# Find gaps in family financial disclosure

Canonical page: https://agents.paretoid.com/workflows/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/

Category: Operations & Reporting

Practice relevance: specialty-specific. Checks family disclosure categories, account aliases and requested periods against received sources.

Jurisdiction/provider scope: AU-FCFCOA: financial/property matters; confirm forum, including WA applicability

Compare requested categories and periods with received documents, preserving unresolved scope and date gaps.

Status: Primary workflow and tool capabilities documented; editorial adaptation, untested.

Verification: No measured outcome for this exact adaptation. Run synthetic acceptance tests before deployment.

## The problem

Financial disclosure changes over a matter; a folder of statements does not show whether each approved category and period is covered.

Why it matters: A missing statement period or duplicate file can make disclosure look more complete than it is. Tracking each approved request against its sources helps the lawyer see what still needs attention before anything is exchanged.

## Sources and evidence

- method: [FCFCOA duty of disclosure](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure)
  Ongoing disclosure obligations and protected-information considerations ground the review, not a universal document checklist.

- method: [Smokeball AU: Archie supported matter context and limitations](https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant)
  Matter-native document and note review with source links. Images, rendered PDFs and spreadsheets are not extractable; broader contacts and trust transaction history are unavailable. This is capability evidence, not validation of this recipe.

- method: [Smokeball AU: reviewing documents with Archie](https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie)
  Documents native review UI and matter-context limitations; no recipe testing claimed.

Source checked: October 15, 2026. This is an editorial adaptation of documented methods and tool features. No customer result or end-to-end test is claimed.

## Suggested approach

Start when: A new disclosure batch arrives or the lawyer approves a refreshed disclosure request.

1. Confirm authority for the existing indexed matter context before opening AI review.

2. Collect the approved original records and make only the checked text copies needed for readability.

3. Run the bounded comparison with source IDs, item coverage and explicit incomplete flags.

4. Check the report against the originals and retain it for internal human review.

## What you need

- Responsible lawyer confirms jurisdiction, applicable court AI rules, scope, client confidentiality, processing terms and authority before real matter data is indexed. Test in a synthetic matter first.

- Existing licensed, authorised AU Smokeball and Archie access. Add-ons and specialised modules must already be enabled; no new permissions or connections are included.

- Lawyer supplies the current matter-specific review checklist, permitted source list, and any controlling orders. No automatic deadline calculation.

- Before using real data, the responsible lawyer must approve the existing indexed matter context, processing terms, staff access and shared chat history. Archie may index the last 50 recently worked matters when enabled. Selecting attachments or saying ONLY in a prompt is not a privacy boundary. Do not enable Archie or change permissions as part of this recipe. If existing access exceeds authority, stop; use an already-approved segregated matter/workspace or a human review.

- Create an expected-source and covered-item register with stable document IDs and original page/section/record locators. Use bounded batches of at most 20 attached files, smaller where text is long. Combined text may be trimmed. Confirm every expected source and item was actually read; any absent, unreadable, truncated or unprocessed batch means INCOMPLETE, never a completeness assurance. Do not invent page numbers.

## How to use

Documentation-checked steps; this adaptation has not been run in a live account.

- Before using real data, the responsible lawyer must approve the existing indexed matter context, processing terms, staff access and shared chat history. Archie may index the last 50 recently worked matters when enabled. Selecting attachments or saying ONLY in a prompt is not a privacy boundary. Do not enable Archie or change permissions as part of this recipe. If existing access exceeds authority, stop; use an already-approved segregated matter/workspace or a human review.

- Create an expected-source and covered-item register with stable document IDs and original page/section/record locators. Use bounded batches of at most 20 attached files, smaller where text is long. Combined text may be trimmed. Confirm every expected source and item was actually read; any absent, unreadable, truncated or unprocessed batch means INCOMPLETE, never a completeness assurance. Do not invent page numbers.

- Preparing and checking the source packet takes staff time. For a small record set, use direct human review if preparation would take longer. No efficiency gain has been measured.

Access and setup:

- Existing AU Smokeball/Archie licensing, required modules and staff access must be confirmed by the firm; the directory has not inspected its account.

- Jurisdiction, court AI rules, source-processing terms and client authority require the responsible lawyer’s approval. This guide does not enable AI, connect accounts or change access.

### 1. Approve indexed-context access

Tool: Authorised source application / human reviewer

Location: Responsible lawyer: existing matter/indexed-context access review

Before using real data, the responsible lawyer must approve the existing indexed matter context, processing terms, staff access and shared chat history. Archie may index the last 50 recently worked matters when enabled. Selecting attachments or saying ONLY in a prompt is not a privacy boundary. Do not enable Archie or change permissions as part of this recipe. If existing access exceeds authority, stop; use an already-approved segregated matter/workspace or a human review.

Expected output: Documented authority and scope, or BLOCKED before AI access

Next step: Continue only with verified authority and the listed output; otherwise stop and record the blocker. Pass source IDs and coverage status to the next step.

Check before continuing: Verify against original source evidence. Missing authority, unreadable inputs, absent batches or uncertain text trimming blocks completeness claims.

Execution status: Documentation checked; editorial recipe not run in a live licensed account. Synthetic acceptance testing is required.

Step documentation: https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant

### 2. Acquire original sources

Tool: Authorised source application / human reviewer

Location: Authorised source application/matter; acquisition instructions below

Open the existing family matter and locate the received disclosure documents and the lawyer-approved disclosure schedule. Do not let AI generate the legal requirements.

Expected output: Identified authorised original sources and IDs, or an acquisition blocker

Next step: Continue only with verified authority and the listed output; otherwise stop and record the blocker. Pass source IDs and coverage status to the next step.

Check before continuing: Verify against original source evidence. Missing authority, unreadable inputs, absent batches or uncertain text trimming blocks completeness claims.

Execution status: Documentation checked; editorial recipe not run in a live licensed account. Synthetic acceptance testing is required.

Step documentation: https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant

### 3. Prepare source-first inputs

Tool: Authorised source application / human reviewer

Location: Authorised source application/matter; acquisition instructions below

For each approved request line, record category, account alias, requested period and source document/page. Prepare a text-bearing Word copy of this schedule and approved received-document metadata in the matter; use aliases only where the firm has approved the full dataset and processing.

Expected output: Readable verified input packet with original locators, or manual-review gaps

Next step: Continue only with verified authority and the listed output; otherwise stop and record the blocker. Pass source IDs and coverage status to the next step.

Check before continuing: Verify against original source evidence. Missing authority, unreadable inputs, absent batches or uncertain text trimming blocks completeness claims.

Execution status: Documentation checked; editorial recipe not run in a live licensed account. Synthetic acceptance testing is required.

Step documentation: https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant

### 4. Plan bounded source coverage

Tool: Authorised source application / human reviewer

Location: Internal expected-source/covered-item register

Create an expected-source and covered-item register with stable document IDs and original page/section/record locators. Use bounded batches of at most 20 attached files, smaller where text is long. Combined text may be trimmed. Confirm every expected source and item was actually read; any absent, unreadable, truncated or unprocessed batch means INCOMPLETE, never a completeness assurance. Do not invent page numbers.

Expected output: Bounded batch plan and complete expected-source register

Next step: Continue only with verified authority and the listed output; otherwise stop and record the blocker. Pass source IDs and coverage status to the next step.

Check before continuing: Verify against original source evidence. Missing authority, unreadable inputs, absent batches or uncertain text trimming blocks completeness claims.

Execution status: Documentation checked; editorial recipe not run in a live licensed account. Synthetic acceptance testing is required.

Step documentation: https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant

### 5. Open native document review

Tool: Smokeball Archie

Location: Smokeball matter > Archie tab > paperclip, or Files > select files > right-click > Ask Archie about these documents

Open the authorised matter > Archie tab > paperclip; alternatively Files > select approved documents with Shift/Ctrl > right-click > Ask Archie about these documents. Wait for ingestion. Use only verified text-bearing sources; unreadable media or scans require human transcription and verification.

Expected output: Ingested approved text-bearing source batch, or INCOMPLETE input

Next step: Continue only with verified authority and the listed output; otherwise stop and record the blocker. Pass source IDs and coverage status to the next step.

Check before continuing: Verify against original source evidence. Missing authority, unreadable inputs, absent batches or uncertain text trimming blocks completeness claims.

Execution status: Documentation checked; editorial recipe not run in a live licensed account. Synthetic acceptance testing is required.

Step documentation: https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure

### 6. Run the bounded comparison

Tool: Smokeball Archie

Location: Archie question field, with batch ID and source register

Paste the starter prompt with the expected-source register and explicit batch ID. Require a covered-item list plus missing/truncated/unreadable sources. If coverage cannot be verified, mark the run incomplete and stop any completeness conclusion.

Prompt:

```text
Using ONLY the approved disclosure schedule and listed received documents, build one row per requested category/account/period. Show exact source pages, covered intervals, missing intervals, duplicates and conflicts. Do not decide whether disclosure is legally sufficient, invent account numbers, infer missing balances or set deadlines. Keep protected or excluded records out of output. End with questions for the family lawyer and a list of sources you could not read. Use only the approved task scope; this instruction does not limit indexed-context access. For every row include source_ref, source_locator, coverage_status and manual_review. Never invent locators. List expected sources and batches not covered, unreadable or potentially trimmed. Mark the overall output INCOMPLETE if source coverage cannot be verified; no unsupported completeness claim. Copy/open an internal Word draft only; take no external or record-changing action. Return the review table with these exact columns: request_id, category, account_alias, period_requested, period_received, source_page, status, lawyer_question, source_ref, source_locator, batch_id, coverage_status, manual_review. Return a separate source-coverage register with these exact columns: batch_id, source_ref, original_locator_range, expected_items, covered_items, readability, truncation_check, coverage_status, reviewer.
```

Expected output: Draft rows plus actual covered-source/item register and explicit incomplete flags

Next step: Continue only with verified authority and the listed output; otherwise stop and record the blocker. Pass source IDs and coverage status to the next step.

Check before continuing: Verify against original source evidence. Missing authority, unreadable inputs, absent batches or uncertain text trimming blocks completeness claims.

Execution status: Documentation checked; editorial recipe not run in a live licensed account. Synthetic acceptance testing is required.

Step documentation: https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure

### 7. Verify and retain the internal review

Tool: Microsoft Word / human reviewer

Location: Archie response > Copy or Open in Microsoft Word

Copy the result or open it in Word for internal review only. Verify every exception and cited locator against the original, reconcile covered items across every batch, and retain unresolved/manual-review rows. Do not use Outlook/Client Portal send, update native records, file, serve or release originals.

Expected output: Human-checked internal report with unresolved items preserved; no external action

Next step: Continue only with verified authority and the listed output; otherwise stop and record the blocker. Pass source IDs and coverage status to the next step.

Check before continuing: Verify against original source evidence. Missing authority, unreadable inputs, absent batches or uncertain text trimming blocks completeness claims.

Execution status: Documentation checked; editorial recipe not run in a live licensed account. Synthetic acceptance testing is required.

Step documentation: https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24410302082711-Reviewing-documents-with-Archie https://support.smokeball.com/hc/en-au/articles/24407844681751-Getting-Started-with-Archie-the-Smokeball-AI-Assistant https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/duty-disclosure

## What you will get

A category-by-period coverage matrix with missing months, duplicate statements, changed circumstances flagged for review and evidence links.

## Human review and limits

Lawyer decides relevance, protected confidence, privilege and any disclosure obligation; neither sensitive records nor the report goes to the other party automatically.

Internal administrative review only. Do not infer legal compliance from completeness; do not file, serve, contact anyone, change originals or decide legal rights.

What to measure: In a synthetic pilot, record confirmed findings, false alarms, missed items and preparation/review time. Do not infer a saving from an untested draft.

## Original prepared-input schema

approved-scope-template.docx: the lawyer’s scope, permitted sources and context-access checks.

synthetic-source-packet.docx: a fictional test packet only; replace it with approved actual source records only after all access and scope gates pass.

source-coverage-register.csv columns: batch_id, source_ref, original_locator_range, expected_items, covered_items, readability, truncation_check, coverage_status, reviewer

review-output.csv is a blank OUTPUT table, not source evidence. Columns: request_id, category, account_alias, period_requested, period_received, source_page, status, lawyer_question, source_ref, source_locator, batch_id, coverage_status, manual_review

expected-results.csv and EXPECTED-CASES.md are answer keys. Keep them outside the AI’s indexed test context.

Synthetic example input:

```text
Use the kit’s synthetic-source-packet.docx and approved-scope-template.docx. The packet includes matching, conflicting, missing, excluded and human-recorded unreadable cases, plus separate withheld-source, unprocessed-batch, simulated-trimming and wrong-client-access tests. Do not give the answer key to the model.
```

Expected synthetic output:

```text
The expected-results.csv answer key shows the exact output columns and source locators. Missing, unreadable or unprocessed sources keep the overall run INCOMPLETE. An unauthorised indexed context is BLOCKED before AI access. These are expected test behaviours, not observed results.
```

Failure check: Include at least one exact match, one conflicting value, one missing source, one explicitly out-of-scope item and one unreadable attachment. Pass only if each is labelled correctly with a source or explicit absence, and no external action occurs. Include a withheld source, a second batch not processed, a simulated trimmed source and a wrong-client access case. Every run must remain incomplete or blocked until those are resolved; selected attachments must never be described as isolating indexed context.

## Starter files

Native blank scaffolds and original synthetic examples may use different schemas. Follow NATIVE-INPUT-MAPPING where supplied. These files do not connect accounts or install automation.

- [Download starter kit](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage-starter-kit.zip) — All inputs, synthetic examples and review notes in one ZIP. No automation is installed.

- [Source acquisition and execution guide](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/START-HERE.md) — Documentation-checked source acquisition, exact seven-step execution chain, privacy boundary, manual handoff and review limits

- [Approved scope and source template](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/approved-scope-template.docx) — Blank internal lawyer and staff preparation record; no authority is granted by an unfilled template

- [Synthetic text-bearing source packet](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/synthetic-source-packet.docx) — Fictional source scope, manifest and source excerpts; separate coverage scenario metadata; no answer key

- [Blank review output](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/review-output.csv) — Exact-schema header-only output template; not a native input export

- [Expected baseline review results](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/expected-results.csv) — Separate synthetic answer key; keep outside all indexed test context

- [Blank source coverage register](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/source-coverage-register.csv) — Exact-schema blank expected-versus-actual coverage register

- [Synthetic source coverage plan](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/synthetic-source-coverage-register.csv) — Populated planning example with covered items and reviewer blank; NOT RUN statuses are not observed results

- [Exact reviewed starter prompt](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/prompt.txt) — Exact locked-source prompt; operator supplies selected scenario and batch ID separately

- [Expected coverage and access cases](https://agents.paretoid.com/assets/starter-kits/review-family-financial-disclosure-coverage/EXPECTED-CASES.md) — Separate synthetic case answer key for baseline, withheld source, second batch, trimming and wrong-client access; do not ingest

## Optional original prepared-input prompt

Destination: Archie inside the authorised Smokeball matter

This original prompt uses its own prepared-input schema. Do not mix it with native-step tables without the supplied mapping.

```text
Using ONLY the approved disclosure schedule and listed received documents, build one row per requested category/account/period. Show exact source pages, covered intervals, missing intervals, duplicates and conflicts. Do not decide whether disclosure is legally sufficient, invent account numbers, infer missing balances or set deadlines. Keep protected or excluded records out of output. End with questions for the family lawyer and a list of sources you could not read. Use only the approved task scope; this instruction does not limit indexed-context access. For every row include source_ref, source_locator, coverage_status and manual_review. Never invent locators. List expected sources and batches not covered, unreadable or potentially trimmed. Mark the overall output INCOMPLETE if source coverage cannot be verified; no unsupported completeness claim. Copy/open an internal Word draft only; take no external or record-changing action. Return the review table with these exact columns: request_id, category, account_alias, period_requested, period_received, source_page, status, lawyer_question, source_ref, source_locator, batch_id, coverage_status, manual_review. Return a separate source-coverage register with these exact columns: batch_id, source_ref, original_locator_range, expected_items, covered_items, readability, truncation_check, coverage_status, reviewer.
```

Editorial prompt · proposed, not tested

Published by Law Firm Agents. Proposed adaptation; not tested. Not legal advice.
