draft

Generate jurisdiction-aware legal clinic document drafts from intake notes and templates.

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One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft-anthropics
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Skill: draft
Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/draft
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft-anthropics

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

It helps students produce a first draft of a legal clinic document from case notes and templates, reducing time spent on formatting while ensuring missing facts and legal uncertainties are clearly flagged for review.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Template-driven first drafts: Creates motions, letters, petitions, declarations, and related documents from practice-area templates while keeping content clearly labeled as a draft.
  • Jurisdiction-aware formatting: Applies caption, service requirements, page/format quirks, and other local-rule details from the clinic configuration, and highlights when local rules were not loaded.
  • Mandatory verification and uncertainty flags: Uses inline markers like FACT NEEDED, VERIFY, and UNCERTAIN to prevent guessing and to route student attention to what must be checked.
  • Supervision-aware output: Reinforces the clinic’s supervision workflow and emphasizes that nothing should be filed or sent without supervising attorney approval.

Quick Start

Request the clinic to draft an eviction answer using the draft skill and provide the case notes for the required facts.

Frequently Asked Questions about draft

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I generate a jurisdiction-aware first draft for a legal clinic document?

To generate a jurisdiction-aware first draft, the skill processes intake notes and practice-area templates to produce motions, petitions, or declarations while applying local formatting rules and flagging missing facts for attorney review.

What are FACT NEEDED and VERIFY markers in legal document drafting?

FACT NEEDED, VERIFY, and UNCERTAIN markers are inline tags inserted into first drafts to prevent guessing and route student attention to missing facts or legal uncertainties that must be checked before attorney supervision.

Can I use legal document templates for clinic workflows without loading local rules?

You can use practice-area templates without local rules, but the jurisdiction-aware formatting will be incomplete. The skill highlights when local clinic context from CLAUDE.md is not loaded to ensure missing formatting rules are visible.

How do I draft an eviction answer from case notes using clinic templates?

Drafting an eviction answer requires providing case notes to the skill, which selects the correct practice template, applies jurisdiction formatting, and inserts a supervision-oriented draft header with verification markers for missing facts.

Do I need supervising attorney approval for clinic first drafts?

Supervising attorney approval is required for all clinic first drafts. The supervision-aware output reinforces the clinic workflow and emphasizes that nothing generated should be filed or sent without attorney approval.

What's the best way to format demand letters for specific jurisdictions?

The best way to format demand letters is using jurisdiction-aware drafting that applies caption blocks, service requirements, and page format quirks from local clinic configuration, while clearly labeling all content as a draft.