Hypogenic
davila7/claude-code-templates
Automated hypothesis generation and testing using large language models.
Legal abductive reasoning skill for generating and evaluating the most reasonable explanatory hypotheses when evidence is incomplete or facts are ambiguous.
Install Legal Abductive Reasoning
$ npx skills add THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese legal-abductive-reasoning --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/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning .claude/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning && 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 "legal-abductive-reasoning" agent skill from https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese/tree/main/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning into .claude/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "legal-abductive-reasoning", 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/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese/tree/main/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-ReasoningType 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 THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese legal-abductive-reasoning --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning .agents/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "legal-abductive-reasoning" agent skill from https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese/tree/main/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning into .agents/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "legal-abductive-reasoning", 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 THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese legal-abductive-reasoning --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning .cursor/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning && 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 "legal-abductive-reasoning" agent skill from https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese/tree/main/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning into .cursor/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "legal-abductive-reasoning", 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/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git --path English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning--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 THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese legal-abductive-reasoning --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning .gemini/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning && 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 "legal-abductive-reasoning" agent skill from https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese/tree/main/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning into .gemini/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "legal-abductive-reasoning", 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 THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese legal-abductive-reasoningInstalls 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 THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning .github/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning && 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 "legal-abductive-reasoning" agent skill from https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese/tree/main/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning into .github/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "legal-abductive-reasoning", 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 THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese legal-abductive-reasoning --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning .opencode/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning && 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 "legal-abductive-reasoning" agent skill from https://github.com/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese/tree/main/English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning into .opencode/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "legal-abductive-reasoning", 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
legal-abductive-reasoning- GitHub stars
- 874
- Token cost
- ~4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,349 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 71
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Legal abductive reasoning skill for generating and evaluating the most reasonable explanatory hypotheses when evidence is incomplete or facts are ambiguous.
- Works in 8 steps: Core Concept: What Is Abductive Reasoning? → Mill’s Five Methods: Tools for… → Workflow: Five-Step Abductive Analysis → …
- Needs to propose possible legal explanations
- SKILL.md covers 1. Core Concept: What Is…, 2. Mill’s Five Methods: Tools…, 3. Workflow: Five-Step… and 4. Full Example: Abductive…, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Legal Abductive Reasoning is an agent skill from THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese. Legal abductive reasoning skill for generating and evaluating the most reasonable explanatory hypotheses when evidence is incomplete or facts are ambiguous. Combines Mill’s five methods (agreement, difference, joint method, residues, concomitant variation) for structured causal inference. Triggered when the user needs to “propose possible legal explanations,” “generate defense/prosecution hypotheses,” “evaluate multiple readings of evidence,” or “infer the best explanation from incomplete facts.” Applies to case…
Its SKILL.md is about 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 Research & Science, covering Hypothesis generation and Econometrics and empirical research.
When your agent uses it
- Needs to propose possible legal explanations
- Generate defense/prosecution hypotheses
- Evaluate multiple readings of evidence
- Infer the best explanation from incomplete facts. Applies to case analysis
Example prompts
- “propose possible legal explanations,”
- “generate defense/prosecution hypotheses,”
- “evaluate multiple readings of evidence,”
- “/legal-abductive-reasoning”
Workflow steps
8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Core Concept: What Is Abductive Reasoning?
- Mill’s Five Methods: Tools for Hypothesis Generation and Testing
- Workflow: Five-Step Abductive Analysis
- Full Example: Abductive Analysis of Young v. Hitchens
- Another Example: Method of Difference in Tort
- Output Template
- Troubleshooting
- Quick Checklist
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c31ef1f. 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
Legal Abductive Reasoning loads about 4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 162 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,349 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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,349 words (~3,996 tokens).
- name
- legal-abductive-reasoning
Files
Just SKILL.md in English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning of THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit c31ef1f
Compare with similar skills
Legal Abductive Reasoning next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Abductive Reasoning this skillTHUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese | 874 | — | ~4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Hypogenicdavila7/claude-code-templates | 33k | 10 repos | ~5.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Assess Outlinebrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Designing Experimentsforyourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills | 3.6k | — | ~600 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Econ Intro Writingbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Hypothesis Generationspacering-net/codeg | 3.9k | 14 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Legal Abductive Reasoning
What does Legal Abductive Reasoning do?
Legal abductive reasoning skill for generating and evaluating the most reasonable explanatory hypotheses when evidence is incomplete or facts are ambiguous. Legal Abductive Reasoning is an agent skill from THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese. Legal abductive reasoning skill for generating and evaluating the most reasonable explanatory hypotheses when evidence is incomplete or facts are ambiguous.
When should I use Legal Abductive Reasoning?
Legal Abductive Reasoning fits situations like: needs to propose possible legal explanations; generate defense/prosecution hypotheses; evaluate multiple readings of evidence; infer the best explanation from incomplete facts. Applies to case analysis.
How do I install Legal Abductive Reasoning in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning in THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese) into .claude/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Legal Abductive Reasoning in Codex?
Run `npx skills add THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (English/skills/Legal-Abductive-Reasoning in THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese) into .agents/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Legal Abductive Reasoning 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 THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-abductive-reasoning -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-abductive-reasoning, .gemini/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning, .github/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning and .opencode/skills/legal-abductive-reasoning in your project.
What does Legal Abductive Reasoning need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Legal Abductive Reasoning is instructions for the agent only.
Does Legal Abductive Reasoning 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 Abductive Reasoning 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 Abductive Reasoning use?
No licence was found for Legal Abductive Reasoning or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Legal Abductive Reasoning use?
About 4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 16k 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 Abductive Reasoning?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Legal Abductive Reasoning: Hypogenic (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Assess Outline (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars), Designing Experiments (foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills, 3.6k stars) and Econ Intro Writing (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Legal Abductive Reasoning?
THUYRan (a GitHub user) maintains it in THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese, which has 874 GitHub stars. The repository holds 71 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 22, 2026.
Source: THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.