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Mike is back and better than ever. Mike (http://mikeoss.com) has undergone a major refresh packed with new features, design improvements, and quality-of-life enhancements. And as always, everything is open source.

Here is a summary of the major updates:

1. Legal research

Case law hallucinations are a massive problem. To address this, Mike's assistant can now produce grounded citations backed by case law from CourtListener. The integration is tight and highly intuitive. Every answer includes links to cited cases, along with supporting quotations from judicial opinions to substantiate each proposition made by the AI.
The assistant also researches cases in much the same way a lawyer would. It retrieves potentially relevant authorities, verifies the accuracy of citations, and searches for keywords that align with the research topic. Support for additional jurisdictions will be added soon.

2. Improved user interface (UI)

The UI has been redesigned around Apple's Liquid Glass design principles, giving the application a cleaner and more minimalist feel down to every modal and button. Mike is designed to be a place of calm where lawyers can focus amidst the chaos of legal practice.

3. Version control

Lawyers are familiar with saving documents as new versions in document management systems such as iManage and NetDocuments. Mike now brings this workflow into projects by allowing users to save new versions on top of existing documents with a simple drag-and-drop action.
This introduces order and clarity to matters where redlines and document versions can quickly become confusing, especially when there are five different files named "Final Execution Version."

4. Data control

Users can now export their data and permanently delete their data directly from the Settings page.

5. Security

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now available. Users can enable MFA to protect sensitive actions within Mike, such as data deletion, and can also optionally require MFA during login.

There have also been numerous backend security improvements since the previous release.

6. MCP connectors

This was one of the most requested features. Users can now add MCP connectors directly from Settings. All tokens and secrets are encrypted at rest.

In the demo video, I showcase the Neimo MCP from k-ID, a global age verification and compliance platform. Mike can also be connected to other MCP servers, including email systems. The setup process is currently somewhat manual, but one-click authentication and onboarding will be added in a future release.

Mike now has a strong open-source community behind it and is improving every single day. The summary above highlights just some of the work that has been shipped over the past month. I'll also be doing more demos to showcase Mike's capabilities.

See you soon.