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Data Sources

Abstract Data Sources

Abstract Workers pull from a shared library of vetted, structured sources including a mix of proprietary and public data

Government & legal

Abstract's proprietary intelligence: what's been proposed, passed, and ruled on.

  • Government data: federal and state bills, regulations, executive orders, full text plus PDFs
  • Public comments: rulemaking dockets and attachments
  • Current law: statutes, regs, constitutions, case law, court opinions, jurisdiction metadata
  • Local government: meeting minutes, agendas, agency reports
Most requested

Public web & social feeds

News, social, and the open web, monitored in real time.

  • X / Twitter: public posts, trends
  • LinkedIn: public posts, trends
  • News: specific news sites, news search
  • Web: search, page extraction, scraping

Your tools

Connecting to your toolkit securely.

  • Gmail / Outlook: messages, threads, attachments, contacts, drafts
  • Google Drive / Docs / Sheets, OneDrive, Dropbox: files, folders, workbooks
  • QuickBooks: invoices, customers, payments, AR reports
  • CRM: objects, records, lists, notes
  • Clio: matters, contacts, documents, tasks, calendar, time entries, billing, trust balances
  • X / Twitter (account): profile, owned lists, list timelines, list members
Enterprise

Custom & unique sources

When the standard library isn't enough, we build what your team needs.

  • Custom tool / API integrations: connectors for the systems you run
  • Custom website scraping: for sites we don't already cover
  • Unique data sources: anything specific to your workflow
  • Site-specific & paywalled news: the outlets your team actually reads

Don’t see a source you need?

Enterprise plans support custom connectors and site-specific sources.

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