Agent skill

Legal Article Retrieval

by THUYRan in THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese

Generate standardized legal research reports for case retrieval, statutory research, similar-case analysis, and related legal research scenarios.

No licenceAuto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Legal Article Retrieval

skills CLI
$ npx skills add THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-article-retrieval -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese legal-article-retrieval --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/THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/English/skills/legal-article-retrieval .claude/skills/legal-article-retrieval && 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-article-retrieval
GitHub stars
874
Token cost
~20k tokens
SKILL.md length
8,592 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
71
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Generate standardized legal research reports for case retrieval, statutory research, similar-case analysis, and related legal research scenarios.

  • Works in 5 steps: Retrieval Preparation and Information… → Retrieval Tool Configuration and… → Retrieval Thinking and Methodological… → …
  • The user needs industry
  • SKILL.md covers Overall Retrieval Process Map, Stage 1: Retrieval Preparation…, Stage 2: Retrieval Tool… and Stage 3: Retrieval Thinking…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Legal Article Retrieval is an agent skill from THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese. Generate standardized legal research reports for case retrieval, statutory research, similar-case analysis, and related legal research scenarios. Use when the user needs industry or professional analysis, prediction of adjudication outcomes, verification of the validity of legal authorities, confirmation of legal bases for claims or defenses, or analysis of judicial practice tendencies. Supports litigation strategy assessment, trial preparation, compliance review, legal training, and other legal practice scenarios.

Its SKILL.md is about 20k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `README.md`).

It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Legal research and Regulatory compliance.

When your agent uses it

  • The user needs industry
  • Professional analysis
  • Prediction of adjudication outcomes
  • Verification of the validity of legal authorities

Example prompts

  • “/legal-article-retrieval”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Retrieval Preparation and Information Confirmation
  2. Retrieval Tool Configuration and Database Selection
  3. Retrieval Thinking and Methodological Framework
  4. Retrieval Execution Methods and Techniques
  5. Presenting Retrieval Results and Drafting the Report

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 plain).

    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 Article Retrieval loads about 20k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 136 tokens; SKILL.md has 8,592 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~136
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~20k

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 8,592 words (~19,869 tokens).

“Law is abstract. Statutory text may present unclear major-premise semantics or indeterminate word meaning and scope. In practice, parties often dispute the specific meaning of a provision. Therefore, before citing a legal rule, counsel should not only understand the provision’s…”

— opening of SKILL.md by THUYRan
name
legal-article-retrieval

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in English/skills/legal-article-retrieval of THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c31ef1f

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Find Law Firmjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace2.8k—~3.6kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Contract Legal Researchinfometa/workbuddyskills348—~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Legal CogaAAaqwq/AGI-Super-Team1051 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Legal Article Retrieval

What does Legal Article Retrieval do?

Generate standardized legal research reports for case retrieval, statutory research, similar-case analysis, and related legal research scenarios. Legal Article Retrieval is an agent skill from THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese. Generate standardized legal research reports for case retrieval, statutory research, similar-case analysis, and related legal research scenarios.

When should I use Legal Article Retrieval?

Legal Article Retrieval fits situations like: the user needs industry; professional analysis; prediction of adjudication outcomes; verification of the validity of legal authorities.

How do I install Legal Article Retrieval in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-article-retrieval -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (English/skills/legal-article-retrieval in THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese) into .claude/skills/legal-article-retrieval in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Legal Article Retrieval in Codex?

Run `npx skills add THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese --skill legal-article-retrieval -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (English/skills/legal-article-retrieval in THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese) into .agents/skills/legal-article-retrieval in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Legal Article Retrieval 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-article-retrieval -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-article-retrieval, .gemini/skills/legal-article-retrieval, .github/skills/legal-article-retrieval and .opencode/skills/legal-article-retrieval in your project.

What does Legal Article Retrieval need to run?

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

Does Legal Article Retrieval 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 Article Retrieval 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 Article Retrieval use?

No licence was found for Legal Article Retrieval or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Legal Article Retrieval use?

About 20k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 79k 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 Article Retrieval?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Legal Article Retrieval: Legal Compliance (travisjneuman/.claude, 100 stars), Swiss Legal Source Authority Triage Enrique G Zbinden (lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, 847 stars), Find Law Firm (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars) and Contract Legal Research (infometa/workbuddyskills, 348 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Legal Article Retrieval?

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.