generation
Transform Markdown/JSON into professional PDF, DOCX, or HTML.
- Endpoint: `/format/v1/document`
- Templates: Pleading, letter, memo, brief, contract, report
- Pricing: 1 credit/document

### Email API - Transactional Email
Send notifications and alerts with attachments.
- Endpoint: `/email/v1/send`
- Pricing: 1 credit/100 emails

### Graph API - Knowledge Graphs (GraphRAG)
Extract entities and relationships from documents.
- Endpoint: `/vault/:id/graphrag/init`
- Features: Entity extraction, relationship mapping, community detection
- Pricing: 15 credits/1,000 entities (build), 1 credit/query

### Billing API - Usage Tracking
Real-time usage tracking and payment management.
- Endpoint: `/billing/v1/usage`
- Features: Per-service breakdown, credit balance tracking

### Orbit Compute - Application Hosting
Deploy web applications with one-click from GitHub.
- Endpoint: `/deployments/v1`
- Features: Live URLs on case.systems, pause/resume, GPU access (T4, A100, H100)
- Pricing: From $0.03/hour (small instance)

### Payments Platform - Trust Accounting (Early Access)
IOLTA-compliant trust accounting and payment infrastructure.
- Features: Double-entry ledger, Stripe Connect, holds/approvals
- Status: Early access for select partners

### Web Search API - Search & AI Answers
Programmatic web search with AI-powered answer generation.
- Endpoint: `/search/v1/search`, `/search/v1/answer`, `/search/v1/research`
- Features: Domain filtering, citations, multi-step research
- Note: Web data only - use specialized platforms for case law/statutes

### Databases API - Serverless PostgreSQL
Serverless PostgreSQL databases powered by Neon with instant branching.
- Endpoint: `/database/v1/projects`
- Features: Auto-scaling, branching (dev/staging/prod), connection pooling, PostgreSQL 17
- Regions: 8 AWS regions worldwide

### Memory API - Persistent Agent Memory
Persistent, searchable memory for AI agents across conversations.
- Endpoint: `/memory/v1`
- Features: Fact extraction, semantic search, 12 tag fields for filtering, deduplication
- Pricing: $0.001/operation (add, search)

### SuperDoc API - Document Conversion
Convert documents between formats and populate DOCX templates.
- Endpoint: `/superdoc/v1/convert`, `/superdoc/v1/annotate`
- Conversions: DOCX↔PDF, Markdown→DOCX/PDF, HTML→DOCX
- Features: Template field population, high-fidelity formatting

### AI Governance - Provider Control
Control which AI providers handle your organization's requests.
- Endpoint: `/governance`
- Features: Trust tiers, compliance certifications (SOC 2, HIPAA, BAA), audit logs
- Enforcement: Hard block, soft block, or warn modes

## Available AI Models (via LLM API)

| Tier | Credits/1M Tokens | Example Models |
|------|-------------------|----------------|
| Premium | 2,500 | Claude Opus 4.5, GPT-4 Turbo |
| Standard | 750 | Claude Sonnet 4.5, GPT-4o, CaseMark Core 1 |
| Efficient | 250 | Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-4o-mini |
| Budget | 35 | DeepSeek V3, Gemini Flash |

### Featured Models

| Model | Provider | Context | Best For |
|-------|----------|---------|----------|
| CaseMark Core 1 | case.dev | 200K | Legal workflows (flagship) |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | 200K | Balanced quality/cost |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | 200K | Fast, cost-effective |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 200K | Maximum capability |
| GPT-5 | OpenAI | 128K | General purpose |
| GPT-5-mini | OpenAI | 128K | Ultra-affordable |
| o4-mini | OpenAI | 128K | Reasoning tasks |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | Google | 1M | Ultra-fast |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | Google | 2M | Complex reasoning |
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | 64K | Open, affordable |
| Grok 4 | xAI | 128K | Real-time data |

## Pass-Through Pricing Quick Reference

| Service | Unit | Price (USD) | Provider |
|---------|------|-------------|----------|
| Transcription | 1 hour | $0.30 | AssemblyAI |
| Text-to-Speech | 1K characters | $0.12 | ElevenLabs |
| OCR | 1K pages | $1.50 | Self-hosted (doctr) |
| Web Search | 1K searches | $5.00 | Exa |
| Translation | 1M characters | $20.00 | Google Cloud |
| LLM (CaseMark) | 1M tokens (input) | $1.50 | Baseten |
| LLM (CaseMark) | 1M tokens (output) | $3.50 | Baseten |
| LLM (3rd party) | varies | Provider rate | AI Gateway |
| GPU (H100) | 1 hour | $3.95 | Modal |
| DB Compute | 1 CU-hour | $0.222 | Neon |
| DB Storage | 1 GB/month | $0.35 | Neon |
| Memory | operation | $0.001 | case.dev |

## Code Examples

### Chat Completion (OpenAI Compatible)
```bash
curl https://api.case.dev/llm/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer case_sk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "casemark/core-1",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this contract..."}],
    "max_tokens": 1000
  }'
```

### Upload & Search Documents
```bash
# Create vault
curl -X POST https://api.case.dev/vault \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer case_sk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"name": "Case Documents"}'

# Search (after ingestion)
curl -X POST https://api.case.dev/vault/{vault_id}/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer case_sk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"query": "indemnification clause", "limit": 10}'
```

### Transcribe Audio
```bash
curl -X POST https://api.case.dev/voice/transcription \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer case_sk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "audio_url": "https://example.com/deposition.mp3",
    "speaker_labels": true,
    "redact_pii": true
  }'
```

## SDKs

- **Python**: `pip install casemark` (PyPI)
- **TypeScript/JavaScript**: `npm install @casemark/sdk` (npm)
- **cURL**: All endpoints documented with examples

## Related Products

- **Console** (https://console.case.dev): Web dashboard for API management

## Contact

- **Documentation**: https://docs.case.dev
- **Support**: support@case.dev
- **Sales**: sales@case.dev
- **Security**: https://trust.casemark.com

## Optional

- [Documentation](https://docs.case.dev)
- [API Reference](https://docs.case.dev/api-reference)
- [Pricing](https://case.dev/pricing)
- [Changelog](https://docs.case.dev/changelog)