claude-for-legal README

The project's README from github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal. As one markdown file: README.md.

Claude for Legal

Reference agents, skills, and data connectors for the legal workflows we see most — in-house commercial, privacy, product, corporate, employment, litigation, regulatory, AI governance, IP, and the learning side of the practice (law school clinics and students).

New here? Start with QUICKSTART.md — install in 60 seconds. This README is the full reference.

Everything here is available two ways from one source: install it as a Claude Cowork or Claude Code plugin, or deploy it through the Claude Managed Agents API behind your own workflow engine. Same system prompt, same skills — you choose where it runs.

Getting started in Cowork

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/51394f0a-5277-4fe2-b81c-5c5e9ac876b5

[!IMPORTANT] Every output from these plugins is a draft for attorney review — not legal advice, not a legal conclusion, not a substitute for a lawyer. They are built with guardrails that reflect that: source attribution on every citation, conservative defaults on privilege and subjective legal calls, jurisdiction assumptions surfaced, and explicit gates before anything is filed, sent, or relied on. A lawyer reviews, verifies, and takes professional responsibility for anything that leaves the building. These plugins make that review faster; they do not replace it.

These plugins do not represent Anthropic's legal positions. They are tools that help lawyers analyze issues. Where a skill includes a checklist item, a suggested framework, a risk flag, or a characterization of case law or regulatory guidance, that is an aid to the reviewing attorney's own analysis, not a statement of Anthropic's view of the law. The law in many of these areas is unsettled and evolving. The attorney using the plugin — not the plugin, and not Anthropic — is responsible for the legal positions taken in their work product.

What's in the repo:

Agents

Each agent is named for the workflow it runs. They're the most common surface — start with the ones that match your work, then tune the underlying skill, the practice profile, and the connectors to how your team does it.

Agent What it does Plugin Command
Vendor Agreement Reviewer Reviews a vendor MSA against your playbook and produces a redline memo commercial-legal /commercial-legal:review
NDA Triager GREEN/YELLOW/RED triage of inbound NDAs so only the hard ones hit a lawyer's desk commercial-legal /commercial-legal:review
Amendment Tracer Traces how a contract has changed across its base agreement and every amendment commercial-legal /commercial-legal:amendment-history
Renewal Watcher Scans the contract register for cancel-by and renewal deadlines commercial-legal scheduled agent
Deal Debrief Weekly sweep of signed agreements with playbook deviations — prompts the attorney to log context while memory is fresh commercial-legal scheduled agent
Playbook Monitor Watches the deviation log and proposes playbook updates when a clause has drifted commercial-legal scheduled agent
Escalation Router Routes contract issues to the right approver and drafts the ask commercial-legal /commercial-legal:escalation-flagger
Tabular Diligence Review Tabular review over a data room with one row per document and every cell cited corporate-legal /corporate-legal:tabular-review
Issue Extractor Reads VDR documents and extracts issues per house categories and materiality thresholds corporate-legal /corporate-legal:diligence-issue-extraction
Board Consent Drafter Drafts unanimous written consents in house format with precedent search corporate-legal /corporate-legal:written-consent
Material Contracts Schedule Builder Builds the disclosure schedule from diligence findings against the purchase-agreement threshold corporate-legal /corporate-legal:material-contract-schedule
Entity Compliance Tracker Computes filing deadlines across jurisdictions and entity types, runs health audits corporate-legal /corporate-legal:entity-compliance
Closing Checklist Driver Tracks every condition, consent, document, and filing blocking close corporate-legal /corporate-legal:closing-checklist
Integration Runbook Phased post-closing integration plan with consent tracking and weekly status corporate-legal /corporate-legal:integration-management
Data Room Watcher Monitors the VDR for new uploads and posts closing checklist status on schedule corporate-legal scheduled agent
Termination Reviewer Runs a proposed termination against jurisdiction-specific risk flags employment-legal /employment-legal:termination-review
Hire Reviewer Reviews offer letters and restrictive covenants with a jurisdiction check employment-legal /employment-legal:hiring-review
Worker Classification Screener Tests a proposed engagement against the controlling state test employment-legal /employment-legal:worker-classification
Leave Tracker Monitors open leaves with FMLA/CFRA/PFL/ADA deadlines and decision-point alerts employment-legal scheduled agent
Investigation Lead Opens, tracks, adds to, and summarizes internal investigation matters employment-legal /employment-legal:investigation-open
Policy Drafter Drafts employment policies with state supplements where law differs employment-legal /employment-legal:policy-drafting
International Expansion Planner Kicks off EOR-vs-entity planning and outside-counsel briefing for a new country employment-legal /employment-legal:expansion-kickoff
Wage & Hour Q&A Jurisdiction-aware employment Q&A for the "quick question" channel employment-legal /employment-legal:wage-hour-qa
DSAR Responder Drafts DSAR acknowledgments and substantive responses within statutory timelines privacy-legal /privacy-legal:dsar-response
DPA Reviewer Reviews a DPA against your playbook as controller or processor privacy-legal /privacy-legal:dpa-review
PIA Generator Generates a Privacy Impact Assessment in house format for a new feature or activity privacy-legal /privacy-legal:pia-generation
Privacy Triager Decides whether a processing activity needs a PIA, a mandatory GDPR DPIA, or can proceed privacy-legal /privacy-legal:use-case-triage
Privacy Reg Gap Checker Diffs a new or changed regulation against current privacy policy and practice privacy-legal /privacy-legal:reg-gap-analysis
Privacy Policy Monitor Sweeps saved PIAs, DPA reviews, and triage results for policy drift privacy-legal /privacy-legal:policy-monitor
Launch Reviewer Reviews a product launch against your risk calibration product-legal /product-legal:launch-review
Marketing Claims Checker Flags copy that needs substantiation, reframing, or cutting product-legal /product-legal:marketing-claims-review
"Is this a problem?" Triage Fast answer for the quick Slack question — pattern-matches your calibration product-legal /product-legal:is-this-a-problem
Launch Watcher Watches the launch tracker for upcoming launches that need legal review product-legal scheduled agent
Reg Feed Watcher Polls regulatory feeds and writes the Monday-morning digest regulatory-legal scheduled agent
On-demand Reg Check Check regulatory feeds now and report what's new since last check regulatory-legal /regulatory-legal:reg-feed-watcher
Policy Diff Diffs a specific regulatory change against the indexed policy library regulatory-legal /regulatory-legal:policy-diff
Gap Tracker Open gaps tracker — what's flagged and not yet closed regulatory-legal /regulatory-legal:gaps
Policy Redrafter Marked-up policy redraft closing a gap — a proposal for the policy owner's review, not a direct edit to source documents regulatory-legal /regulatory-legal:policy-redraft
NPRM Comment Tracker Review open NPRM comment periods, log decisions, track deadlines regulatory-legal /regulatory-legal:comments
AI Use Case Triager Classifies proposed AI use cases against your registry ai-governance-legal /ai-governance-legal:use-case-triage
AI Impact Assessor Runs an AIA across the regimes in scope ai-governance-legal /ai-governance-legal:aia-generation
Vendor AI Reviewer Reviews vendor AI terms for training-on-data, liability, model-change, and policy gaps ai-governance-legal /ai-governance-legal:vendor-ai-review
AI Reg Gap Checker Diffs a new AI regulation against your current governance posture ai-governance-legal /ai-governance-legal:reg-gap-analysis
AI Policy Monitor Sweeps saved AIAs, triage results, and vendor reviews for AI-policy drift ai-governance-legal /ai-governance-legal:policy-monitor
Trademark Clearance Screener First-pass clearance with knockout check and confusion heuristics ip-legal /ip-legal:clearance
Cease & Desist Drafter Drafts or triages a C&D, calibrated to your enforcement posture ip-legal /ip-legal:cease-desist
DMCA Takedown Drafts a takedown, triages one received, or drafts a §512(g) counter-notice ip-legal /ip-legal:takedown
OSS Compliance Checker Classifies open source licenses against your deployment model ip-legal /ip-legal:oss-review
FTO Triager Structured first look at potentially blocking patents — triage, not an opinion ip-legal /ip-legal:fto-triage
Infringement Triager Triage across TM / copyright / patent / trade secret — factors, not a finding ip-legal /ip-legal:infringement-triage
IP Clause Reviewer Reviews assignment, ownership, license grants, warranties, and indemnities ip-legal /ip-legal:ip-clause-review
IP Portfolio Tracker Registrations, renewals, maintenance fees, use declarations ip-legal /ip-legal:portfolio
IP Renewal Watcher Scheduled deadline report from the IP portfolio register ip-legal scheduled agent
Claim Chart Builder Element-by-element claim chart, patent or civil cause of action litigation-legal /litigation-legal:claim-chart
Docket Watcher Monitors court dockets for filings and deadlines litigation-legal scheduled agent
Demand Letter Drafter Drafts a demand with FRE 408 awareness and a send gate litigation-legal /litigation-legal:demand-draft
Demand Intake Pre-drafting context gathering — parties, facts, basis, leverage, privilege litigation-legal /litigation-legal:demand-intake
Demand Received Triage Triages an inbound demand — options, portfolio cross-check, handoff litigation-legal /litigation-legal:demand-received
Subpoena Triage Classifies, scopes, and plans compliance with a new subpoena litigation-legal /litigation-legal:subpoena-triage
Chronology Builder Builds or updates a chronology from declared sources and uploads litigation-legal /litigation-legal:chronology
Deposition Prep Builds a deposition outline tied to case theory with docs and impeachment litigation-legal /litigation-legal:deposition-prep
Brief Section Drafter Drafts a brief section in house style, consistent with case theory litigation-legal /litigation-legal:brief-section-drafter
Privilege Log Reviewer First-pass privilege log review — obvious calls + flags for attorney review litigation-legal /litigation-legal:privilege-log-review
Legal Hold Issue, refresh, release, or report on legal holds litigation-legal /litigation-legal:legal-hold
Matter Intake Uniform intake for a new matter — writes matter.md, history.md, appends to log litigation-legal /litigation-legal:matter-intake
Matter Briefing Deep briefing on one matter — ready for a GC or outside counsel call litigation-legal /litigation-legal:matter-briefing
Portfolio Status Risk distribution, upcoming deadlines, stale matters litigation-legal /litigation-legal:portfolio-status
Outside Counsel Status Generates weekly status-request drafts across the active portfolio litigation-legal /litigation-legal:oc-status
Clinic Intake Structured client intake with cross-area issue spotting and conflict flags legal-clinic /legal-clinic:client-intake
Case Memo Scaffold IRAC-scaffolded case analysis memo with research gaps flagged legal-clinic /legal-clinic:memo
Research Roadmap Statutes to check, case law areas, Westlaw search terms — leads, not cites legal-clinic /legal-clinic:research-start
Clinic Deadline Tracker Add, report, update, and close case deadlines with malpractice-aware warnings legal-clinic /legal-clinic:deadlines
Case Status Summarizer Case status by audience — client, professor, or court-ready legal-clinic /legal-clinic:status
Client Letter Drafter Routine client correspondence — appointment confirms, doc requests, updates legal-clinic /legal-clinic:client-letter
Student Ramp Semester onboarding — clinic procedures, tool walkthrough, practice exercises legal-clinic /legal-clinic:ramp
Semester Handoff End-of-semester case handoff memos — the mirror of ramp legal-clinic /legal-clinic:semester-handoff
Supervisor Review Queue Professor's review queue (when formal review supervision is configured) legal-clinic /legal-clinic:supervisor-review-queue
Bar Prep Coach Jurisdiction-aware MBE and essay practice targeted at weak subjects law-student /law-student:bar-prep-questions
Socratic Drill Sergeant It asks, you answer, it pushes back — does not give you the answer law-student /law-student:socratic-drill
IRAC Grader Grades your IRAC essay on structure, issue-spotting, rules, analysis law-student /law-student:irac-practice
Case Briefer Brief a case in your preferred format law-student /law-student:case-brief
Outline Builder Build or extend an outline in your format from class notes and casebook law-student /law-student:outline-builder
Cold Call Prep Predicts professor's questions and drills them before class law-student /law-student:cold-call-prep
Exam Forecaster Analyze past exams from the same professor; forecast likely emphases law-student /law-student:exam-forecast
Legal Writing Critic Structural feedback on a draft — never rewrites law-student /law-student:legal-writing
Flashcard Drillmaster Generate or drill flashcards — Leitner-style buckets law-student /law-student:flashcards
Study Planner Long-term study plan with scheduled sessions, adaptive to session history law-student /law-student:study-plan
Skill Registry Browser Search watched registries for community legal skills legal-builder-hub /legal-builder-hub:registry-browser
Skill Installer Install a community skill with trust checks and skills-QA legal-builder-hub /legal-builder-hub:skill-installer
Skill QA Evaluate a skill against the Legal Skill Design Framework legal-builder-hub /legal-builder-hub:skills-qa
Community Skill Recommender Suggest community skills based on recent activity in other plugins legal-builder-hub /legal-builder-hub:related-skills-surfacer
Community Skill Updater Check for updates to installed community skills legal-builder-hub /legal-builder-hub:auto-updater
Registry Sync Periodic check of watched registries for new and updated skills legal-builder-hub scheduled agent

For Managed Agent deployment — agent.yaml, leaf-worker subagents, steering-event examples, and per-agent security notes — see managed-agent-cookbooks/.

Repository Layout

commercial-legal/         # in-house commercial — vendor/NDA/SaaS review, renewals, escalations
corporate-legal/          # M&A diligence, closing checklists, board consents, entity compliance
employment-legal/         # hire/term review, worker classification, leave, investigations
privacy-legal/            # DPA, DSAR, PIA, privacy triage, policy monitor
product-legal/            # launch review, marketing claims, "is this a problem?" triage
regulatory-legal/         # reg feed watcher, policy diff, gap tracker, NPRM comments
ai-governance-legal/      # AI use-case triage, AIAs, vendor AI review, AI reg gap-check
ip-legal/                 # trademark clearance, FTO, C&D, DMCA, OSS, IP clauses, portfolio
litigation-legal/         # portfolio, matters, holds, demands, depo prep, claim charts
legal-clinic/             # clinic setup, student ramp, intake, deadlines, memos, handoffs
law-student/              # Socratic drilling, outlining, IRAC, bar prep, flashcards
legal-builder-hub/        # community skill discovery and install with a trust gate
external_plugins/         # partner-built plugins maintained by their vendors
  cocounsel-legal/        # Thomson Reuters — Westlaw Deep Research via the CoCounsel Legal MCP
managed-agent-cookbooks/  # Claude Managed Agent cookbooks — one dir per scheduled agent
  diligence-grid/
  docket-watcher/
  launch-radar/
  reg-monitor/
  renewal-watcher/
scripts/                  # deploy-managed-agent.sh · validate.py · orchestrate.py · lint-tool-scope.py · test-cookbooks.sh
.claude-plugin/
  marketplace.json        # plugin registry

Each plugin directory has the same shape:

<plugin>/
  .claude-plugin/plugin.json
  CLAUDE.md               # template practice profile — filled in by /<plugin>:cold-start-interview
  README.md
  skills/                 # skills — each is a /<plugin>:<skill> slash command
  agents/                 # scheduled agents (if any)
  hooks/                  # pre- and post-tool hooks (if any)

Getting Started

Claude Cowork

In Cowork:

  1. Open the Cowork tab.
  2. Click Customize in the left sidebar.
  3. Click Browse plugins and install the ones you want, or upload a custom plugin file (any plugin directory zipped up).

After install, skills fire automatically when relevant, slash commands are available via /, and the scheduled agents run on the cadence set in their frontmatter.

Claude Code

# Add the marketplace (use the absol

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Claude-for-legal
What is this?Claude for Legal is Anthropic's suite of Claude plugins — reference agents, skills, and data connectors — for common legal workflows across in-house, firm, and legal-education practice areas such as commercial, privacy, product, corporate, employment, litigation, regulatory, AI governance, and IP.
Is this a single app or a collection of separate plugins?It is a collection of practice-area plugins (commercial-legal, privacy-legal, corporate-legal, employment-legal, litigation-legal, regulatory-legal, ai-governance-legal, ip-legal), each bundling named agents, skills, and MCP connectors that you install individually.
How do I install and start using it?Install it as a Claude Cowork plugin (install Claude Desktop, get Claude Cowork access) or as a Claude Code plugin, or deploy the same agents through the Claude Managed Agents API behind your own workflow engine; QUICKSTART.md covers a 60-second install.
Do I need Claude Desktop or API access to run it?Yes — in Cowork you need Claude Desktop and Claude Cowork access; the same agents can also run as Claude Code plugins or via the Claude Managed Agents API behind your own workflow engine.
Is the output legal advice I can send out directly?No — every output is explicitly a draft for attorney review, not legal advice or a legal conclusion; there are explicit gates before anything is filed, sent, or relied on, and a lawyer takes professional responsibility for the final work.
Who is this built for?In-house and firm lawyers working in commercial, privacy, product, corporate, employment, litigation, regulatory, AI-governance, and IP practice, plus law school clinics and students.
What are the managed-agent cookbooks for?They cover scheduled, eyes-on-the-feed workflows like a renewal watcher, docket watcher, regulatory feed monitor, diligence grid, and launch radar that run on a schedule instead of on demand.
What external systems can it connect to?MCP connectors cover general productivity tools (Slack, Google Drive, Box) and legal-specific systems (Ironclad, DocuSign, iManage, Everlaw, CourtListener, and more).
What is a named agent like the Vendor Agreement Reviewer?It's an end-to-end workflow agent with a job-style name and a single command — for example /commercial-legal:review reviews a vendor MSA against your playbook and produces a redline memo.
Does it reflect Anthropic's own legal positions?No — the plugins are tools that help lawyers analyze issues; checklist items, risk flags, and case-law characterizations are aids to the reviewing attorney's own analysis, not statements of Anthropic's view of the law.
What are similar projects?financial-services, everything-claude-code, awesome-claude-skills, SuperClaude_Framework, knowledge-work-plugins, skills, evenfire, google_workspace_mcp
Which topics is it in?ai-governance, legal-tech, compliance, document-processing, enterprise, workflow-automation, anthropic, agents, mcp-server, plugin, claude, agent-skills
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