Agent skill · writing content · anthropics
brief
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.
Why this skill is useful
Adds structured workflows for generating legal briefs from multiple internal sources, which the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 23,345 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
/brief -- Legal Team Briefing If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see CONNECTORS.md. Generate contextual briefings for legal work. Supports three modes: daily brief, topic brief, and incident brief. Important: This command assists with legal workflows but does not provide legal advice. Briefings should be reviewed by qualified legal professionals before being relied upon. Invocation If no mode is specified, ask the user which type of brief they need. Modes --- Daily Brief A morning summary of everything a legal team member needs to know to start their day. Sources to Scan Check each connected source for legal-relevant items: Email (if connected): New contract requests or review requests Compliance questions or reports Responses from counterparties on active negotiations Flagged or urgent items from the legal team inbox External counsel communications Regulatory or legal update newsletters Calendar (if connected): Today's meetings that need legal prep (board meetings, deal reviews, vendor calls) Upcoming deadlines this week (contract expirations, filing deadlines, response deadlines) Recurring legal team syncs Chat (if connected): Overnight messages in legal team channels Direct messages requesting legal input Mentions of legal-relevant topics (contract, compliance, privacy, NDA, terms) Escalations or urgent requests CLM (if connected): Contracts awaiting review or signature Approaching expiration dates (next 30 days) Newly executed agreements CRM (if connected): Deals moving to stages that require legal involvement New opportunities flagged for legal review Output Format --- Topic Brief Research and brief on a specific legal question or topic across available sources. Workflow 1. Accept the topic query from the user 2. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills anthropics/brief