Agent skill

Jury Duty Guide

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Jury Duty Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill jury-duty-guide -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills jury-duty-guide --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/jury-duty-guide .claude/skills/jury-duty-guide && 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
jury-duty-guide
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
589 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day.

  • Works in 6 steps: Respond on time — always. Whatever your… → Know the legitimate options. Deferral… → Ask honestly, not to "dodge." Frame a… → …
  • Asked what do I do about jury duty
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Respond, Request If… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Jury Duty Guide is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day. Use when asked what do I do about jury duty, can I get out of jury duty, jury summons help, or how does jury service work. Produces a plain-English read of the summons and obligations, the legitimate deferral/excusal/hardship options and how to request them, what to expect at selection and service, practical prep (work, pay, logistics), and a clear warning that ignoring a…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 Writing & Content, covering Plain language and style rules. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked what do I do about jury duty
  • Can I get out of jury duty
  • Jury summons help
  • How does jury service work

Example prompts

  • “/jury-duty-guide”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Respond on time — always. Whatever your goal, you must respond to the summons by the deadline; non-response is the actual risk, not the…
  2. Know the legitimate options. Deferral (to a later date) and excusal/hardship (medical, caregiving, essential-work, financial, or…
  3. Ask honestly, not to "dodge." Frame a genuine conflict clearly; don't fabricate — and understand many people can and do serve without…
  4. Prepare practically. Tell your employer (there are usually job protections), check pay rules, arrange logistics, and know what to bring…
  5. Understand the day. Selection may or may not place you on a jury; service length varies. Knowing the flow removes most of the anxiety.
  6. Heed the consequences. Ignoring a summons can bring penalties — respond even if only to request a change.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

Jury Duty Guide loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 143 tokens; SKILL.md has 589 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~143
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 589 words, ~1,204 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/jury-duty-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
jury-duty-guide
description
Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day. Use when asked what do I do about jury duty, can I get out of jury duty, jury summons help, or how does jury service work. Produces a plain-English read of the summons and obligations, the legitimate deferral/excusal/hardship options and how to request them, what to expect at selection and service, practical prep (work, pay, logistics), and a clear warning that ignoring a summons has consequences. Not legal advice.
deprecated
2026-08-21
supersededBy
jury-duty-navigator

Jury Duty Guide

A jury summons is a legal obligation, not junk mail — but people either panic about it or ignore it, both of which cause problems. This explains what your summons actually requires, the legitimate ways to defer or be excused if you genuinely can't serve, and what the day itself involves — so you handle it correctly and without unnecessary stress.

What This Skill Produces

  • A summons read — what it's asking, the response deadline, and the obligation (responding is mandatory even if you seek to be excused)
  • Deferral/excusal options — the legitimate grounds (hardship, timing conflict, eligibility, prior service) and how to request them properly
  • What to expect — the selection process, how long service may last, and what happens each day
  • Practical prep — notifying your employer, pay/protection rules, childcare/logistics, what to bring
  • A consequences warning — ignoring a summons can mean fines or worse; respond even to ask for a change
  • A jurisdiction flag — rules, pay, and processes vary by location; not legal advice

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The summons — what it says, the date, and the response deadline
  • Your situation — any genuine conflict (work, health, caregiving, travel, eligibility)
  • Your goal — serve as scheduled, defer to a better date, or seek excusal
  • Work context — employer, and whether you're worried about pay/time off
  • Location — determines the rules, pay, and process

Framework: Respond, Request If Needed, Prepare

  1. Respond on time — always. Whatever your goal, you must respond to the summons by the deadline; non-response is the actual risk, not the service itself.
  2. Know the legitimate options. Deferral (to a later date) and excusal/hardship (medical, caregiving, essential-work, financial, or ineligibility) exist — but must be requested properly with any required proof.
  3. Ask honestly, not to "dodge." Frame a genuine conflict clearly; don't fabricate — and understand many people can and do serve without hardship.
  4. Prepare practically. Tell your employer (there are usually job protections), check pay rules, arrange logistics, and know what to bring and expect.
  5. Understand the day. Selection may or may not place you on a jury; service length varies. Knowing the flow removes most of the anxiety.
  6. Heed the consequences. Ignoring a summons can bring penalties — respond even if only to request a change.
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Output Format

Jury duty: summoned [date] · goal: [serve/defer/excuse]

Your obligation: respond by [deadline] — mandatory even to request a change. Options: defer to [later date] · or excusal/hardship on grounds of [medical/caregiving/work/financial/ineligible] — request via [method], with [any proof]. On the day: [selection process · likely length · what happens]. Prepare: notify employer (job protections) · check pay/allowance · logistics · what to bring.

Not legal advice. Rules, pay, and excusal grounds vary by jurisdiction — follow the instructions on your summons and your local court's guidance.

Quality Checks

  • Stresses responding to the summons by the deadline
  • Explains legitimate deferral/excusal/hardship options and how to request them
  • Describes the selection process and what to expect
  • Covers employer notice, pay/protections, and logistics
  • Warns about the consequences of ignoring a summons
  • Flags jurisdiction-specificity / not legal advice

Anti-Patterns

  • Coaching how to "dodge" duty or fabricate an excuse.
  • Ignoring the summons — the one genuinely risky move.
  • Treating excusal as automatic rather than a proper request.
  • Missing employer-notice/pay practicalities.
  • Asserting one process across jurisdictions.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "I got a jury duty summons — what do I actually have to do?"
  • "Can I defer jury duty? The date clashes with a work trip."
  • "What are legitimate reasons to be excused from jury service?"
  • "What happens on the day of jury duty?"
  • "Does my employer have to pay me / hold my job during jury service?"

© mohitagw15856, MIT. 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 skills/jury-duty-guide of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Jury Duty Guide

What does Jury Duty Guide do?

Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day. Jury Duty Guide is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day.

When should I use Jury Duty Guide?

Jury Duty Guide fits situations like: asked what do I do about jury duty; can I get out of jury duty; jury summons help; how does jury service work.

How do I install Jury Duty Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill jury-duty-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/jury-duty-guide in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/jury-duty-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Jury Duty Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill jury-duty-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/jury-duty-guide in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/jury-duty-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Jury Duty Guide 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill jury-duty-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/jury-duty-guide, .gemini/skills/jury-duty-guide, .github/skills/jury-duty-guide and .opencode/skills/jury-duty-guide in your project.

What does Jury Duty Guide need to run?

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

Does Jury Duty Guide 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 Jury Duty Guide 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 Jury Duty Guide use?

Jury Duty Guide is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Jury Duty Guide use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Jury Duty Guide?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.