Utility Skills
Cross-phase legal utilities for research, clause management, decision documentation, and terminology.
Purpose
Utility skills work across all Legal Lifecycle phases. They have no prerequisites and can be run anytime — for research, clause reuse, decision recording, or terminology clarification.
Skills
Legal Research
/legal:legal-research <topic>Researches legal precedents, regulatory frameworks, and industry standards. Provides structured analysis of relevant legal authorities and their applicability.
Output: Research memo with precedent analysis and regulatory summary → .metapowers/legal/<topic>/legal-research.md
Clause Library
/legal:clause-library <topic>Maintains a reusable library of legal clauses organized by category. Provides standard, favorable, and fallback versions of common contract provisions.
Output: Clause collection with variations and usage guidance → .metapowers/legal/<topic>/clause-library.md
Decision Memo
/legal:decision-memo <topic>Documents legal decisions and their rationale. Records the issue, options considered, analysis, decision reached, and any conditions or follow-up actions.
Output: Decision memo with analysis and rationale documentation
Legal Glossary
/legal:legal-glossary <topic>Generates plain-language glossaries of legal terms for non-legal stakeholders. Defines key terms, explains implications, and provides practical examples.
Output: Glossary with definitions, context, and examples