Official agent skill

Investigation Open

by anthropics in anthropics/claude-for-legal

Open a new internal investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log.

OfficialApache-2.0Auto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Investigation Open

skills CLI
$ npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill investigation-open -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal investigation-open --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/employment-legal/skills/investigation-open .claude/skills/investigation-open && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
investigation-open
GitHub stars
9.6k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~289 tokens
SKILL.md length
68 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
147
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Open a new internal investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log.

  • Works in 3 steps: Load… → Load the internal-investigation… → If a matter with the same slug already…
  • Allegation comes in and the attorney needs to stand up a privileged investigation workspace
  • SKILL.md covers Instructions and Examples
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Investigation Open is an agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Open a new internal investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log. Use when a complaint or allegation comes in and the attorney needs to stand up a privileged investigation workspace.

Its SKILL.md is about 290 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 Productivity & Automation, covering Meeting notes and agendas. The repository describes itself as: A suite of plugins for legal workflows. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Allegation comes in and the attorney needs to stand up a privileged investigation workspace
  • Tasks that involve Meeting notes and agendas

Example prompts

  • “/investigation-open”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md.
  2. Load the internal-investigation reference skill and run Mode 1 (Open).
  3. If a matter with the same slug already exists, warn before overwriting.

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.

    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

Investigation Open loads about 289 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 68 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~68
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~289

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). 68 words, ~289 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/investigation-open/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
investigation-open
description
Open a new internal investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log. Use when a complaint or allegation comes in and the attorney needs to stand up a privileged investigation workspace.
argument-hint
[brief description of the allegation]

/investigation-open

Opens a new investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log.

Instructions

  1. Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md.
  2. Load the internal-investigation reference skill and run Mode 1 (Open).
  3. If a matter with the same slug already exists, warn before overwriting.

Examples

/employment-legal:investigation-open
Harassment complaint filed against a manager in the Austin office.
/employment-legal:investigation-open
(skill will ask for details)

Detailed intake, privilege-formation requirements, sources checklist, and log templates live in the internal-investigation reference skill — load it before doing substantive work.

© anthropics, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in employment-legal/skills/investigation-open of anthropics/claude-for-legal.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4a6c651

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 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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Issue From NotesAxonIQ/AxonFramework3.6k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
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Questions about Investigation Open

What does Investigation Open do?

Open a new internal investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log. Investigation Open is an agent skill from anthropics/claude-for-legal, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Open a new internal investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log.

When should I use Investigation Open?

Investigation Open fits situations like: allegation comes in and the attorney needs to stand up a privileged investigation workspace; tasks that involve Meeting notes and agendas.

How do I install Investigation Open in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill investigation-open -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (employment-legal/skills/investigation-open in anthropics/claude-for-legal) into .claude/skills/investigation-open in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Investigation Open in Codex?

Run `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill investigation-open -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (employment-legal/skills/investigation-open in anthropics/claude-for-legal) into .agents/skills/investigation-open in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Investigation Open 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 investigation-open -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/investigation-open, .gemini/skills/investigation-open, .github/skills/investigation-open and .opencode/skills/investigation-open in your project.

What does Investigation Open need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Investigation Open is instructions for the agent only.

Does Investigation Open 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 Investigation Open 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 Investigation Open use?

Investigation Open 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 Investigation Open use?

About 289 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Investigation Open?

anthropics (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in anthropics/claude-for-legal, which has 9,633 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.