March Product Update: More control, automation, and customization in Smokeball
March brings powerful new tools to Smokeball, including enhanced safe custody management, a seamless InfoTrack experience, smarter AI-powered workflows, and a customizable client portal. Read on to see what’s new.
1. Edit and manage safe custody records with ease

Available to: Grow and Prosper
Regions: AU, UK
What’s new?
Managing Safe Custody packets and documents in Smokeball is now more secure and compliant. You can now:
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Edit packet and document details, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records.
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Capture a reason for any changes, with a full change history log.
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Delete packets and documents with built-in validation to prevent accidental removal.
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Restore deleted packets and documents, so nothing is lost permanently.
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Hide or show deleted items, keeping your records organized.
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Customize packet settings, including visibility of external and firm references.
Why it matters?
Previously, Safe Custody records were locked after creation, limiting firms’ ability to maintain accurate records. These updates provide necessary controls while maintaining a full audit trail for compliance.
2. A streamlined InfoTrack experience in Smokeball
Region: AU (NSW)
What’s new?
You can now access InfoTrack’s one flow conveyancing directly within the InfoTrack tab in Smokeball. Both the classic and new experiences will be available during the transition.
Why it matters?
This update connects every step of your conveyancing journey—from client onboarding to contract execution and property settlement—without unnecessary steps.
3. Make the client portal truly yours

Available to: All Smokeball users
Regions: US, AU, UK
What’s new?
Customize your client portal to reflect your firm’s brand with:
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Custom colors to match your branding.
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Your firm’s logo for a professional, polished appearance.
Why it matters?
Firms want a cohesive client experience, and a mismatched portal can feel disconnected. With these customization options, you can create a seamless, branded experience that increases client trust and adoption.
4. Archie Prompt Library: Smarter AI, every time

Available to: Archie Users
Regions: US, AU, UK
What’s new?
With the Archie Prompt Library, you don’t have to start from scratch.
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Save and reuse your best prompts for consistent, high-quality results.
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Share prompts with your team, so everyone benefits from well-crafted instructions.
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Access expert-curated prompts, built by Smokeball’s legal specialists.
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Create advanced “master prompts”, combining smaller, reusable prompts for complex outputs.
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Tailor Archie’s output to match your workflow, with structured responses for memos, letters, court documents, and more.
Why it matters?
The Archie Prompt Library ensures consistency and efficiency across your firm—so every Archie response is reliable and aligned with your needs.
5. Archie in Boost: Your AI-powered matter assistant

Available to: Smokeball Boost users
Regions: US, AU
What’s new?
Archie is now embedded in Smokeball Boost, making case management easier than ever. With Archie, you’ll access:
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Instant AI-powered matter summaries, linked to your stored case files.
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Smart legal correspondence drafting, ensuring the right tone for every client.
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Quick answers to legal queries, with citations pulled from your firm’s documents.
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Secure AI processing, keeping client data confidential within your Smokeball system.
Why it matters?
Lawyers lose hours to admin work, billing only 3-4 hours per day despite working full-time. Research from our 2025 State of Law Report shows that:
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81% of firms have adopted AI tools to improve efficiency.
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72% of lawyers are willing to invest in learning AI to stay competitive.
Archie helps bridge this gap by reducing administrative overhead and maximizing billable hours.
Contact your account manager to enable Archie in Boost today.
6. FamilyPro: Smarter financial discovery for family law firms
Available to: Smokeball Prosper+ and Grow users
Region: US
What’s new?
FamilyPro is a new add-on for family law firms, designed to simplify financial data collection and asset division.
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Balance sheet intake smart form lets clients provide financial details at their own pace.
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An interactive balance sheet makes property division calculations easy.
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Share balance sheets with clients for easy collaboration.
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Smart form integration (for Illinois firms) streamlines the Supreme Court Financial Affidavit process.
Why it matters?
Financial discovery is time-consuming for firms and stressful for clients. With FamilyPro, your firm can save time, enhance collaboration, and simplify asset division.
7. TemplateLab: Document automation for perfect documents, every time – without the effort
Available to: Grow and Prosper users
Regions: US
What’s new?
Smokeball’s document automation solution has been rebranded as TemplateLab, with four powerful features:
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A library of 20,000+ court and agency forms, configured to autofill with matter data from Smokeball
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A collection of commonly used letters and motion templates, reducing manual drafting.
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Template-building training (free) to help your team get the most out of document automation.
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Custom Template Service where legally trained experts create customized templates for your firm ($700 for 5 templates).
Why it matters?
Manual document drafting is tedious and time-consuming. TemplateLab streamlines the process, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and consistency—so you can generate perfect legal documents every time – without the effort. Discover TemplateLab and start automating your documents today.