Empowering FBI Agents

Watchtower is an internal tool for FBI agents to manage case files, track document usage, and coordinate across teams - sensitive workflows that still need to move fast under pressure, not slow down for the sake of process.

Dark, focused, deliberately unflashy: an interface built for someone who's been staring at case files for six hours straight, not for a screenshot.

Agents worked across scattered systems - documents, credits, inspections, accounts - each with its own logic. Unifying them into one experience meant not losing the depth power users actually relied on in the process.

The hierarchy that came out of it: active cases first, a document-tracking layer underneath, administrative controls behind that - all in a dark theme built to hold up over long sessions, not just look good in a pitch deck.

Active cases, pending documents, system status - all visible without a click. Navigation stays minimal and keyboard-friendly, because reaching for a mouse mid-case is friction nobody asked for.

This view is the actual core of the product. Review, annotate, track - a document's full lifecycle from intake to archive, in one screen instead of four.

A separate, higher-altitude view for supervisors - team activity, case load, performance - built so managing the team doesn't require digging through the same screens agents use.

A unified interface across documents, credits, inspections and accounts - four workflows that used to mean four different systems - built on a design system consistent enough that new features don't need their own visual language.