$employment-legal:investigation-open

Open a new internal investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log. Use when a complaint or allegation comes in and the attorney needs to stand up a privileged investigation workspace.

Codex v1 local-input note: This migrated skill supports local files and pasted text by default. References to Drive, CLM IDs, Slack, Westlaw, iManage, Ironclad, eDiscovery, dockets, or other remote systems require a separately configured Codex connector/MCP server. When a connector is unavailable, ask for a local export, local file path, or pasted excerpts. If config/local/codex-for-legal/<practice>/CLAUDE.md is missing, ask the user to run the relevant cold-start-interview or customize skill and copy from config/templates/codex-for-legal/<practice>/CLAUDE.md.

$employment-legal:investigation-open

Opens a new investigation matter — runs intake, generates the sources checklist, and creates the persistent investigation log.

Instructions

  1. Load config/local/codex-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md.
  2. Load the internal-investigation reference skill and run Mode 1 (Open).
  3. If a matter with the same slug already exists, warn before overwriting.

Examples

$employment-legal:investigation-open
Harassment complaint filed against a manager in the Austin office.

$employment-legal:investigation-open
(skill will ask for details)

Detailed intake, privilege-formation requirements, sources checklist, and log templates live in the internal-investigation reference skill — load it before doing substantive work.

Added: September 23, 2026 · Last updated: October 13, 2026

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Jurisdiction
General
Practice area
Employment
License
Apache-2.0
Author
alexchlou
Source
general/employment/skills/investigation-open

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