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log-leave — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Adds an employee leave entry to a local YAML register and starts tracking legal deadlines. Useful when an employee goes on leave and HR or legal needs to monitor certification clocks immediately.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill log-leave -a claude-code
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What log-leave does

The skill logs new leave records directly into ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/leave-register.yaml. Instead of asking questions one by one, it collects all inputs in a single prompt: employee identifier, work location state, leave type, start date, schedule, and notice statuses.

Next, it checks the jurisdiction table inside CLAUDE.md to look up statutory hours or weeks. It then calculates the earliest deadline. An unsent designation notice sets a deadline five business days from leave start. A pending medical certification sets a 15-day window. When both are complete, it marks the 75% exhaustion point.

The skill relies on the file structure of claude-for-legal. If the local CLAUDE.md jurisdiction table is missing, calculating statutory leave limits will fail.

What it helps with

  • record a new employee leave in a local YAML register
  • calculate statutory notice deadlines for FMLA or state leave
  • track the 15-day deadline for requested medical certifications
  • look up leave entitlements across state jurisdictions

Example prompts for the agent

  • /employment-legal:log-leave
  • /employment-legal:log-leave Sarah (Sr. Engineer, California) started FMLA today. Intermittent. No designation sent yet.

How to install log-leave

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill log-leave -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/log-leave/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/log-leave/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about log-leave

How do I install log-leave in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill log-leave -a claude-code in your terminal.

What does the log-leave skill do?

It queries leave details in a single prompt, calculates upcoming compliance deadlines, and appends a record to the leave register YAML file.

Where does log-leave store the leave records?

Records are saved to ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/leave-register.yaml. If the file does not exist, the skill creates it.

Source text

SKILL.md · Apache-2.0
---
name: log-leave
description: >
  Add a new leave to the leave register with the minimum information needed to
  start tracking deadlines. Use when an employee goes on leave and you want the
  tracker to watch designation, certification, and exhaustion clocks from day
  one.
argument-hint: "[describe the leave — employee/role, type, jurisdiction, start date]"
---

# /log-leave

Adds a new leave entry to `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/leave-register.yaml` with the minimum
information needed to start tracking deadlines. Use when an employee goes on
leave and you want the tracker to watch the clocks from day one.

## Instructions

1. Read `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md` → jurisdiction table and Systems section.

2. Ask all of the following in a single prompt — do not drip them one at a time:

   > A few quick questions to set up leave tracking:
   >
   > - Employee name or role (anonymized is fine)
   > - Where do they work? (State — this determines which rules apply)
   > - Leave type: FMLA / state leave (which state) / USERRA / ADA accommodation
   > - Leave start date
   > - Is this intermittent leave?
   > - Expected return date (if known — leave blank if not)
   > - Has the designation notice been sent? If yes, when?
   > - Has medical certification been requested? If yes, when?

3. Using the jurisdiction table in `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md`, look up the applicable leave
   entitlement (hours/weeks) for this leave type in this jurisdiction.

4. Compute the first upcoming deadline based on the information provided:
   - Designation not yet sent → deadline is 5 business days from leave start
   - Med cert requested but not received → deadline is 15 days from request date
   - Both sent and received → next deadline is at 75% exhaustion

5. Write a new entry to `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/leave-register.yaml` using the leave register
   format from the leave-tracker agent. If the file doesn't exist, create it.

6. Confirm with a single line:
   > "Logged. [Employee/Role] — [Leave type] — [Jurisdiction] — started [date].
   > First deadline: [what it is and when]. Leave tracker will alert automatically."

## Examples

```
/employment-legal:log-leave
```

```
/employment-legal:log-leave
Sarah (Sr. Engineer, works in California) just started FMLA today for a
serious health condition. Intermittent. No designation sent yet.
```

© anthropics · Apache-2.0 · anthropics/claude-for-legal

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