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Example workflow

Client uploads and messaging in one place

An example of a client view that shows the checklist, still-needed items, and conversation without scattering files across WhatsApp.

Example flow from custom practice builds. Not a packaged product feature.

See it in motion

How this feels in the working day

A short simulated run of the practice UI. No live AI on this page. Open the portal demo when you want to click through the real queues.

Uploads and messages on one pack

Client and staff talk next to the checklist, not in a side chat.

Pack conversationYear end · SA info

Alex Harper

Attached payroll summary. Is the directors loan schedule still needed for SA?

payroll-summary-mar-2026.pdf

Questions and uploads stay on the same pack, so staff are not hunting WhatsApp for which job a PDF belongs to.

The problem

Clients send files wherever is easiest

Photos of invoices, half-named PDFs, and questions arrive in personal WhatsApp and random email, while the pack list lives somewhere else.

01

Uploads without context

A PDF arrives with no job reference, so staff spend time guessing which pack it belongs to.

02

Questions split from documents

The client asks in one channel and uploads in another. History is hard to reconstruct.

03

No shared progress

Clients do not know what is still missing, so they either over-send or go quiet.

Staff and client flow

How this example runs

Clients work inside a portal shaped for the pack. Messages and uploads stay attached to that work.

01Client

Sign in to their pack view

They see required documents, still-needed items, and what is already accepted.

02Client

Upload or reply in context

Files and messages sit against the same job, so staff are not hunting threads later.

03Staff

Respond from the practice side

Notes and replies stay with the pack. Chase and review use the same status.

04System

Keep progress visible

Both sides see movement on the checklist without a status meeting.

In the week

What changes in the week

Fewer “did you get my WhatsApp?” loops. Clearer ownership of what is still missing.

01

Clients upload against a checklist instead of scattering files across channels

02

Staff answer questions next to the documents that matter for that pack

03

Progress is visible without rebuilding status from email search

Custom each time

An example, not a product SKU

This is an example from builds like the Harper Associates portal demo. Every system is scoped to your process, branding, and channels after a discovery call.

FAQ

Common questions

Straight answers on fit, scope, and what custom means here.

Want this shaped for your firm?

Book a free discovery call. We will map your process and put a clear project price in writing if there is a fit. Try the portal demo if you want to click through an example first.