Case Study

The screenshot that cost a law firm $340,000.

Federal Court. Cross-Examination.

"Your Honor, opposing counsel has presented a screenshot as evidence. But they cannot prove it hasn't been altered. I move to exclude."

Motion granted.

The paralegal had taken the screenshot three months earlier. A defamatory social media post. Clear evidence. She'd even used the firm's standard naming convention. Saved it in the case folder.

But when opposing counsel asked one simple question — "Can you prove this image hasn't been modified since capture?" — there was no answer.

No hash verification. No timestamp from a neutral source. No chain of custody. Just a PNG file that could have been edited in Photoshop five minutes before the hearing.

The evidence was excluded. The case settled for $340,000 less than it should have. Three months of discovery work, gone in 30 seconds.

The managing partner called a meeting that afternoon.

"This can never happen again."

The Solution

What if every screenshot was court-ready the moment you took it?

SwiftShot hashes every capture with SHA-256 at the moment you click. That hash proves the image hasn't been altered. Ever.

One click uploads to WORM storage — Write Once, Read Many. Even your IT admin can't delete or modify it. The evidence exists exactly as it was captured, with a complete chain of custody log.

When opposing counsel asks if you can prove authenticity, you hand them the verification report. Hash matches. Timestamp verified. Chain of custody complete.

"We've used SwiftShot on 47 cases. Not one evidence challenge."

The Difference

Regular screenshots vs. SwiftShot

Regular Screenshot

No proof of capture time
No hash verification
Can be edited undetectably
No chain of custody
Stored on local drive
Vulnerable to challenges

SwiftShot Capture

SHA-256 hash at capture
Cryptographic verification
Any edit breaks the hash
Full audit trail
WORM cloud storage
Court-defensible

How It Works

Three clicks. Court-ready evidence.

1

Capture

Click the extension. Select your area. SHA-256 hash is computed instantly.

2

Annotate

Add arrows, highlights, redactions. Each edit is logged in the audit trail.

3

Preserve

One click to WORM storage. Immutable. Timestamped. Verified.

Time Savings

4 hours saved per case. Minimum.

Before SwiftShot, a paralegal capturing web evidence would: take the screenshot, save it, rename it, log it in a spreadsheet, email it to the associate, who would then manually verify the URL was correct, print a copy for the file...

That's 12-15 minutes per capture. Multiply by 20 captures per case. That's 4-5 hours of paralegal time.

With SwiftShot

Click. Annotate. Preserve. Under 30 seconds. The hash, timestamp, URL, and chain of custody are automatic. Export to PDF with one click. Done.

At $150/hour paralegal rates, that's $600+ saved per case. The Firm plan pays for itself on day one.

Features

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

Multi-Mode Capture FREE

Visible area, region select, or full-page scroll. Automatic sticky header handling.

SHA-256 Hash FREE

Every capture is cryptographically hashed at the moment of click. Proves authenticity.

Annotation Tools FREE

Arrows, rectangles, text, highlighting. Full color control. All edits logged.

Forensic Redaction STANDARD

Black box, blur, or pixelate. Permanently destroys pixel data. Verified irreversible.

Legal Stamps and Bates STANDARD

Exhibit labels, CONFIDENTIAL, auto-incrementing Bates numbers. One click.

Cloud Vault (WORM) PRO

Tamper-proof AWS storage. Governance retention. Per-case retention periods.

AI Integration

⚡ Claude Code + SwiftShot CLI

Let Claude read the evidence for you.

SwiftShot ships with a full command-line interface. Pipe any captured document straight into Claude Code and get an instant legal analysis — key facts, dates, parties, contradictions, deposition angles — in seconds.

No copying. No pasting. No reformatting. The CLI extracts structured text from your screenshots via OCR and hands it directly to Claude, which reads it the way a senior associate would — except it takes 3 seconds instead of 3 hours.

# Capture a contract page and analyze it
$ swiftshot-cli evidence extract exhibit_A.png --ocr --json \
  | claude -p "You are a litigation paralegal. Identify all parties, key dates, obligations, and any clauses that could be challenged at trial."
 
Claude:
Parties: Rocket Mortgage LLC (Lender) · Anderson, James R. (Borrower)
Execution date: March 4, 2021 — note: 3 days before disclosure deadline
⚠ Section 4.2: ARM adjustment cap absent — potential TILA violation
⚠ Section 7: Arbitration clause uses "shall" — may be mandatory in RI
Depo angles: Ask lender rep when Section 4.2 language was finalized

Contract Review

Capture any contract page. Claude extracts parties, dates, obligations, and flags missing or unusual clauses — formatted for your case notes.

Deposition Prep

Feed a deposition transcript screenshot to Claude and get a ranked list of follow-up questions, contradictions with prior statements, and credibility angles.

Timeline Extraction

Drop a chain of emails or a document set. Claude builds a chronological event timeline with citations back to each exhibit, ready to paste into your brief.

Opposing Counsel Analysis

Capture filings from the other side. Claude identifies weak arguments, unsupported assertions, and cites the counterpoints you should raise in your response.

The SwiftShot CLI works with Claude Code (the terminal AI tool) and any other AI that accepts piped text. No subscription sharing. No data leaving your machine unless you choose Cloud Vault. The OCR and analysis run entirely on your hardware.

Real workflow — 4 minutes vs 4 hours

A paralegal captures 12 contract pages with SwiftShot, runs the CLI pipeline, and has a structured memo — parties, key dates, risk flags, depo angles — before opposing counsel finishes their morning coffee. The same task used to take half a day.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you need more.

Free

$0
Forever
  • 10 captures per day
  • 3 PDF exports per day
  • SHA-256 hash on every capture
  • Basic annotation tools
  • PNG export
  • OCR and voice commands
  • Cloud preservation
Install Free

Pro

$99 /yr
WORM storage + chain of custody
  • Everything in Standard
  • Evidence Timeline
  • Cloud Vault (WORM)
  • Chain of custody log
  • 25 GB included storage
  • 25 MB per-file upload
Get Pro

All plans include 100% local processing. Your data never touches our servers unless you opt into Cloud Vault.

Screenshots are easy. Evidence is hard.

Don't let another case settle for less because you couldn't prove authenticity. Install SwiftShot in 10 seconds.