What problem does it solve? Founders constantly face legal-flavored questions and proposed actions with legal, tax, IP, or employment dimensions, but answering them without a qualified professional creates liability. This Skill acts as a gatekeeper that decides whether a matter requires counsel and packages it so the professional meeting is fast and inexpensive, while never generating anything that reads as legal advice. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Trigger-Based Escalation: Matches any matter against 13 legal escalation triggers (contracts, entity changes, restrictive covenants, hiring/firing, discrimination, IP theft, litigation, tax, and more) to produce a verdict of escalate_required, escalate_recommended, or no_trigger. - Framed Escalation Packages: Builds a structured hand-off containing the situation, what is known, the specific decision needed, exposure, reversibility, and deadline so attorneys or CPAs can resolve it with minimal billable back-and-forth. - Action Holds and Urgency Classification: Holds irreversible or urgent actions (demand letters, subpoenas, imminent signings) and explicitly advises the founder not to act before counsel. - Use Case: A founder receives a trademark infringement demand letter with a 10-day deadline and asks for a drafted response. The Skill refuses to draft a legal position, flags triggers #9 and #11, marks the matter urgent, and produces an intake email for the founder to send to IP counsel. ## Quick Start Ask the legal escalation router whether your legal question or proposed action requires an attorney and to frame the question for them.
