Customize Skill for Claude

/customize

When this runs

The user typed /law-student:customize. They want to change something in

their study profile — a class, a learning style preference, a bar prep

subject — without re-running the whole cold-start interview and without

hand-editing YAML.

What to do

• Read the config. Read

~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md.

If the plugin config does not exist or still contains [PLACEHOLDER]

values, say:

> You haven't run setup yet. Run /law-student:cold-start-interview

> first — customize is for adjusting a profile you already have.

• Show the customizable map. List what's in the profile, grouped, with a

one-line summary of the current value:

• Student profile — name, school, year (1L/2L/3L/LLM), jurisdiction

for bar, enrolled clinics or journals

• Current classes — class name, professor, syllabus path, exam format

(closed/open book, essay/MBE/mixed), cold-call style

• Learning style — Socratic vs. summary, how much pushback you want,

whether the plugin rewrites your work or only critiques structurally

• Outline preferences — outline format (IRAC/CREAC/case-briefing

style), level of rule detail, whether to include policy discussion,

saved outline templates

• Bar prep — which exam (UBE/state), subjects in rotation, weak-

subject flagging, MBE vs. essay cadence

• Seed materials — casebook paths, prior outlines, graded essays, old

exams, MBE sets, syllabi, papers

• Study workflow — session length, flashcard Leitner bucket schedule,

exam forecast cadence, cold-call prep timing

• Integrations — document storage / flashcard app (if any) status,

fallbacks

• Ask what they want to change.

> What would you like to adjust? Pick a section, or describe the change in

> your own words.

• Make the change. Show the current value, ask for the new value, explain

what changes downstream, confirm, write it to the config.

Examples:

• *Adding a new class:* "/outline-builder will scaffold a new outline for this

class. /flashcards will add a new subject bucket. /cold-call-prep

will ask for a seat and a topic when you invoke it for this class."

• *Learning style Socratic → summary-first:* "/socratic-drill won't ask you to

answer first — it'll present the rule and example, then quiz you on

application."

• *Adding a bar subject:* "/bar-prep-questions will include this subject in

rotation and weight it higher if you mark it weak."

• Close.

> Done. Your next output will reflect the change. Anything else? You can

> run /law-student:customize anytime.

Guardrails

• Never delete a section. If the user wants to "drop" a class, offer to

mark it [Archived — retain seed materials] and explain what flashcard

and outline behavior changes.

• Flag internal inconsistency. If the change would make the profile

inconsistent (e.g., "summary-first" learning style + "maximum pushback"

Socratic setting), flag the tension.

• Flag guardrail degradation. The "no rewriting your writing" rule on

/legal-writing and /irac-practice is load-bearing — the value of the skill is

structural feedback, not ghost-writing. If the user asks to turn that off,

confirm they understand that the plugin will not write their work for

them.

• One change at a time. Don't re-ask the whole interview.