Intake a new matter — uniform questions covering identification, conflicts, source, risk triage, materiality, outside counsel, owners, legal hold, and key dates; writes matter.md and history.md and appends a structured row to _log.yaml.
SkillScore73Maintained
Automatic
◆Legal & Contracts pack
Last verified 8/11/2026
What it changes
Passed 14 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 6 of 19 without it.
Without skill32%
With skill73%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Sets issued field to true
Formats slug with year 2026 at end
Sets next refresh date to 2026-09-01
and 13 more in the full report
9 fixed7 passed either way6 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+41 pp
Tokens
+195%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-26%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/11/2026v116 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 9
Prompt
When generating the initial posture section in `matter.md`, what specific verification tag must be attached to the narrative theory?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Includes SME VERIFY tag in initial theory section
Missed
Passed
case-14 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/11/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md304 linessingle file
/matter-intake
Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md → risk calibration (for triage), landscape (for context, conflicts method), stakeholders (for who to loop in).
Generate slug from matter name (lowercase, hyphens, year).
Create ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/matter.md — full narrative intake.
Create ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/history.md — seeded with the intake as the first entry.
Append structured row to ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/_log.yaml.
Confirm with the user: "Here's the row I'll write — any edits?"
Matter Intake
Purpose
Every new matter goes through the same intake so the portfolio stays comparable. Uniform rows in _log.yaml let the status skill roll up. Narrative in matter.md captures what the row can't. History file seeded here becomes the event record.
If the practice profile's ## Side is plaintiff, defense, or a "both — default X" variant, pre-fill the role from that default and confirm. If ## Side is varies by matter, ask cold. Never silently assume a posture the practice profile hasn't set.
The role drives downstream skills: plaintiff-posture matters route risk triage to case value / contingency economics; defense-posture matters route to exposure / reserves / insurance tender.
Jurisdiction (court, arbitration forum, or regulatory body)
2. Conflicts check
Before going further, run the conflicts step per ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md → Conflicts clearance.