# plain-language-letters

Deprecated migration skill from claude-for-legal. In the v2 rebuild, it was split into separate workflows for routine letters and case status updates.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 602 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/plain-language-letters/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/plain-language-letters

## What it does

This skill is kept in the `anthropics/claude-for-legal` repository strictly as a migration redirect after the v2 rebuild. It has `user-invocable: false` set in its frontmatter, so the agent will not trigger it directly as a standalone action.

The original workflow was split into two focused skills. Routine correspondence, including appointment confirmations and document requests, moved to `skills/client-letter/` via `/client-letter [type]`. Substantive updates for clients are handled by `/status client` from `skills/status/`.

Both replacement skills enforce plain-language standards from `CLAUDE.md`, removing jargon and controlling reading levels. Keeping this redirect in your project is useful only for backward compatibility with older configurations.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- navigate the skill structure after the v2 rebuild
- find the replacement command for routine client correspondence
- switch to `/status client` for substantive case updates
- keep backward compatibility for legacy workflows

## Example prompts
- /client-letter appointment
- /status client
- Draft a routine update using /client-letter

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

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```text
---
name: plain-language-letters
description: >
  Reference: DEPRECATED — use `/client-letter` for routine correspondence or
  `/status client` for substantive updates. Split into two more focused skills
  during the v2 rebuild. Kept as a redirect for migration.
user-invocable: false
---

# [DEPRECATED] Plain-Language Letters → see `/client-letter` and `/status client`

This skill was split during the v2 rebuild:

- **Routine correspondence** (appointment confirms, document requests, brief
  "we filed it" updates) → `skills/client-letter/` — use `/client-letter [type]`

- **Substantive client status updates** → `skills/status/` in client-facing
  mode — use `/status client`

Both apply the plain-language standards (reading level, no jargon) from CLAUDE.md.

See the respective SKILL.md files for full workflows.
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© anthropics · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/HEAD/legal-clinic/skills/plain-language-letters/SKILL.md

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