law-skills

9 legal research skills. Trigger: legal research, case law analysis, regulatory compliance. Design: legal databases, citation networks, and judicial analytics tools.

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Best use case

law-skills is best used when you need a repeatable AI agent workflow instead of a one-off prompt.

9 legal research skills. Trigger: legal research, case law analysis, regulatory compliance. Design: legal databases, citation networks, and judicial analytics tools.

Teams using law-skills should expect a more consistent output, faster repeated execution, less prompt rewriting.

When to use this skill

  • You want a reusable workflow that can be run more than once with consistent structure.

When not to use this skill

  • You only need a quick one-off answer and do not need a reusable workflow.
  • You cannot install or maintain the underlying files, dependencies, or repository context.

Installation

Claude Code / Cursor / Codex

$curl -o ~/.claude/skills/law/SKILL.md --create-dirs "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wentorai/research-plugins/main/skills/domains/law/SKILL.md"

Manual Installation

  1. Download SKILL.md from GitHub
  2. Place it in .claude/skills/law/SKILL.md inside your project
  3. Restart your AI agent — it will auto-discover the skill

How law-skills Compares

Feature / Agentlaw-skillsStandard Approach
Platform SupportNot specifiedLimited / Varies
Context Awareness High Baseline
Installation ComplexityUnknownN/A

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this skill do?

9 legal research skills. Trigger: legal research, case law analysis, regulatory compliance. Design: legal databases, citation networks, and judicial analytics tools.

Where can I find the source code?

You can find the source code on GitHub using the link provided at the top of the page.

SKILL.md Source

# Legal Research — 9 Skills

Select the skill matching the user's need, then `read` its SKILL.md.

| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [caselaw-access-api](./caselaw-access-api/SKILL.md) | Query 360+ years of US case law via the Harvard Caselaw Access Project |
| [courtlistener-api](./courtlistener-api/SKILL.md) | Legal case law database with PACER data and judge profiles |
| [legal-agent-skills-guide](./legal-agent-skills-guide/SKILL.md) | Agent skills collection for legal research and automation |
| [legal-nlp-guide](./legal-nlp-guide/SKILL.md) | NLP techniques for legal text analysis, case law mining, and contracts |
| [legal-research-guide](./legal-research-guide/SKILL.md) | Legal research methods, case law analysis, and compliance tools |
| [opencontracts-guide](./opencontracts-guide/SKILL.md) | Legal document annotation, versioning, and analysis platform |
| [patent-analysis-guide](./patent-analysis-guide/SKILL.md) | Patent search, classification, landscape analysis, and prior art mining |
| [regulatory-compliance-guide](./regulatory-compliance-guide/SKILL.md) | Regulatory text mining, compliance research, and policy analysis tools |
| [uk-legislation-api](./uk-legislation-api/SKILL.md) | Access UK laws and statutory instruments via the Legislation.gov.uk API |

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