What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps legal teams record new litigation events in a consistent, dated way and keep the matter’s history and YAML log up to date so the case record remains usable for ongoing risk review and workflow continuity.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Append dated event entries to case history: Adds a new, properly formatted entry to the case’s
history.md with event type, summary, and optional file associations.
- Refresh the centralized
_log.yaml: Updates last_updated and applies any provided field changes such as status, stage, risk, materiality, deadlines, owners, and legal hold.
- Enforce guardrails before writing: Refuses to append history if the case code is not present in
matters/_log.yaml, routing the user to matter intake first; additionally, requires a stricter gate when the update is an “accept settlement” action.
Use Case: You learn that a court scheduled a new hearing next month and you also received a document that may affect exposure—use this Skill to record the hearing scheduling and update the relevant risk or next-deadline fields in one structured pass.
Quick Start
Run /litigation-legal:matter-update and provide the case code plus an event type, date (or leave blank for today), and a concise summary of what changed.
