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Open Gaps Tracker

Lists unresolved compliance gaps and lets you close or risk-accept them in a tracker file.

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

What it does

This skill lets an AI agent keep track of open compliance or legal gaps, meaning issues that were flagged but not yet fixed. When asked, it reads a local YAML tracker file and reports open items sorted by age and importance. It can also mark a gap as closed with a resolution note, or record a formal risk acceptance with the reason and the person accepting it. The instructions point to a separate reference skill (gap-surfacer) for the detailed schema, report format, and rules around notifying owners.

Great for

  • Legal or compliance teams who track remediation items in a shared YAML file
  • Anyone using the claude-for-legal plugin setup who wants a status view of open gaps
  • Reviewers who need to record why a known risk was accepted instead of fixed

Skip it if

  • Users who do not already maintain a gap-tracker.yaml file, since the skill only reads and updates an existing tracker (reason: it has nothing to report without one)
  • Situations needing legal advice on whether a gap is material; the skill only sorts by the fields recorded in the file (reason: judgement stays with a qualified person)
  • Recording risk acceptances without review, since the skill writes status changes directly to the tracker (reason: a risk acceptance is a consequential decision)

Try asking

  • “What gaps are open right now?”
  • “Show me the remediation status for regulatory items, oldest first.”
  • “Close GAP-12 with the resolution note: vendor contract amended.”
  • “Risk-accept GAP-07 and record my rationale and name as acceptor.”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Open Gaps TrackerInstall, 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.

    gaps.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

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

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip gaps.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

  • Keep gap-tracker.yaml up to date, because the report is only as accurate as the file.
  • Check the gap-surfacer reference skill is installed, since the detailed close, accept, and notification rules live there and are not in this file.
  • Review the tracker after any --close or --accept action to confirm the status and rationale were recorded as intended.

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.