Agent skill

Legal Brief

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Draft a structured legal brief, case summary, or legal argument outline.

MITAuto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Legal Brief

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill legal-brief -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills legal-brief --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/legal-brief .claude/skills/legal-brief && 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
legal-brief
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~788 tokens
SKILL.md length
379 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Draft a structured legal brief, case summary, or legal argument outline.

  • Asked to write a legal brief
  • SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Output Structure, Quality Checks and Anti-Patterns, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Argument outline

What it does

Legal Brief is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Draft a structured legal brief, case summary, or legal argument outline. Use when asked to write a legal brief, case note, legal memo, argument outline, or position paper. Produces a structured document using IRAC format (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion).

Its SKILL.md is about 790 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 Legal research. 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 to write a legal brief
  • Argument outline

Example prompts

  • “/legal-brief”

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

Legal Brief loads about 788 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 379 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
~788

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). 379 words, ~788 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/legal-brief/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
legal-brief
description
Draft a structured legal brief, case summary, or legal argument outline. Use when asked to write a legal brief, case note, legal memo, argument outline, or position paper. Produces a structured document using IRAC format (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion).

This skill drafts structured legal briefs and memos using IRAC format — the standard structure for legal writing.

Required Inputs

  • Brief type (legal memo / case summary / argument outline / position paper / letter before action)
  • Legal issue or question
  • Jurisdiction (England & Wales / US / EU / Other)
  • Relevant facts
  • Relevant law or cases (if known — otherwise flagged as [RESEARCH NEEDED])
  • Audience (internal memo / court submission / client letter)

Output Structure

Header
  • To: [Recipient]
  • From: [Author]
  • Date: [Date]
  • Re: [Matter reference]
  • Confidential: Subject to legal professional privilege
Issue(s)

One sentence per legal question:

  • Issue 1: Whether X constitutes Y under [law]
Brief Answer

One sentence per issue — conclusion upfront before analysis.

Facts

Concise relevant facts only. Flag disputed facts.

Law (Rule)
  • Relevant statute, regulation, or case law
  • How the rule has been interpreted in key cases
  • Flag [RESEARCH NEEDED] where law is not provided
Application
  • Arguments in favour
  • Counter-arguments and responses
  • Areas of uncertainty flagged explicitly
Conclusion
  • Clear answer to each issue
  • Overall recommendation
  • Suggested next steps
Caveats

What this memo does not cover. What additional research would change the analysis.


WARNING: This draft requires review by a qualified legal professional. It does not constitute legal advice.

Quality Checks

  • Issue is stated as a specific legal question (not a general topic)
  • Brief answer appears before the analysis (conclusion upfront)
  • Disputed facts are explicitly flagged
  • Areas of legal uncertainty are noted (not hidden in confident language)
  • Caveats section lists what would change the analysis
  • Disclaimer is included
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Anti-Patterns

  • Do not present uncertain legal positions with confident language — areas of legal ambiguity must be flagged explicitly, not smoothed over
  • Do not omit the disclaimer — every legal brief output must include the professional review caveat before the user treats it as advice
  • Do not structure the brief chronologically — IRAC format (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion) must be used regardless of how the user framed the request
  • Do not cite cases or statutes from memory without flagging them as [REQUIRES VERIFICATION] — hallucinated citations are worse than no citations
  • Do not conflate jurisdiction — legal positions in England & Wales, US, and EU can differ materially; always confirm jurisdiction before stating the rule

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Draft a legal memo on [issue]"
  • "Write a legal brief arguing [position]"
  • "Summarise the legal position on [topic]"
  • "Write a letter before action for [situation]"

© 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/legal-brief of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Billing And Litigation BudgetTHUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese874—~5kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Legal Issue ResearchGolden2002/legal-research-skill156—~6.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Legal Brief

What does Legal Brief do?

Draft a structured legal brief, case summary, or legal argument outline. Legal Brief is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Draft a structured legal brief, case summary, or legal argument outline.

When should I use Legal Brief?

Legal Brief fits situations like: asked to write a legal brief; argument outline.

How do I install Legal Brief in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Legal Brief in Codex?

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

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

What does Legal Brief need to run?

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

Does Legal Brief 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 Legal Brief 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 Legal Brief use?

Legal Brief 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 Legal Brief use?

About 788 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 Legal Brief?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Legal Brief: Tw Legal RAG (aa0101181514/tw-legal-rag, 328 stars), Design Award Search (SeanJ1ang/design-judge-skills, 712 stars), China Lawyer Analyst (CSlawyer1985/china-lawyer-analyst, 196 stars) and Billing And Litigation Budget (THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese, 874 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Legal Brief?

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.