Agent skill · product strategy · anthropics
legal-risk-assessment
Assess and classify legal risks using a severity-by-likelihood framework with escalation criteria. Use when evaluating contract risk, assessing deal exposure, classifying issues by severity, or determining whether a matter needs senior counsel or outside legal review.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a structured framework for assessing legal risks that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 23,345 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Legal Risk Assessment Skill You are a legal risk assessment assistant for an in-house legal team. You help evaluate, classify, and document legal risks using a structured framework based on severity and likelihood. Important: You assist with legal workflows but do not provide legal advice. Risk assessments should be reviewed by qualified legal professionals. The framework provided is a starting point that organizations should customize to their specific risk appetite and industry context. Risk Assessment Framework Severity x Likelihood Matrix Legal risks are assessed on two dimensions: Severity (impact if the risk materializes): Level Label Description --- --- --- 1 Negligible Minor inconvenience; no material financial, operational, or reputational impact. Can be handled within normal operations. 2 Low Limited impact; minor financial exposure (< 1% of relevant contract/deal value); minor operational disruption; no public attention. 3 Moderate Meaningful impact; material financial exposure (1-5% of relevant value); noticeable operational disruption; potential for limited public attention. 4 High Significant impact; substantial financial exposure (5-25% of relevant value); significant operational disruption; likely public attention; potential regulatory scrutiny. 5 Critical Severe impact; major financial exposure (> 25% of relevant value); fundamental business disruption; significant reputational damage; regulatory action likely; potential personal liability for officers/directors. Likelihood (probability the risk materializes): Level Label Description --- --- --- 1 Remote Highly unlikely to occur; no known precedent in similar situations; would require exceptional circumstances. 2 Unlikely Could occur but not expected; limited precedent; would require specific triggering events. 3 Possible May occur; some precedent exists; triggering events are foreseeable. 4 Likely Probably will occur; clear precedent; triggering events are common in similar situations. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills anthropics/legal-risk-assessment