# deadlines

Keeps a ledger of case deadlines: add, roll up across cases, update, complete, close. Warnings fire early and overdue items stay flagged.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 611 installs · ★ 9795
- Author: anthropics · official Anthropic repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/legal-clinic/skills/deadlines/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/deadlines

## What it does

The skill keeps every deadline in `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml` and reads jurisdiction, practice areas and warning cadence from `CLAUDE.md` in the same folder. Warning thresholds default to 14/7/3/1 days. Flags drive it: `--add` logs a deadline, `--report` builds the cross-case rollup, `--update`, `--complete` and `--close` change status. Run it with no flag and you get the report.

The rollup splits entries into overdue, next 3 days, next 7 days and next 14 days, then groups them by owner and by practice area and flags anything unassigned. On `--add` the skill checks for a duplicate on case, type and due date, and compares the date against typical ranges in `references/plausibility-bands/{state}.md`. No band file for your jurisdiction means no sanity check: the skill says so at cold-start instead of running quietly. It will not borrow another state's table.

An overdue item stays visible until someone resolves it, and `--close` demands a rationale in the notes. Deadline math and thresholds follow the jurisdiction set in `CLAUDE.md`, so a different state, a specific court's local rules, or a federal-versus-state question needs the date confirmed against the governing rule with your supervisor.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill deadlines -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/deadlines/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/deadlines/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill deadlines -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/deadlines/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill deadlines -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/deadlines/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal deadlines
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/deadlines/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill deadlines -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --path legal-clinic/skills/deadlines
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/deadlines/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill deadlines -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/legal-clinic/skills/deadlines/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- log a filing deadline with type, due date and owner
- pull a rollup of everything due in the next two weeks
- catch a duplicate before it lands in the ledger
- mark a deadline complete or close it with a written rationale
- see overdue items nobody has resolved yet

## Example prompts
- Add a deadline for case 2026-014: response to the motion, due May 15, owner student Kim.
- Give me the deadline report for the next 7 days, grouped by owner.
- Close deadline `2026-014-response-2026-05` and note the reason.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: deadlines
description: >
  Track case deadlines — add, cross-case rollup report, update, complete,
  close. Warns at configurable thresholds (default 14/7/3/1 days); overdue
  items stay flagged until resolved. The operational record for a clinic
  workload. Use when a student or supervisor needs to add a deadline,
  ask what's due this week, get a deadline report, or update a case deadline.
argument-hint: "[--add | --report (default) | --update [id] | --complete [id] | --close [id] | --horizon=N]"
---

# /deadlines

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md` → jurisdiction, practice areas, warning-day cadence.
2. Use the workflow below.
3. Route by flag:
   - `--add`: capture case, type, description, due date, source, owner. Write to `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml`. Check for duplicates first.
   - `--report` (default): cross-case rollup — overdue, next 3d, next 7d, next 14d; by owner; by practice area; unassigned flags.
   - `--update [id]`: modify fields; log note with date.
   - `--complete [id]`: mark done; confirm with student that work is actually filed/submitted.
   - `--close [id]`: close-without-completing; require rationale in notes.
4. Confirm any write before committing.

---

# Deadlines

## Purpose

A clinic's biggest operational risk is a missed deadline. Students carry multiple cases, work part-time, turn over every semester. Deadlines that live only in individual students' heads get dropped at handoff, get forgotten during finals week, get missed when a student unexpectedly withdraws from the clinic. This skill is the central operational record.

The supervising attorney is on the hook if a deadline is missed. The skill is calibrated to that stakes level — warnings fire early, overdue items stay visible until explicitly resolved, handoffs (via `/semester-handoff`) pull the deadline list forward to the next student.

## Load context

- `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md` → jurisdiction, practice areas, deadline warning days (default 14/7/3/1), supervising attorneys
- `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml` — the ledger
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