Legal Client Communication Drafter

Overview

Helps draft clear, professional, non-final client communication structures for updates, document requests, expectation setting, and next steps. This is a descriptive OpenClaw skill for legal-industry workflow support. It provides structured frameworks, checklists, templates, and issue-spotting prompts. It does not execute code, call external APIs, access legal databases, retrieve court records, automate filings, or perform legal services.

When to Use

• Preparing client update emails
• Requesting documents
• Explaining process steps in plain language
• Setting expectations on timing and next actions

Target Users

• Attorneys
• Paralegals
• Client service teams
• In-house counsel

Inputs to Collect

• Matter or project context, including jurisdiction if known
• Relevant facts, documents, parties, dates, and constraints
• Desired output format, audience, and level of detail
• Known deadlines, risk concerns, or review priorities

Core Modules

1. Client-update structure — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
2. Plain-language explanation prompts — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
3. Document request format — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
4. Expectation and next-step checklist — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.
5. Tone and sensitivity review — provides structured prompts, checklists, and review fields for this area.

Workflow

1. Confirm the user's legal workflow goal and the relevant practice context.
2. Ask for missing facts, documents, dates, parties, jurisdiction, and audience where needed.
3. Apply the modules below as a structured thinking framework.
4. Produce checklists, templates, matrices, memos, or planning aids tailored to the user's context.
5. Flag uncertainty, verification needs, deadlines, ethics concerns, confidentiality issues, and attorney-review points.

Expected Outputs

• Client email draft structure
• Document request checklist
• Plain-language summary
• Tone review notes

Example Prompts

• "Draft a client update structure for a delayed court ruling."
• "Create a document request email template for a new matter."

Safety and Legal Limitations

• This skill provides informational workflow support only and is not legal advice.
• It does not create an attorney-client relationship and does not replace review by a qualified attorney.
• Laws, court rules, deadlines, ethics duties, privilege, confidentiality, and professional responsibility rules vary by jurisdiction and matter.
• Users must verify all legal authorities, filing requirements, deadlines, facts, citations, and strategic decisions with qualified counsel.
• The skill must not be used to fabricate evidence, coach false testimony, evade regulation, access data unlawfully, or bypass confidentiality obligations.
• Specific limitation for this skill: Drafts are not final legal advice and must be reviewed for privilege, confidentiality, accuracy, and attorney-client relationship issues.

Acceptance Criteria

• Package is descriptive only: no handler.py, scripts, external APIs, network calls, or command execution.
• SKILL.md and README.md are English-first and include an explicit legal-information disclaimer.
• Outputs are frameworks, checklists, templates, or planning aids rather than legal conclusions.
• Includes target users, when-to-use guidance, inputs, workflow, outputs, examples, and safety limitations.
• skill.json contains unique slug, tags, trigger keywords, requires_api=false, and readiness=stable.