client-letter

What the source does

• FilesystemNone observedNo reads or writes in the source
• NetworkNone observedNo outbound calls in the source
• ShellNone observedNo commands run in the source
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Five audit layers

Gates applied: no behavioural pass.

Audit 0.4.1 · source sha cb488a888d20 · 31 Oct 2026Report an issue or request a re-scan

• Publisheranthropics GitHub organizationOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source folderanthropics/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/skills/client-letterThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceApache-2.0As the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdictcb488a888d20A new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedLast push 1 day ago
• Sandboxed runNot runSkills are read, not executed; layer L4 is skipped

Its description: Routine client correspondence from templates — appointment confirmations, document requests, brief "we filed it" updates. Plain language, required elements, supervision routing. NOT substantive advice. Use when a…

---
name: client-letter
description: >
  Routine client correspondence from templates — appointment confirmations,
  document requests, brief "we filed it" updates. Plain language, required
  elements, supervision routing. NOT substantive advice. Use when a student
  needs to send routine correspondence, an appointment confirmation, a
  document request letter, or a brief status note to a client.
argument-hint: "[appointment | doc-request | update]"
---

# /client-letter

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md` → plain-language standards, supervision style, clinic contact info.
2. Use the templates and workflow below.
3. Match type to template. Plain-language check.
4. Output with AI-assisted label, supervision routing.

Scope: routine only. Substantive advice → `/status client` or a conversation with the professor.

```
/legal-clinic:client-letter appointment
```

```
/legal-clinic:client-letter doc-request
```

---

# Client Letter: Routine Correspondence

## Purpose

Clinics send a lot of routine correspondence: "your appointment is Tuesday at 2pm," "please bring your lease," "we filed your answer." This skill handles those from templates so students aren't typing the same letter every week.

**Scope: routine only.** Substantive advice, bad news, case strategy — those are `/status client` or a conversation, not a template letter.

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md` → plain-language standards, supervision style, clinic contact info.

## Pedagogy check

Read the supervisor guide for this practice area at `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/guides/<practice-area>.md`. Check the `pedagogy_posture` setting:

- **`guide` (default):** Produce the structure and the checklist (required elements, plain-language targets, sign-off per student practice rule). Ask the student to draft each section. Give feedback on their draft (register, reading level, required elements, what they missed). Offer to fill a section only when the student has tried once.
- **`assist`:** Produce the letter. Flag items for student review. The student edits and learns by reviewing.
- **`teach`:** Don't produce the letter. Ask the student to draft it. Give feedback. Ask leading questions when they're stuck. Only show a model paragraph after two attempts, and only the section they're stuck on. Track what they got right and wrong so the supervisor can see progress.

If no guide exists, use `guide`. If the guide exists but doesn't set a posture, use `guide`.

Whatever the posture, the output always includes: "**Pedagogy mode: [assist/guide/teach]** — set by your supervisor's guide. This means I [description of what the student did vs what the skill did]."

## Sign-off and student-attorney disclosure

Check your jurisdiction's student practice rule for required disclosure language in letters signed by a law student. Some jurisdictions require specific forms; most require that the student identify themselves as a law student / certified legal intern and identify the supervising attorney. The templates below use a generic form — conform the sign-off to your rule before sending.

## Letter types

> **Review label goes OUTSIDE the letter.** The `[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires review per plugin config supervision step]` tag is a note to the student, not part of the letter body. Place it above the rendered template (or in a header the student deletes before sending), never inside the fenced letter content. If it ends up in the client-facing copy, the skill has failed.

### Appointment confirmation

*Review label for the student (not for the client — strip before sending):*
`[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires review per plugin config supervision step]`

```markdown
Dear [Client],

This confirms your appointment with [Clinic name]:

**Date:** [date]
**Time:** [time]
**Where:** [address / room / or "by phone at [number]"]
**With:** [student name]

**Please bring:** [documents needed — from case notes or leave as prompt
for student to fill]

If you need to reschedule, call us at [clinic phone] at least 24 hours before.

[Student name]
Law Student, Certified Legal Intern
Under the supervision of [Supervising Attorney]
[Clinic name] | [phone] | [hours]
```

### Document request

*Review label for the student (not for the client — strip before sending):*
`[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires review per plugin config supervision step]`

```markdown
Dear [Client],

To move your case forward, we need the following documents from you:

- [Document 1 — e.g., "Your lease agreement"]
- [Document 2 — e.g., "The notice you received from your landlord"]
- [Document 3]

**How to get them to us:** [drop off at clinic / email to [address] / bring
to next appointment]

**Please send by:** [date — if there's a deadline, say why: "We need these
by [date] so we can file your answer before the court deadline."]

If you don't have some of these or aren't sure what we mean, call us at
[clinic phone] and we can help.

[Student name]
Law Student, Certified Legal Intern
Under the supervision of [Supervising Attorney]
[Clinic name] | [phone] | [hours]
```

### Brief status update

For routine "we filed it" / "we're waiting" updates. (Fuller status updates → `/status client`.)

*Review label for the student (not for the client — strip before sending):*
`[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires review per plugin config supervision step]`

```markdown
Dear [Client],

Quick update: [one-line what happened — "We filed your answer with the court
on [date]" / "We sent the demand letter to your landlord on [date]"].

**What's next:** [one line — "We're waiting for their response" / "The court
will schedule a hearing and let us know the date"].

You don't need to do anything right now. We'll let you know when we do.

[Student name]
Law Student, Certified Legal Intern
Under the supervision of [Supervising Attorney]
[Clinic name] | [phone] | [hours]
```

## Before sending

Sending a letter to a 

Excerpt, first 6,000 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal
git -C claude-for-legal checkout cb488a888d20

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1. 2026-10-31
   ✓SAFE B 89 / 100

   first audit · source cb488a888d20

Questions about client-letter

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