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legal-assistant-skills

AI assistant skills for legal work, compatible with Claude Code and Codex platforms.

AI Assistant Skills for Legal Work

Modular skills for contract review, generation, compliance, and legal architecture visualization.

Free forever · open source · Apache-2.0
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5.8
ZEKAI
Modular legal AI agent skills
Free & open source · Legal
Ease of setup3
Usefulness8
Maintenance7
Community5
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Apr 2026
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Apache-2.0
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⚡ Quick answer

This repository provides modular AI assistant skills designed for legal workflows, compatible with platforms like Claude Code and Codex. It suits legal professionals and developers looking to integrate specialized legal checks and generation tools into their coding assistants.

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Cross-platform
Hosting
Desktop
Languages
Python
License
Apache-2.0

What it is

It organizes legal tasks into discrete directories containing SKILL.md rules and references for contract review, contract generation, legal text parsing, and compliance checking. It includes specialized pipelines for ad compliance, food label standards, risk visualization, and legal architecture diagrams.

Who it's for

It suits lawyers, in-house counsel, and legal engineers who use AI code agents and want structured, rule-based legal workflows. It does not suit practitioners seeking a turnkey SaaS platform with a graphical user interface.

Key features

Four-Layer Contract Review

Adds annotation-style comments without changing original text, covering verification, text, business, and legal terms.

Law to Markdown

Converts law texts into structured Markdown with title hierarchy mapping and double verification support.

Compliance Review Pipelines

Audits ad copy and pre-packaged food labels against specific regulations using multi-stage checks.

Legal Architecture Diagrams

Transforms legal structures into self-contained HTML files with semantic SVG color coding.

How to start

Up and running in 3 steps

1
Clone or download the legal-assistant-skills repository to your local machine.
2
Copy the desired skill directories into your local ~/.claude/skills/ or ~/.codex/skills/ folder.
3
Invoke the specific skill within your compatible code assistant platform using the SKILL.md definitions.
Real talk

Our honest verdict

What's great

  • Modular skill organization allows you to use only the specific legal workflows you need.
  • Contract review strictly preserves original text by adding comment-style annotations.
  • Food label review supports both 2011 and 2025 GB standards across multiple trade scenarios.
  • Generates self-contained HTML legal diagrams with semantic color schemes for printing.

Where it falls short

  • Requires manual file copying of skill directories into your Claude Code or Codex setup.
  • PDF and DOCX law-to-markdown conversion relies on external mineru-ocr tools for best results.
  • Does not constitute formal legal advice and requires human verification of all AI outputs.
Cost

Pricing & license

Free to use under the Apache-2.0 license, with no paid hosted options provided by the repository. The only cost is running your own AI assistant platform.

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Questions

FAQ

Which AI platforms are compatible with these skills?

The skills are built to be compatible with code agent platforms such as Claude Code and Codex.

Does this tool modify original contract texts during review?

No, the contract-review skill adds comment-style issue annotations and generates separate summaries and business flowcharts without altering your original text.

Are there built-in DOCX export capabilities?

Yes, certain skills like contract-gen and compliance reviews include helper scripts to export outputs to DOCX format.

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