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Client Letter Drafter

Drafts routine clinic letters (appointments, document requests, status updates) from templates for supervised review.

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Repository
anthropics/claude-for-legal
Stars
9,870
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill helps law clinic students write routine letters to clients, such as appointment confirmations, requests for documents, and brief notes saying a filing was made. It fills in standard templates, checks the wording is plain and that required elements are present, and adds a label marking the draft as AI-assisted for supervisor review. It is designed to stay out of substantive legal advice, which it routes to other workflows or a supervising professor.

Great for

  • Law clinic students who send repetitive routine correspondence to clients
  • Supervising attorneys or professors who want consistent, plain-language client letters
  • Clinic administrators setting up standard letter templates

Skip it if

  • Substantive legal advice, bad news, or case strategy, which the skill itself says must go to a supervisor or conversation instead (the letters could mislead a client if misused)
  • Anyone not working under a supervising attorney, since the sign-off assumes a licensed supervisor and student practice rules
  • Sending letters without review, because the output is a draft and the skill states it must be checked before it reaches a client

Try asking

  • “/legal-clinic:client-letter appointment”
  • “/legal-clinic:client-letter doc-request”
  • “/legal-clinic:client-letter update”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Client Letter DrafterInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    client-letter.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip client-letter.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip client-letter.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Fill in the clinic configuration file first so letters use your clinic's plain-language standards, contact details and supervision style.
  • Check your jurisdiction's student practice rule for the required sign-off wording before sending any letter, as the template is generic.
  • Remove the AI-ASSISTED DRAFT label and any internal tags from the letter before it goes to the client, and have a supervising attorney review it first.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from anthropics/claude-for-legal under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.