| name | lex-legal-brief |
| description | Brazilian legal drafting workflow: transform facts, documents, claims, and procedural posture into a structured legal brief or petition plan. |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| author | Lex |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"hermes":{"tags":["legal","brazil","drafting","litigation","pje","documents"],"related_skills":["pje-bridge"]}} |
Lex Legal Brief
Use this skill when the user asks for legal analysis, a petition/recurso plan,
argument mapping, document review, or a first draft strategy for a Brazilian
case.
When to Use
Use this skill for:
- Petitions, appeals, defenses, motions, notices, and legal memos.
- Turning process facts/documents into arguments.
- Identifying missing facts, evidence, deadlines, or procedural risks.
- Preparing a drafting outline before generating a final document.
- Reviewing a legal document for weak points, contradictions, or missing
requests.
When Not to Use
Do not use this as the final authority for:
- Filing anything in PJe.
- Confirming legal deadlines without source data.
- Inventing jurisprudence, citations, facts, or process movements.
- Acting without lawyer review.
Use pje-bridge when the next step requires consulting, opening, downloading,
or filing in PJe through the Windows Lex app.
Workflow
- Identify the area of law, procedural stage, parties, court, and goal.
- Extract facts, documents, deadlines, claims, defenses, evidence, and gaps.
- Ask for missing critical facts if the request is under-specified.
- Build an argument map:
- thesis
- legal basis to verify
- evidence
- likely counterargument
- risk
- Produce a drafting plan before writing a final piece.
- Mark every unverified legal authority or deadline as needing verification.
Legal Accuracy Guardrails
- Do not add greetings or decorative text when the user asks for direct output.
- Do not cite case numbers, docket numbers, chambers, reporters, or precedent
dates unless the source has been verified in the current task.
- If a legal rule is likely but not verified, say "verificar base legal" instead
of stating it as final authority.
- For calculations, show the arithmetic and flag assumptions.
- Prefer "pedido a avaliar" when a claim depends on facts not provided.
Brazilian Labor Notes
When handling Brazilian labor claims:
- Hours from 8h to 18h with 1h interval = 9 working hours per day.
- Monday through Saturday at 9 working hours/day = 54 working hours/week.
- The ordinary weekly limit is 44 hours, so this fact pattern indicates about
10 overtime hours/week before checking collective rules, compensation, or
banco de horas. Do not call it only 1 overtime hour/week.
- Timekeeping duty under CLT art. 74, §2 currently applies to establishments
with more than 20 employees. Older "more than 10 employees" references need
verification before use.
- For interval claims, ask whether the stated interval was actually enjoyed.
- For moral damages based only on lack of CTPS registration, label it as a
strategic claim to evaluate because courts may reject automatic moral damage.
Output Shape
Prefer this structure:
## Objective
## Case Snapshot
## Missing Information
## Argument Map
## Evidence Checklist
## Draft Structure
## Risks And Verification
## Next Action
For short requests, answer directly but keep the same safety rules.
