matter-briefing

/matter-briefing

1. Load ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md → risk calibration + relevant stakeholders.
2. Follow the workflow and reference below.
3. Read ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/matter.md + ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/history.md + log row from _log.yaml.
4. Produce briefing: current posture, what's changed since last update, next deadline, open questions, risk re-assessment check ("does the risk: field still reflect reality?").
5. Flag staleness: if last_updated > 30 days, say so.

Matter Briefing

Purpose

Give the counsel a clean read on one matter in the time it takes to walk to a conference room. Current posture, what's changed, what's next, what's worth reconsidering.

Load context

• ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/_log.yaml — structured row
• ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/matter.md — narrative intake
• ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/history.md — event log
• ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md — risk calibration (so "risk: high" means something specific, not generic)

Conflicts gate — unbypassable. Before briefing, check _log.yaml for the matter slug. If the matter is not in _log.yaml, refuse and route:

"I don't see [matter slug] in the matter log. Run /litigation-legal:matter-intake first so the conflicts check runs and the matter workspace is set up. I won't build a briefing on a matter that hasn't been intaken — the conflicts check is the gate."

Input

Slug (required). If ambiguous or missing, ask the user to pick from a list of active matters.

The briefing

[WORK-PRODUCT HEADER — per plugin config ## Outputs — differs by role; see 

Staleness

If last_updated > 30 days ago: flag at the top AND suggest running /litigation-legal:matter-update [slug] after the meeting to capture whatever's discussed.

Tone

This is not marketing. Say what's known; flag what's not. If a matter has thin history and was just opened, the briefing is short — and that's correct. Don't pad.

Close with the next-steps decision tree

End with the next-steps decision tree per CLAUDE.md ## Outputs. Customize the options to what this skill just produced — the five default branches (draft the X, escalate, get more facts, watch and wait, something else) are a starting point, not a lock-in. The tree is the output; the lawyer picks.

What this skill does not do

• Predict outcomes. Risk rating is a captured judgment, not a forecast.
• Recommend strategy. Surfaces questions; the counsel answers them.
• Re-triage. If the user wants to re-triage, that's an /matter-update with field changes — this skill reads, doesn't write.