Agent skill

Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird

by lawve-ai in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills

Writes a settlement letter on the right footing — and warns you when marking it 'without prejudice' won't actually keep it out of court.

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Install Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird --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/lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird .claude/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird && 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
without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird
GitHub stars
847
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,420 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
154
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Writes a settlement letter on the right footing — and warns you when marking it 'without prejudice' won't actually keep it out of court.

  • Works in 4 steps: Confirm footing → Confirm dispute → Draft → …
  • The user asks to draft a WP letter
  • SKILL.md covers The three footings, When WP protection applies, The Unilever exceptions… and Calderbank / WPSATC specifics, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird is an agent skill from lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills. Writes a settlement letter on the right footing — and warns you when marking it 'without prejudice' won't actually keep it out of court. A genuine settlement letter is normally protected (the judge can't see it), but only if the substance is a real attempt to settle, and even then there are exceptions. The skill picks the correct footing — without prejudice (WP), without prejudice save as to costs (WPSATC / Calderbank), or open — drafts the finished letter, and surfaces the Unilever v Procter & Gamble exceptions…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `README.md`).

The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome Agent Skills for automating legal work.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to draft a WP letter
  • A settlement letter
  • Wants to know whether material is likely protected from disclosure

Example prompts

  • “without prejudice”
  • “Use the without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird skill to write a settlement letter on the right footing — and warns you when marking it 'without…”
  • “/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Confirm footing
  2. Confirm dispute
  3. Draft
  4. Surface exceptions

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 045f738. 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

Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 229 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,420 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~229
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,420 words (~2,617 tokens).

“Labelling a letter WPSATC signals the intended footing; it does not by itself secure costs protection. Whether the court reads the letter on costs, and what weight it gives it, is a matter for the court's discretion (CPR 44.2) on…”

— opening of SKILL.md by lawve-ai, Custom licence
name
without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird
argument-hint
[--type=wp|wpsatc|open]
metadata.author
Andrew Bird
metadata.license
mit
metadata.version
2026-06-09

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird of lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 045f738

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Questions about Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird

What does Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird do?

Writes a settlement letter on the right footing — and warns you when marking it 'without prejudice' won't actually keep it out of court. Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird is an agent skill from lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills. Writes a settlement letter on the right footing — and warns you when marking it 'without prejudice' won't actually keep it out of court.

When should I use Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird?

Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird fits situations like: the user asks to draft a WP letter; A settlement letter; wants to know whether material is likely protected from disclosure.

How do I install Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills) into .claude/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills) into .agents/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird 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 lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird, .gemini/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird, .github/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird and .opencode/skills/without-prejudice-drafter-andrew-bird in your project.

What does Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird is instructions for the agent only.

Does Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird 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 Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird 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 Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird use?

Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird?

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Who maintains Without Prejudice Drafter Andrew Bird?

lawve-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, which has 847 GitHub stars. The repository holds 154 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.

Source: lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.