# draft

Turns case notes and practice-area templates into a first draft of a clinic document, flagging every gap instead of inventing facts.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 894 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/draft/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/draft

## What it does

The `/legal-clinic:draft eviction-answer` command assembles a first pass of a clinic document from case notes and practice templates: an eviction answer, a protective order petition, a demand letter, a client declaration. Students spend their time on prose and strategy rather than on rebuilding a caption.

It reads `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md` for the template set, state and court, local rules, supervision style. Missing facts stay missing. They get `[FACT NEEDED]`, contested assertions get `[VERIFY]`, and the skill's own doubts get `[UNCERTAIN]`. Output carries an AI-assisted label and a review checklist.

Caption format and service requirements follow the court. When local rules were not loaded, the skill falls back to the state default and marks the caption `[VERIFY CAPTION]`, which is your cue to check the court's current rules before anyone signs. Court filings route to the supervisor before filing either way.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill draft -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/draft/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn intake notes into a first draft eviction answer
- mark missing facts in a client declaration before the interview
- match caption and service rules to a specific court
- hand a supervisor a document with a review checklist attached
- draft a demand letter for a deposit or repair dispute

## Example prompts
- \`/legal-clinic:draft eviction-answer` for the matter in `cases/notes.md`
- \`/legal-clinic:draft asylum-declaration`, pull the facts from `intake/client.md`
- \`/legal-clinic:draft demand-letter`: we want the deposit back, details are in the notes

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

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````text
---
name: draft
description: >
  First draft of a common clinic document — practice-area templates (asylum
  applications, eviction answers, protective order petitions, demand letters),
  jurisdiction-aware formatting, explicitly a starting point requiring student
  analysis and attorney review. Use when a student needs a first draft of a
  motion, letter, petition, declaration, or other clinic document.
argument-hint: "[document type — e.g., 'eviction-answer', 'asylum-declaration', 'demand-letter']"
---

# /draft

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md` → practice-area templates, jurisdiction, local rules, supervision style.
2. Use the workflow below.
3. Match doc type to template. Gather facts from case notes — flag missing, never guess.
4. Apply jurisdiction formatting. Draft with `[FACT NEEDED]`, `[VERIFY]`, `[UNCERTAIN]` flags inline.
5. Output with prominent AI-assisted label, student review checklist, supervision routing.

```
/legal-clinic:draft eviction-answer
```

```
/legal-clinic:draft asylum-declaration
```

---

# Draft: First-Draft Document Generation

## Purpose

Students spend enormous time on first drafts of documents where the educational value is in the analysis and strategy, not in formatting a caption or writing "Dear Judge." This skill produces the first draft from case notes and practice-area templates so the student's time goes to the thinking.

**Every draft is explicitly a starting point.** Not final work product. The student analyzes, revises, and the professor reviews before anything goes anywhere.

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md` → practice areas, practice-area templates, jurisdiction (state + local court + any local rules ingested), supervision style.

Case notes or intake summary for the facts.

## Pedagogy check

Read the supervisor guide for this practice area at `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/guides/<practice-area>.md`. Check the `pedagogy_posture` setting:

- **`guide` (default):** Produce the structure and the checklist. Ask the student to draft each section. Give feedback on their draft (register, reading level, required elements, what they missed). Offer to fill a section only when the student has tried once.
- **`assist`:** Produce the work product. Flag items for student review. The student edits and learns by reviewing.
- **`teach`:** Don't produce the work product. Ask the student to draft it. Give feedback. Ask leading questions when they're stuck. Only show a model paragraph after two attempts, and only the section they're stuck on. Track what they got right and wrong so the supervisor can see progress.
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