# policy-diff

This skill compares a new regulatory requirement against your policy library and highlights which policies need updating and where. Use it when a regulator changes a rule and you need to know what it affects.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 596 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/regulatory-legal/skills/policy-diff/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/policy-diff

## What it does

policy-diff loads your policy index from `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md`, extracts requirements from the changed rule, and maps each one to the closest matching policy. For each match, it shows what the new rule requires, what your current policy says, and the gap — none, partial, or full.

The skill handles multiple input types: full rule text, a link to the source, or a regulator name. For each requirement, it reports the match status (direct hit, related policy, no policy exists), the policy owner from your index, and the specific action needed — add a section, rewrite existing text, or create a new policy.

When a rule is contested or newly published, the skill checks its status: is it stayed, enjoined, or vacated? If verification isn't possible, it flags the output so compliance dates aren't treated as binding without confirmation from the regulator.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- identify which internal policies a new regulation affects
- spot gaps between what a rule requires and what policy covers
- build an update list with policy owners and action items
- track which requirements are new versus already covered
- verify rule status before analysis — check if it's been stayed or rescinded

## Example prompts
- Run a gap analysis: paste the new rule text and ask policy-diff to compare it against our policies
- Which of our policies does this data-disclosure requirement touch?
- What's the gap between our hiring-verification policy and the new GDPR update?

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

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```text
---
name: policy-diff
description: Diff a specific regulatory change against the indexed policy library. Use when a reg has changed and you need to know which policies it touches and what the gap is, when the user says "diff this reg against our policies", "which policy does this affect", or "gap analysis", or when reg-feed-watcher hands off a material item.
argument-hint: "[reg name, or paste reg text/summary]"
---

# /policy-diff

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md` → policy library index.
2. Use the workflow below.
3. Extract requirements from the reg. Match to indexed policies.
4. Output: per-requirement gap analysis, which policy needs updating.

---

## Matter context

**Matter context.** Check `## Matter workspaces` in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If `Enabled` is `✗` (the default for in-house users), skip the rest of this paragraph — skills use practice-level context and the matter machinery is invisible. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run `/regulatory-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug>` or say `practice-level`." Load the active matter's `matter.md` for matter-specific context and overrides. Write outputs to the matter folder at `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/`. Never read another matter's files unless `Cross-matter context` is `on`.

---

## Purpose

A reg changed. You have policies. This skill finds which policies the change touches and what the gap is between "what the reg now requires" and "what the policy says."

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md` → policy library index (policies, locations, owners).

## Scope integrity

If the user asks you to exclude a policy section, requirement, or category from the diff:

1. Do it — the user owns the scope.
2. But flag it, loudly and permanently: "⚠️ SCOPE LIMITATION: Section [X] excluded at user request. This diff does not reflect the full policy. Gaps in the excluded area are NOT identified." Above the header, carried to every downstream artifact.
3. Hand the flag to `gap-surfacer`: "This diff was scope-limited. Do not represent it as a complete compliance picture." Include the scope-limitation banner verbatim on any gap tracker entry derived from this diff.
4. Note what the exclusion means: "Excluding vendor management means the diff will show 'no policy addresses vendor management' — which is worse than showing the gap."
```
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