Agent skill

Legal Agent Skills Guide

by wentorai in wentorai/research-plugins

Agent skills collection for legal research and automation. An agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

MITAuto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Legal Agent Skills Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill legal-agent-skills-guide -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins legal-agent-skills-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/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/domains/law/legal-agent-skills-guide .claude/skills/legal-agent-skills-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
legal-agent-skills-guide
GitHub stars
298
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~895 tokens
SKILL.md length
112 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
405
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Agent skills collection for legal research and automation. An agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

  • Works in 5 steps: Legal research: AI-assisted case law and… → Contract review: Automated clause… → Compliance: Regulatory compliance checking → …
  • Tasks that involve Legal research
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Skill Categories, Key Skills and Use Cases, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Legal Agent Skills Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Agent skills collection for legal research and automation

Its SKILL.md is about 900 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: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Legal research

Example prompts

  • “/legal-agent-skills-guide”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Legal research: AI-assisted case law and statute search
  2. Contract review: Automated clause analysis and risk flagging
  3. Compliance: Regulatory compliance checking
  4. Drafting: AI-assisted legal document drafting
  5. Citation management: Bluebook formatting and verification

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. 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 python).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com
    • courtlistener.com
    • case.law

    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 Agent Skills Guide loads about 895 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 112 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~21
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~895

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 wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 112 words, ~895 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/legal-agent-skills-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
legal-agent-skills-guide
description
Agent skills collection for legal research and automation

Overview

A curated collection of agent skills for legal research and automation — contract analysis, case law search, regulatory compliance checking, legal document drafting, and citation verification. Each skill provides structured capabilities that AI agents can use to assist with legal workflows. Designed for legal researchers, law firms, and compliance teams.

Skill Categories

Legal Agent Skills
├── Research Skills
│   ├── Case law search (by jurisdiction, topic)
│   ├── Statute lookup (federal, state, international)
│   ├── Legal commentary search
│   └── Regulatory tracking
├── Analysis Skills
│   ├── Contract clause extraction
│   ├── Risk assessment
│   ├── Compliance checking
│   └── Legal argument analysis
├── Drafting Skills
│   ├── Contract drafting
│   ├── Legal memo writing
│   ├── Motion drafting
│   └── Compliance reports
├── Citation Skills
│   ├── Bluebook formatting
│   ├── Citation verification
│   ├── Shepard's-style validation
│   └── Cross-reference linking
└── Practice Management
    ├── Case timeline construction
    ├── Discovery document review
    ├── Deposition summary
    └── Billing narrative generation

Key Skills

Case Law Research
python
# Search case law databases
from legal_skills import CaseLawSearch

search = CaseLawSearch(jurisdictions=["federal", "california"])

cases = search.find(
    query="AI liability product defect",
    date_range=("2020-01-01", "2025-12-31"),
    court_level="appellate",
    max_results=20,
)

for case in cases:
    print(f"{case.name} ({case.year})")
    print(f"  Court: {case.court}")
    print(f"  Key holding: {case.holding[:100]}...")
    print(f"  Citation: {case.citation}")
Contract Analysis
python
from legal_skills import ContractAnalyzer

analyzer = ContractAnalyzer()

# Analyze contract
analysis = analyzer.analyze("contract.pdf")

print("Risk Assessment:")
for risk in analysis.risks:
    print(f"  [{risk.severity}] {risk.clause}: {risk.description}")

print("\nKey Terms:")
for term in analysis.key_terms:
    print(f"  {term.name}: {term.value}")

print("\nMissing Clauses:")
for missing in analysis.missing_clauses:
    print(f"  - {missing}")
Bluebook Citation
python
from legal_skills import BluebookFormatter

formatter = BluebookFormatter()

# Format citation
citation = formatter.format(
    case_name="Brown v. Board of Education",
    volume=347,
    reporter="U.S.",
    page=483,
    year=1954,
)
print(citation)
# Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).

# Verify citation
valid = formatter.verify("347 U.S. 483")
print(f"Valid: {valid.is_valid}, Case: {valid.case_name}")

Use Cases

  1. Legal research: AI-assisted case law and statute search
  2. Contract review: Automated clause analysis and risk flagging
  3. Compliance: Regulatory compliance checking
  4. Drafting: AI-assisted legal document drafting
  5. Citation management: Bluebook formatting and verification

References

© wentorai, 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/domains/law/legal-agent-skills-guide of wentorai/research-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Legal Agent Skills Guide

What does Legal Agent Skills Guide do?

Agent skills collection for legal research and automation. An agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Legal Agent Skills Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

When should I use Legal Agent Skills Guide?

Legal Agent Skills Guide fits situations like: tasks that involve Legal research.

How do I install Legal Agent Skills Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill legal-agent-skills-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/domains/law/legal-agent-skills-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/legal-agent-skills-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Legal Agent Skills Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill legal-agent-skills-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/domains/law/legal-agent-skills-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/legal-agent-skills-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Legal Agent Skills 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 wentorai/research-plugins --skill legal-agent-skills-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/legal-agent-skills-guide, .gemini/skills/legal-agent-skills-guide, .github/skills/legal-agent-skills-guide and .opencode/skills/legal-agent-skills-guide in your project.

What does Legal Agent Skills Guide need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Legal Agent Skills Guide is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Legal Agent Skills Guide access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. As links in the text: github.com, courtlistener.com and case.law. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Legal Agent Skills 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 Legal Agent Skills Guide use?

Legal Agent Skills 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 Legal Agent Skills Guide use?

About 895 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 Agent Skills Guide?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Legal Agent Skills Guide: 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 Agent Skills Guide?

wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.

Source: wentorai/research-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.