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Generate contextual briefings for legal work — daily summary, topic research, or incident response. Use when starting your day and need a scan of legal-relevant items across email, calendar, and contracts, when researching a specific legal question across internal sources, or when a developing situation (data breach, litigation threat, regulatory inquiry) needs rapid context.

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About brief

The brief skill generates contextual briefings for legal teams and operates in three distinct modes selected by argument: daily, topic, and incident. Daily mode assembles a morning scan of legal-relevant items so a team member knows what needs attention before the day begins; topic mode researches a specific legal question across internal sources; and incident mode compiles rapid context for a developing situation such as a data breach, litigation threat, or regulatory inquiry. If no mode is supplied, the command asks which type of brief is needed.

Each mode scans whichever sources are connected -- email, calendar, chat, a contract lifecycle management (CLM) system, and a CRM -- and pulls the items relevant to that mode, for example contracts awaiting review, deadlines this week, overnight team messages, or communications about an unfolding incident. Findings are synthesized into a structured, scannable output with clearly labeled sections, and any source that is unavailable is called out prominently so the reader knows what was not checked.

The skill is explicitly a workflow aid, not legal advice; briefings are meant to be reviewed by qualified legal professionals. Incident briefs emphasize speed over completeness, flag litigation-hold and preservation obligations, note attorney-client privilege considerations, and surface notification deadlines such as the 72-hour GDPR window. Across all modes the guidance stresses actionable output: every item should carry a clear next step, briefs stay concise and link to sources rather than reproducing them, and daily briefs are expected to adapt to a user's preferences over time.

FAQ

What are the three briefing modes?

It supports a daily brief (a morning scan of legal-relevant items), a topic brief (research on a specific legal question), and an incident brief (rapid context for a developing situation like a breach or litigation threat).

Which sources does it scan?

Depending on the mode and what is connected, it scans email, calendar, chat, a CLM (contract lifecycle management) system, and a CRM, pulling items such as review requests, deadlines, and team messages.

Does it provide legal advice?

No. It explicitly assists with legal workflows but does not provide legal advice, and states that briefings should be reviewed by qualified legal professionals before being relied upon.

What happens when a source is not connected?

Unavailable sources are noted prominently in a dedicated section so the reader knows exactly what was not checked when reviewing the brief.

How does it handle a possible data breach?

Incident briefs flag applicable notification deadlines, such as the 72-hour GDPR window, and immediately surface litigation-hold, preservation, and attorney-client privilege considerations.

Install brief

Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.

Quick Setup:

  1. Copy the skill folder to .claude/skills/
  2. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill