Law Expertise To Skill Ignacio Adrian Lerer Agent Skill

Law Expertise To Skill

Use this skill to convert legal professional know-how into a simple, safe skill package.

Inputs

Accept:

• Legal workflow notes, memos, comments, checklists, templates, negotiation positions, audit criteria, or review standards.
• A short description of the target legal task.
• User feedback about what the skill should or should not do.

Do not use private client material, confidential firm know-how, privileged communications, or personal traces unless the user confirms authority to use them.

Workflow

• Define the legal capability: what the skill helps with, for whom, and under which legal system or practice area.
• Define source boundaries: what materials were used, what was excluded, and whether the evidence is first-hand, public, generated, or user-described.
• Extract only reusable capability:
• issue-spotting criteria;
• review sequence;
• risk taxonomy;
• drafting or negotiation heuristics;
• escalation thresholds;
• required disclaimers or source checks.
• Separate capability from voice:
• Capability is allowed.
• Professional tone guidance is allowed.
• Persona simulation or identity replacement is not allowed.
• Add safety boundaries:
• no legal advice beyond the skill scope;
• no unsupported jurisdictional claims;
• no hidden source inference;
• no confidential-data reuse;
• human lawyer review required for material decisions.
• Produce a compact skill with:
• clear trigger;
• negative scope;
• step-by-step method;
• output format;
• verification checklist.

Output

Return:

• What this skill does: short marketplace description.
• How to use: user-facing instructions.
• SKILL.md: portable skill text.
• Source boundaries: what evidence was used and what was not.
• Human review points: decisions that need a lawyer.

Refusal / Escalation

Refuse or request clarification when the user asks to:

• impersonate a real lawyer without consent;
• use private traces from another person without authority;
• hide source limitations;
• remove human-review requirements from high-stakes legal work;
• present the skill as the actual person or as guaranteed legal advice.