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Structured intake — practice-area templates, cross-area issue spotting, conflict flags, and triage classification. Produces a formatted case summary the student analyzes and the professor reviews. Does NOT decide case acceptance.
Passed 19 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 6 of 22 without it.
and 16 more in the full report
14 fixed5 passed either way2 still failing1 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 14 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
During housing intake, tenant states they received an unlawful detainer complaint on May 4th. Local rules give 5 days to respond, but the student needs to calculate the exact calendar due date with the professor. Produce the deadline block.
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Sets the due parameter value to [VERIFY — student + supervisor compute] | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → practice areas, intake templates, supervision style, flag triggers./legal-clinic:client-intake
Intake is one of the biggest bottlenecks in clinics. A student might spend 45 minutes interviewing, another hour writing it up, more time spotting the issues. Meanwhile the waitlist grows.
This skill structures the conversation, produces the write-up, spots issues across practice areas, and flags conflicts — so the student's time goes to analysis, not transcription.
What it doesn't do: decide whether to take the case. That's the student's analysis and the professor's judgment. Claude accelerates the information-gathering and structuring, not the lawyering.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → practice areas, intake templates (per practice area if multiple), supervision style, jurisdiction, flag triggers.
Check for a practice-area guide at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/guides/<practice-area>.md. If one exists, use its intake questions, red flags, and good-fit criteria instead of the generic defaults below. If one doesn't exist, use the generic intake and note at the end of the intake summary: "This was a generic intake — your supervisor can tailor the questions for your clinic type with /legal-clinic:build-guide."
When the intake starts before the practice area is routed (Step 1 of the workflow below), re-check for the guide after routing — the guide path depends on which practice area the intake landed in.
Which practice area does this intake start in? The client may not know — they know their problem, not the legal category.
test cases passed, vs 6 / 22 without
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