Litigation Deadline Calendar
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Calendar litigation and arbitration deadlines from a scheduling order.
First draft of a common clinic document — practice-area templates (asylum applications, eviction answers, protective order petitions, demand letters), jurisdiction-aware formatting, explicitly a…
Install Draft
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal draft --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/legal-clinic/skills/draft .claude/skills/draft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "draft" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draft into .claude/skills/draft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "draft", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draftType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal draft --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/legal-clinic/skills/draft .agents/skills/draft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "draft" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draft into .agents/skills/draft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "draft", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal draft --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/legal-clinic/skills/draft .cursor/skills/draft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "draft" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draft into .cursor/skills/draft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "draft", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git --path legal-clinic/skills/draft--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal draft --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/legal-clinic/skills/draft .gemini/skills/draft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "draft" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draft into .gemini/skills/draft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "draft", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal draftInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/legal-clinic/skills/draft .github/skills/draft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "draft" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draft into .github/skills/draft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "draft", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal draft --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/legal-clinic/skills/draft .opencode/skills/draft && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "draft" agent skill from https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draft into .opencode/skills/draft/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "draft", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
draft- GitHub stars
- 9.6k
- Used in
- 3 other repos
- Token cost
- ~2.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 912 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 147
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
First draft of a common clinic document — practice-area templates (asylum applications, eviction answers, protective order petitions, demand letters), jurisdiction-aware formatting, explicitly a…
- Works in 6 steps: Which document? → Gather the facts → Apply jurisdiction → …
- A student needs a first draft of a motion
- SKILL.md covers Purpose, Load context, Pedagogy check and Workflow, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Draft is an agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal, published by the product's own GitHub organization. First draft of a common clinic document — practice-area templates (asylum applications, eviction answers, protective order petitions, demand letters), jurisdiction-aware formatting, explicitly a starting point requiring student analysis and attorney review. Use when a student needs a first draft of a motion, letter, petition, declaration, or other clinic document.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Dispute resolution. The repository describes itself as: A suite of plugins for legal workflows. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- A student needs a first draft of a motion
- Other clinic document
Example prompts
- “/draft”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4a6c651. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Draft loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 912 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from anthropics/claude-for-legal at commit 4a6c651, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© anthropics). 912 words, ~2,407 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/draft/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- draft
- description
- First draft of a common clinic document — practice-area templates (asylum applications, eviction answers, protective order petitions, demand letters), jurisdiction-aware formatting, explicitly a starting point requiring student analysis and attorney review. Use when a student needs a first draft of a motion, letter, petition, declaration, or other clinic document.
- argument-hint
- [document type — e.g., 'eviction-answer', 'asylum-declaration', 'demand-letter']
/draft
- Load
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md→ practice-area templates, jurisdiction, local rules, supervision style. - Use the workflow below.
- Match doc type to template. Gather facts from case notes — flag missing, never guess.
- Apply jurisdiction formatting. Draft with
[FACT NEEDED],[VERIFY],[UNCERTAIN]flags inline. - Output with prominent AI-assisted label, student review checklist, supervision routing.
/legal-clinic:draft eviction-answer/legal-clinic:draft asylum-declarationDraft: First-Draft Document Generation
Purpose
Students spend enormous time on first drafts of documents where the educational value is in the analysis and strategy, not in formatting a caption or writing "Dear Judge." This skill produces the first draft from case notes and practice-area templates so the student's time goes to the thinking.
Every draft is explicitly a starting point. Not final work product. The student analyzes, revises, and the professor reviews before anything goes anywhere.
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → practice areas, practice-area templates, jurisdiction (state + local court + any local rules ingested), supervision style.
Case notes or intake summary for the facts.
Pedagogy check
Read the supervisor guide for this practice area at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/guides/<practice-area>.md. Check the pedagogy_posture setting:
guide(default): Produce the structure and the checklist. Ask the student to draft each section. Give feedback on their draft (register, reading level, required elements, what they missed). Offer to fill a section only when the student has tried once.assist: Produce the work product. Flag items for student review. The student edits and learns by reviewing.teach: Don't produce the work product. Ask the student to draft it. Give feedback. Ask leading questions when they're stuck. Only show a model paragraph after two attempts, and only the section they're stuck on. Track what they got right and wrong so the supervisor can see progress.
If no guide exists, use guide. If the guide exists but doesn't set a posture, use guide.
Whatever the posture, the output always includes: "Pedagogy mode: [assist/guide/teach] — set by your supervisor's guide. This means I [description of what the student did vs what the skill did]."
Jurisdiction assumption. The draft assumes the state, court, and local rules set in CLAUDE.md. Caption format, service requirements, page limits, filing windows, and substantive rules vary materially across jurisdictions and even between courts in the same state. If the matter is in a different court or a different state, confirm with your supervisor before relying on any format, deadline, or argument in the draft.
Workflow
Step 1: Which document?
Match the request to the clinic's template set (from ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md). Common set by practice area:
| Practice area | Documents |
|---|---|
| Immigration | I-589 asylum application narrative, client declaration, motion to change venue, motion to continue, FOIA request, country conditions summary |
| Housing | Eviction answer, demand letter (repairs/deposit), motion to stay execution, discovery requests |
| Family | Protective order petition, custody declaration, motion to modify, financial affidavit |
| Consumer | Debt validation letter, FDCPA demand letter, answer to collection complaint, motion to vacate default |
| General litigation | Motion template, notice of appearance, certificate of service |
If the requested document isn't in the template set: "The clinic's templates don't include [X]. I can attempt a draft from general principles, but flag this heavily — it hasn't been tuned for your practice area or jurisdiction. Better to ask [Professor] if there's an existing template."
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Step 2: Gather the facts
Read the intake summary or case notes. For each fact the document needs: do we have it?
| Document needs | Have? | Source |
|---|---|---|
| [fact] | ✓ / ✗ | [intake / client doc / need to get] |
Missing required facts → don't guess. Mark them: [FACT NEEDED: client's entry date — get from I-94 or ask client].
Step 3: Apply jurisdiction
Per ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md jurisdiction:
- Caption format: state and local court rules. If local rules were ingested at cold-start, use them. If not, use state default and flag:
[VERIFY CAPTION: local rules not loaded — confirm format against [Court]'s current rules] - Service requirements: who gets served, how, by when per the court's rules
- Local quirks: page limits, font requirements, standing orders. Apply what's ingested; flag what isn't.
Step 4: Draft
Use the practice-area template. Fill what can be filled from facts. Leave placeholders explicit — never fill with plausible-sounding invention.
Everywhere the draft makes a legal assertion: that assertion is a hypothesis the student verifies, not a conclusion the draft guarantees. Mark accordingly.
Step 5: Flag uncertainty
Three kinds of flags, in-line:
[FACT NEEDED: ...]— the document needs a fact the case notes don't have[VERIFY: ...]— a legal or factual assertion that needs checking before this is filed[UNCERTAIN: ...]— the skill is genuinely unsure and says so rather than guessing
Step 6: Supervision routing
Filing a document with a court or agency is a consequential action. The gate is the supervision workflow in ## Supervision style in ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md, reinforced by the Part 0 role check that confirms a licensed supervising attorney owns the clinic setup. Court filings always route through supervision before filing, regardless of the supervision-style choice.
Per ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md supervision style:
- Formal queue: draft goes to queue, student sees "queued for [Professor]"
- Configurable flags: if this document type is a flag trigger (court filings usually are), output includes "CHECK WITH [PROFESSOR] BEFORE FILING"
- Lighter-touch: standard safeguard label, no additional gate — but court filings still go to the professor before filing per the clinic's existing supervision structure
Output
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — REQUIRES STUDENT ANALYSIS AND ATTORNEY REVIEW
This is a starting point, not final work product.
Every [VERIFY] and [FACT NEEDED] flag must be resolved before filing.
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
[The document — in the practice-area template format, jurisdiction-aware,
with flags inline]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
## Student review checklist
Before showing this to [Professor]:
- [ ] Read the whole thing. Does it say what you want it to say?
- [ ] Every fact: is it accurate per the client's actual documents, not just the intake notes?
- [ ] Every [VERIFY] flag: resolved with research or struck
- [ ] Every [FACT NEEDED] flag: filled with verified information or the section removed
- [ ] Legal theory: is this the right argument? Are there better ones? (That's your analysis, not the draft's.)
- [ ] Jurisdiction: caption, service, format correct per current local rules
- [ ] [Supervision step per CLAUDE.md style]
## What this draft does NOT do
- It does not decide strategy. The draft follows the most common approach for
this document type — you decide if that's right for this client.
- It does not verify its own legal assertions. Every legal conclusion above is
a hypothesis until you research it.
- It does not file itself. [Professor] reviews, you file per clinic procedure.
---
**Before this leaves the clinic.** This is a student draft for supervising-attorney review, not a final letter, filing, or form. Filing it with a court or agency, or sending it to a client or opposing party, has legal consequences for the client. A licensed supervising attorney reviews, edits, and signs off before it leaves the clinic. Strip the AI-assisted draft header only after that sign-off. Do not send or file this draft without supervisor approval.
*ABA Formal Opinion 512 (2024): generative AI use requires competence,
supervision, and verification. This draft is designed to be supervised and
verified — it is not designed to be trusted without that.*What this skill does NOT do
- Produce final work product. First draft only. Student revises, professor reviews.
- Guess at missing facts. Flags them for the student to get.
- Decide the legal theory. Uses the common approach; the student decides if it's the right one for this case.
- Replace jurisdiction-specific research. Applies ingested local rules; flags where rules weren't ingested or might have changed.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in legal-clinic/skills/draft of anthropics/claude-for-legal.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4a6c651
Used in 3 other repositories
We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in anthropics/claude-for-legal, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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What does Draft do?
First draft of a common clinic document — practice-area templates (asylum applications, eviction answers, protective order petitions, demand letters), jurisdiction-aware formatting, explicitly a…. Draft is an agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal, published by the product's own GitHub organization. First draft of a common clinic document — practice-area templates (asylum applications, eviction answers, protective order petitions, demand letters), jurisdiction-aware formatting, explicitly a starting point requiring student analysis and attorney review.
When should I use Draft?
Draft fits situations like: A student needs a first draft of a motion; other clinic document.
How do I install Draft in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (legal-clinic/skills/draft in anthropics/claude-for-legal) into .claude/skills/draft in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Draft in Codex?
Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (legal-clinic/skills/draft in anthropics/claude-for-legal) into .agents/skills/draft in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Draft in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/draft, .gemini/skills/draft, .github/skills/draft and .opencode/skills/draft in your project.
What does Draft need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Draft is instructions for the agent only.
Does Draft access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Draft safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Draft use?
Draft is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Draft use?
About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Draft?
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Who maintains Draft?
anthropics (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in anthropics/claude-for-legal, which has 9,611 GitHub stars. The repository holds 147 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.
Source: anthropics/claude-for-legal on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.