legal-skills

# Skala Legal Skills

Curated legal skills for [Claude](https://claude.ai) and other AI Agents built by lawyers at [Skala](https://skala.io).

Designed for startup founders, investors, and attorneys working with early-stage companies.

## Skills

| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **client-alert-drafting** | Draft professional legal client alerts and publications about new legislation, regulations, or case law. Supports all practice areas. Output as `.docx` or `.md`. |
| **jurisdiction-advisor** | Choose the best jurisdiction and entity type for a startup based on industry, funding strategy, team structure, and tax residency. Covers Delaware, Wyoming, BVI, Panama, Singapore, Cayman, and more. |
| **open-source-license** | Select an open source license, check compatibility between licenses, review projects for OSS compliance, and generate LICENSE/NOTICE files. Covers permissive, copyleft, and specialty licenses. |
| **reg-s-offering** | Guidance on Regulation S offshore securities offerings under U.S. law. Determine eligibility, identify transaction categories, and navigate distribution compliance periods. |
| **safe-review** | Review and advise on YC SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) agreements. Compare against canonical YC templates, analyze SAFE stacks, and draft standard SAFEs. Includes official YC templates. |
| **saft-review** | Review SAFTs (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens), token warrants, and token side letters. Covers securities law implications, token economics, and jurisdiction-specific guidance. |
| **startup-due-diligence** | Legal due diligence for seed/Series A startups. Document review, cap table analysis, red flag identification, and report generation with `.docx` templates. |
| **term-sheet-review** | Analyze VC term sheets clause by clause. Identify investor-friendly vs. founder-friendly terms, flag deviations from market standards, and provide negotiation guidance. |

## Installation

| Platform | Method | Instructions |
|----------|--------|--------------|
| **Any AI Agent** | CLI (npx) | `npx skills add skala-io/legal-skills` |
| **Any AI Agent** | Ask AI | Prompt AI to `Install skills from https://github.com/skala-io/legal-skills` |
| **Any AI Agent** | Manual | `git clone https://github.com/skala-io/legal-skills.git` — then copy skill folders from `skills/` into your project's `.claude/skills/` or `~/.claude/skills/` for global access. |
| **Claude Code** | Claude CLI | `/plugin marketplace add skala-io/ai-plugins` → `/plugin install legal-skills@skala-io-plugins` |
| **Claude Cowork** | App UI | 1. Add the marketplace using `https://github.com/skala-io/ai-plugins.git`<br>2. Browse the marketplace and install the plugin. |
| **Claude Web / Desktop** | App UI | 1. Download the `.zip` of the desired skill.<br>2. Go to **Settings → Capabilities → Skills**.<br>3. Upload the `.zip`.<br>4. Toggle the skill on. |

## Usage

Once installed, the skills activate automatically based on your prompt.

## License

Apache 2.0 — see [LICENSE](LICENSE.txt) and [NOTICE](NOTICE.txt).