Investigation Memo Drafter
Drafts or updates a privileged workplace investigation memo from your investigation log
- Repository
- anthropics/claude-for-legal
- Stars
- 9,870
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Files
- 1 file
What it does
This skill teaches an AI assistant to write the first draft of a privileged internal investigation memo, such as one an employment lawyer or HR team would prepare, based on an existing investigation log. When you ask for it, the agent checks whether high-priority sources on the checklist are still open, and warns you if they are. If a memo already exists, it shows what has changed before rewriting it. Every output is marked as privileged and confidential attorney work product. The detailed memo structure and credibility rules come from a separate reference skill called internal-investigation, which the file says must be loaded first; that reference skill is not included in these files.
Great for
- Employment lawyers or in-house legal teams drafting a workplace investigation memo
- HR or compliance staff working under counsel's direction on an investigation log
- Teams that want a consistent memo structure and a reminder of open evidence sources
Skip it if
- Anyone without a lawyer supervising the work: the output is labelled attorney work product and privilege depends on counsel's involvement, so the label alone does not create privilege
- Final legal conclusions or findings: the draft is a first cut and needs human legal review before anyone relies on it
- Jurisdictions or situations outside employment investigations, since the skill is scoped to that purpose
Try asking
- “/employment-legal:investigation-memo Harassment complaint, Q3 warehouse team”
- “/employment-legal:investigation-memo Expense fraud review (updates existing memo after new bank records were added)”
- “Draft the first memo cut for the retaliation matter now that the witness interviews are done”
Install in 3 steps
- 1
Download the skill
The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.
investigation-memo.zip - 2
Add it to your agent
Claude Code (all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip investigation-memo.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)
mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip investigation-memo.zip -d .claude/skills/Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.
- 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 the investigation log complete and current before running it, since the draft is only as good as the log
- Have counsel review every draft and confirm privilege arrangements before any circulation
- Run it again after new data arrives so the agent can show what changed before rewriting the memo
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.