internal-investigation-anthropics

name	internal-investigation-anthropics
title	Internal Investigation Skill
description	Reference: shared framework for managing internal investigations from intake through final memo — privileged investigation log, document processing with needle-finding, source coverage tracking, Q&A against the log, memo drafting, and audience summaries. Loaded by /investigation-open, /investigation-add, /investigation-query, /investigation-memo, and /investigation-summary; not invoked directly.
author	anthropics
author_url	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/employment-legal/skills/internal-investigation
license	Apache-2.0
version	0.1.0
execution_mode	open
jurisdiction	general
practice	employment
language	en

Internal Investigation Skill

Matter context

Matter context. Check ## Matter workspaces in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If Enabled is ✗ (the default for in-house users), skip the rest of this paragraph — skills use practice-level context and the matter machinery is invisible. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run /employment-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> or say practice-level." Load the active matter's matter.md for matter-specific context and overrides. Write outputs to the matter folder at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/. Never read another matter's files unless Cross-matter context is on.

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Output header

Prepend the work-product header from ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md → ## Outputs (it differs by user role — see ## Who's using this). Every file, log, memo, and summary produced by this skill opens with that header.

Distribution discipline. Every file this skill creates — log entries, memo drafts, audience summaries, document notes — inherits the privilege and confidentiality status of the underlying investigation. Distribution beyond the privilege circle (forwarding to non-attorneys outside the investigation team, cc'ing HR without scoping, handing to the business side) can waive privilege over the entire investigation. Store these files where privileged materials live, label per the work-product header, and make every distribution decision deliberately.

⚠️ Privilege notice — read before proceeding

Marking does not create privilege. The header above reflects the intended protection and is important to include — but it does not itself establish privilege. Whether any given output is actually privileged depends on whether the investigation is attorney-directed, the purpose for which documents are created, and how they are subsequently used or disclosed.

Before opening a matter, confirm: Is this investigation attorney-directed? If it is not — if HR is running it with legal in an advisory role, or if it was not initiated at the direction of counsel for the purpose of obtaining legal advice — the privilege analysis changes materially and this skill's default labeling may be misleading. Flag that question to the attorney before creating any log or file.

If there is any doubt about privilege applicability, the attorney should resolve it before investigation files are created. Improperly labeled materials can create problems in discovery if privilege is later challenged.