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Added "get_directory_counts" (10 tools before, 11 now)
Get Core counts for Judges, Courts and Courthouses nationally or by state. Judges include historical profiles; Courts are institutions; Courthouses are known physical addresses. Shared addresses count once.
Changed the definition of "compare_immigration_analytics", "find_court" and "get_immigration_analytics"
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Changed the definition of "get_court"
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Changed the definition of "find_court", "get_court" and "get_judge_profile"
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Changed the definition of "compare_immigration_analytics", "get_court" and "get_immigration_analytics"
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Changed the definition of "get_immigration_analytics"
⟨12 unchanged words⟩ Defaults to asylum outcomes across all saved years;optionallyfilterby calendarjointlyyearbyORnationality,nationality.calendarJointornationality+yearfiscalasylumproceeding-completiondatayear, andfiscal years
Added "compare_immigration_analytics" and "get_immigration_analytics" (8 tools before, 10 now)
Compare saved immigration outcomes by judge or court, state, nationality and calendar year. Defaults to asylum_denial_rate and at least 35 qualifying outcomes, including other/procedural outcomes in the denominator to match the website. Asylum supports year OR nationality, not both together. Use proceeding_removal_rate only when the user explicitly wants broader proceeding/removal outcomes; never substitute it for asylum. At most ten results; disclose sample size, partial-cell coverage and geography. Historical rates do not predict individual outcomes or imply a choice of judge.
Get saved immigration judge or court analytics using a canonical profile URL. Defaults to asylum outcomes across all saved years; optionally filter by calendar year OR nationality. Joint nationality+year asylum data and fiscal years are unavailable. Explicit metric proceeding_removal_rate provides broader proceeding outcomes by nationality+calendar year, not asylum rates. Returns counts, denominator, sources and coverage. Court asylum totals group historical outcomes of currently assigned judges; they are not historical court-location totals. Missing data is not zero.
Changed the definition of "find_ai_abuse_cases", "get_courtroom_presentation_rules" and "get_judge_profile"
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Changed the definition of "find_ai_abuse_cases", "find_judges", "get_court" and 2 more
⟨13 unchanged words⟩ and authorities. Use query for a case nameor, error type,withoroptionaloutcome; response can distinguish sanctions from no sanctions. Optional court, judge, state,response,and datefilters.filters narrow results. Returns at most 10 source-linked cases with an ⟨16 unchanged words⟩
⟨131 unchanged words⟩ Changed the definition of "find_ai_abuse_cases", "find_court", "find_judges" and 5 more
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Changed the definition of "find_ai_abuse_cases", "find_court", "find_judges" and 5 more
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Added "find_court" and "get_court"; changed the definition of "find_ai_abuse_cases", "find_judges", "get_courtroom_presentation_rules" and 3 more (6 tools before, 8 now)
Find court decisionsinvolvingabout AI-generated legalerrors.errors,Returnsincludingathallucinatedmostor10fabricatedsource-linkedcitations, cases, and authorities. Use query for a case name or error type, with optional
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