What problem does it solve? Law students in legal clinics lose hours figuring out where to begin researching an issue before they can do the actual research. This Skill produces a structured starting roadmap — likely statutes, case law areas to investigate, regulatory sources, and Westlaw or CourtListener search terms — while explicitly labeling everything as unverified leads the student must confirm. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Research Roadmap Generation: Frames a legal issue specifically, then maps statutory starting points, case law areas, administrative sources, secondary sources, and ready-to-run search queries. - Seed Document Prioritization: Surfaces the clinic's own pre-vetted seed documents (handbooks, filing guides, prior memos) as the first leads before any outside research. - Gap Analysis of Existing Research: Reads research the student has already uploaded, summarizes what is covered, and identifies what the roadmap suggests is still missing. - Use Case: A student asks where to start on a habitability defense to a nonpayment eviction in their state; the Skill returns a roadmap with likely statutes flagged UNVERIFIED, case law areas to investigate, Westlaw queries, and uncertainty flags — all under a prominent "leads, not authorities" header. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to build a research roadmap for a specific legal issue, for example: run /research-start on "habitability defense to nonpayment eviction in California".
