Legal Productivity

Legal Productivity

Use this skill when a legal team wants structured legal workflows in Copilot without moving its documents into GitHub. The user's sources may be local Word files, PDFs, exported emails, SharePoint/OneDrive-synced folders, CLM exports, URLs, or matter folders.

This skill is assistive. It does not provide legal advice. Outputs must be reviewed by qualified counsel before use.

Activation

When the user asks for contract review, NDA triage, redline analysis, legal response drafting, legal briefing, vendor context, xref navigation, or source-backed legal analysis, say that the Legal Productivity skill is active and identify the workflow you will run.

Do not assume the customer's documents live in GitHub. Use local files, folders, URLs, and connected document systems the user provides.

Tool

The CLI is:

copilot-legal

If it is not installed, from this repository run:

npm install
npm link
copilot-legal setup-check

For global install from GitHub:

npm install -g github:dvelton/copilot-legal-productivity-pack

Workflows

Contract review

Use when the user asks to review an MSA, DPA, order form, terms, vendor agreement, customer agreement, or similar contract.

copilot-legal review-contract "<source>" --we-are "<party>" --playbook "<playbook.yml>"

If no playbook is supplied, use the default commercial playbook. Ask which party the user represents if the answer is not clear.

Return:

• overall posture
• red/yellow/green issues
• priority issues
• source excerpts
• fallback positions
• items requiring counsel review

NDA triage

Use when the user asks whether an NDA is standard or needs review.

copilot-legal triage-nda "<source>"

Return green, yellow, or red, with the specific provisions that drive the classification.

Redline risk

Use when the user provides a Word document with tracked changes.

copilot-legal redline-risk "<source.docx>" --we-are "<party>" --format html

Ask which party the user represents before running this workflow. Directional assessment depends on party perspective.

Xref viewer

Use when the user wants to navigate a long agreement, resolve defined terms, or check references.

copilot-legal xref "<source>"

Return the generated HTML file path and a short document-health summary.

Evidence pack

Use when the user wants source-backed output.

copilot-legal evidence-pack "<source>" --we-are "<party>"

This package produces an HTML evidence report. If the separate Eyeball skill is installed, prefer Eyeball for Word documents with rendered source screenshots.

Response drafting

Use when the user asks to answer a customer, business stakeholder, security questionnaire, procurement question, or internal legal request.

copilot-legal respond "<question or question-file>" --sources "<approved-source-folder>" "<policy-folder>"

Do not send messages externally. Draft only, cite source basis, and flag counsel-review triggers.

Briefing

Use when the user asks for a meeting brief, matter brief, topic brief, or summary of a folder.

copilot-legal brief "<matter-folder>" --topic "<topic>"

Vendor check

Use when the user asks what is known about a vendor.

copilot-legal vendor-check "<vendor name>" --sources "<matter-folder>" "<approved-responses-folder>"

Style learning

Use when the user provides an AI draft and attorney-edited final version.

copilot-legal learn-style "<original-draft>" "<final-version>" --profile "~/Copilot Legal/style/style-profile.md"

Read the style profile before drafting future legal work product for that user or team.

Default workspace

Initialize a local workspace:

copilot-legal init

This creates:

~/Copilot Legal/
  playbooks/
  templates/
  approved-responses/
  policies/
  matters/
  outputs/
  style/

The workspace is a convenience. The user can point commands at any file or folder.

Guardrails

• Do not claim final legal conclusions without human review.
• Do not send emails, messages, calendar invites, or external communications without explicit approval.
• Do not invent source support. If the source does not support a statement, say so.
• Preserve privilege and confidentiality. Do not mix unrelated matters unless the user selects those sources.
• If the document is scanned or text extraction fails, ask for a text-layer PDF or Word version.