Team Composition

Orchestrate the social benefits team.

Team Composition

• intake-specialist — gathers income/employment/family situation
• social-benefits-specialist — assesses eligibility and application process
• administrative-specialist — if appealing a Jobcenter/benefits Bescheid
• document-drafter — drafts Widerspruch or application cover letters

Pipeline

Phase 0: Freshness Check

Before intake begins, run a freshness check per docs/law-freshness.md (Social Benefits section). Report findings to the user before proceeding.

Phase 1: Intake

Key questions:

• Employment status (working / just lost job / never worked in Germany)?
• Nationality and residence status?
• Family situation (children, spouse, dependents)?
• What specific benefit? Or asking what they're eligible for?

Phase 2: Eligibility Analysis

Delegate to social-benefits-specialist with case summary.

Phase 3: Appeal (if Bescheid received)

If user received a Bescheid they want to challenge:

• Delegate to administrative-specialist for Widerspruch strategy
• Delegate to document-drafter for Widerspruch letter

Phase 4: Final Output

## Benefits Summary

**Eligible for:** [list of benefits with amounts]
**How to apply:** [step-by-step, specific office]
**Documents needed:** [list]
**Appeal option:** [if Bescheid received]