court-order-summaries

name	court-order-summaries
description	Generates structured summaries of court orders and decisions, extracting obligations, deadlines, monetary awards, injunctive relief, and procedural requirements into an action-oriented reference. Flags ambiguities for attorney review. Converts relative timeframes to calendar dates. Use when summarizing court orders, judgments, injunctions, consent decrees, or compliance orders.

Court Order Summaries

Transforms a court order into a structured reference covering who must do what, by when, and with what consequences. Scoped to U.S. federal and state courts.

Prerequisites

• Full text of the court order with entry date visible
• Identification of all named parties and roles
• Applicable court rules for computing time

Quick Start

1. Identify the entry date and all named parties
2. Extract obligations, deadlines, and monetary awards into the output sections below
3. Convert every relative timeframe ("within 30 days") to a specific calendar date
4. Flag ambiguities — never resolve or gap-fill

Output Structure

1. Executive Overview (2–3 sentences)

Core holding, most urgent deadline, primary obligated party. Flag anything requiring immediate action (TROs, preliminary injunctions, sub-10-day deadlines) here.

2. Parties & Roles

Party	Role	Obligations Under This Order
[Name]	Plaintiff / Defendant / Third Party	Brief description

3. Deadlines & Required Actions

Party	Action Required	Deadline (Date)	Order Ref.	Consequence if Missed

• Convert relative timeframes to calendar dates from the entry date
• Account for weekends, court holidays, and time-computation rules
• Note stays or deadline suspensions pending appeal

4. Monetary Obligations

Obligor	Obligee	Amount	Type	Due Date	Order Ref.

Type: judgment / sanction / fee / bond.

5. Injunctive & Equitable Relief

Type	Party Bound	Conduct Required or Prohibited	Duration / Conditions	Order Ref.

Types: mandatory injunction, prohibitory injunction.

6. Procedural & Ongoing Requirements

• Reporting obligations (frequency, recipient, format)
• Notice provisions
• Compliance certifications
• Court supervision or monitoring requirements

7. Findings & Future Proceedings

• Findings of fact or conclusions of law with precedential or preclusive effect
• Rights preserved or limited (appeal, modification, enforcement)
• Conditions precedent or contingent obligations

8. Ambiguities & Attorney Review Items

List provisions that are unclear, internally inconsistent, or require legal interpretation. Do not resolve ambiguities — flag them for attorney review.

Pitfalls & Checks

• Fidelity: Reproduce deadlines and obligations verbatim or in direct paraphrase; never alter scope
• No gap-filling: If the order is silent on a consequence or procedure, state that explicitly — do not infer
• Cite everything: Every obligation, deadline, and finding must reference its ¶, page, or § number
• Immediate flags first: Anything actionable within 7 days must appear in the Executive Overview
• Plain language: Use accessible terms; retain legal terms of art with brief parenthetical context
• Jurisdiction header: Note the specific court and jurisdiction at the top of every summary

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Key changes made:

• Removed tags — not part of the Agent Skills spec; discovery relies on description keywords
• Tightened description — same trigger guidance, fewer tokens
• Added Quick Start — gives the agent an immediate action sequence before the full output template
• Removed decorative --- dividers between output subsections — unnecessary token cost
• Removed emoji (⚠) — per codebase convention
• Compressed table annotations — e.g., monetary type values moved to a single inline note instead of a verbose column header
• Renamed "Guidelines" to "Pitfalls & Checks" — aligns with best-practice body structure and signals actionable guardrails
• Reduced from 96 lines to 72 lines — well under the 500-line budget