# use-case-triage

Classifies proposed AI use cases against an internal registry, flags red lines, and outputs compliance conditions or handoffs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 594 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/ai-governance-legal/skills/use-case-triage/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/use-case-triage

## What it does

The skill checks a proposed AI initiative against your registry and red lines in `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md`. It returns a status (approved, conditional, or not approved), a governance tier, required conditions, and cross-plugin routing to privacy or product counsel. If the request is vague, it stops to ask about vendors, human review, and affected data subjects.

A configured practice profile is required for tailored evaluation. If placeholder tags are present, the skill prompts you to run `/ai-governance-legal:cold-start-interview` or proceed under `provisional` mode using default US assumptions. When citing regulations, it tags references with `[settled]`, `[verify]`, or `[verify-pinpoint]` tiers. Any use case missing from the registry defaults directly to conditional status pending an AI impact assessment.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal use-case-triage
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/use-case-triage/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --path ai-governance-legal/skills/use-case-triage
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill use-case-triage -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/ai-governance-legal/skills/use-case-triage/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- classify proposed AI deployments against company registries
- spot hard red lines before rolling out AI tooling
- generate a concrete conditions table for conditional approvals
- route reviews to privacy or product counsel
- tag regulatory citations to prevent fabricated pinpoint references

## Example prompts
- /ai-governance-legal:use-case-triage "Sales team wants to score leads with AI automatically"
- /ai-governance-legal:use-case-triage "Can we use AI for drafting vendor contracts?"
- /ai-governance-legal:use-case-triage batch

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

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````text
---
name: use-case-triage
description: >
  Classify a proposed AI use case against your registry — approved, conditional,
  or not approved — and produce required conditions and next steps. Flags
  cross-plugin handoffs to privacy or product counsel. Use when user says "triage
  this use case", "can we use AI for X", "is this approved", "what do we need to
  do to use AI for X".
argument-hint: "[describe the use case, or 'batch' to triage a list]"
---

# /use-case-triage

1. Read `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md`. Confirm registry is populated — if not, stop and direct to setup.
2. Use the framework below. Clarify the use case if vague.
3. Registry lookup → red line check → classify.
4. Output: classification, reasoning, conditions table (if conditional), governance tier, cross-plugin handoffs.
5. Propose registry update if use case wasn't already in the registry.

```
/ai-governance-legal:use-case-triage "Sales team wants to score leads with AI automatically"
```

---

## 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 `/ai-governance-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/ai-governance-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/`. Never read another matter's files unless `Cross-matter context` is `on`.

---

## Purpose

Stop the conversation that happens in a hallway and starts as "can we just use AI
for this?" Give a fast, calibrated answer from the registry — and if the answer
is conditional, make the conditions concrete and the next step obvious.

The triage skill is a gateway, not a destination. Its job is to classify, flag
what's required, and route. The aia-generation skill does the deep work.

## Read `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md` first

Before triaging, always read `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md`. The use case registry and red lines there
are authoritative. Generic AI ethics reasoning is not a substitute for what this
company has actually decided.

If `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md` contains `[PLACEHOLDER]`, surface this bounce:
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