# expansion-kickoff

Starts planning for expansion into a new country by collecting intake, framing EOR versus entity, drafting questions, and creating a tracker.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 585 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/employment-legal/skills/expansion-kickoff/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/expansion-kickoff

## What it does

This skill starts an international expansion project for a new country. It collects intake, frames the choice between an EOR and an entity, drafts questions for cross-functional teams, and surfaces country-specific flags.

Before substantive work, it loads `CLAUDE.md`, which contains the jurisdictional footprint and escalation table, then loads the `international-expansion` reference skill. On completion, it creates a persistent tracker at `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/expansion-[slug].yaml`.

If a tracker for the country already exists, the skill flags it and points to `/employment-legal:expansion-update [country]`, or asks for confirmation to start over. Check that existing file before collecting a second set of inputs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- collect intake for expansion into a new country
- compare an EOR with creating an entity
- draft questions for cross-functional teams
- surface country-specific legal flags
- create a persistent expansion tracker

## Example prompts
- Run `/employment-legal:expansion-kickoff Germany` to start planning for Germany.
- Run `/employment-legal:expansion-kickoff` and provide the country when prompted.
- Check the existing Germany tracker, then run `/employment-legal:expansion-kickoff Germany`.

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

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````text
---
name: expansion-kickoff
description: >
  Kick off international expansion planning for a new country — gathers intake,
  runs EOR vs. entity framing, drafts cross-functional questions, surfaces
  country-specific flags, and creates a persistent tracker. Use when someone
  says "we're hiring in [country]", "expansion to [country]", or "first hire
  in [country]".
argument-hint: "[country name]"
---

# /expansion-kickoff

Starts an international expansion project for a new country — gathers intake,
runs EOR vs. entity framing, drafts cross-functional questions, surfaces
country-specific flags, and creates a persistent tracker.

## Instructions

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md` → jurisdictional footprint, escalation table.
2. Load the `international-expansion` reference skill and run the full workflow.
3. If a tracker file already exists for this country (`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/expansion-[slug].yaml`),
   flag it: "An expansion tracker for [country] already exists. Use
   `/employment-legal:expansion-update [country]` to update it, or confirm
   you want to start over."
4. Create `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/expansion-[slug].yaml` on completion.

## Examples

```
/employment-legal:expansion-kickoff Germany
```

```
/employment-legal:expansion-kickoff
(skill will ask which country)
```

> Detailed EOR vs. entity framework, cross-functional questions, briefing
> templates, and tracker schema live in the `international-expansion`
> reference skill — load it before doing substantive work.
````
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