# investigation-add

Adds interview notes and documents to an open investigation log. Use it to process new evidence batches against documented pull criteria.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 597 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/investigation-add/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/investigation-add

## What it does

This skill ingests batches of evidence and interview transcripts into an ongoing matter log. It evaluates incoming records against established pull criteria, highlights significant findings, and registers all reviewed materials to verify overall coverage.

During execution, the skill loads `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md` and activates Mode 2 from the `internal-investigation` skill. Once processing finishes, it reports the surface ratio and lists highlighted evidence. If the submitted data satisfies an item on the sources checklist, the agent prompts for an update.

Substantive work fails if the `internal-investigation` reference skill is missing, because core logging formats and needle-finding rules live inside it.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- Ingest interview notes and document productions into an open matter
- Filter evidence batches using documented pull criteria
- Log all reviewed records for coverage verification
- Update the sources checklist when new evidence satisfies an open item

## Example prompts
- /employment-legal:investigation-add case-alpha followed by pasted interview notes
- /employment-legal:investigation-add dispute-records with an attached email export file

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

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BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 936a5da35ecf51cb
````text
---
name: investigation-add
description: >
  Add data to an open investigation — documents, interview notes, or
  observations. Processes batches against the documented pull criteria,
  surfaces significant items, and logs everything reviewed for coverage
  verification. Use when new evidence, interview notes, or document
  productions come in for an open investigation.
argument-hint: "[matter name or slug, then paste or attach data]"
---

# /investigation-add

Adds data to an open investigation log. Processes document batches using
documented pull criteria, surfaces significant items, logs everything
reviewed for coverage verification.

## Instructions

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md`.
2. Load the `internal-investigation` reference skill and run Mode 2 (Add data).
3. After processing, show the surface ratio and list of surfaced items.
4. Prompt to update the sources checklist if the data covers a checklist item.

## Examples

```
/employment-legal:investigation-add [matter name]
[paste interview notes]
```

```
/employment-legal:investigation-add [matter name]
[attach email export]
```

> Detailed needle-finding process, log entry format, surface-ratio rules, and
> sources-checklist tracking live in the `internal-investigation` reference
> skill — load it before doing substantive work.
````
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© anthropics · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/employment-legal/skills/investigation-add/SKILL.md

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