Circuits, a Microskills Platform.

Circuits is a standalone venture developed by Pneumatic, my innovation studio. Circuits originated as part of an engagement with a real estate practice group at a large law firm that had identified a real problem. AI tools were absorbing the low-level tasks that used to train junior lawyers, and the firm was facing a future with not enough trained juniors in the pipeline.

I ran the work end to end, beginning with the initial design research with partners and associates to better understand how the erosion of the traditional legal apprenticeship model was impacting a particular practice group in a large law firm. Once we landed on the idea for the two-sided marketplace, we piloted the idea with a rudimentary Excel spreadsheet hosted in Microsoft 365 and about 20 lawyers who enthusiastically agreed to participate. Six weeks later, participation in the pilot exceeded all expectations and I decided to build a proper working software platform.

I built Circuits from scratch with Claude Code, including a Supabase backend, Vercel hosting, full front-end design, and with authentication and scheduling features architected around the security and IT constraints of large law firms.

A live, working product, which is being piloted by several law firms. Circuits is the third commercial application of a pattern I've been refining for over a decade – peer-to-peer learning as a secret weapon for how expert practitioners actually transfer their craft. DOJ Debrief was the first version (federal prosecutors). FJC was the second (federal judges). Circuits is the third, now productized as a standalone venture.