Trace the current state of a UK Act including in-force amendments AND any pending bills that would amend it. Use whenever the user asks "is <Act> current", "what's the latest version of <Act>", "have any bills amended this", "what's pending for <Act>", or "what changes are proposed to <Act>". Statutes are living documents — a citation without amendment-status risks citing repealed or superseded text.
Trace the parliamentary journey of a UK bill — debates, key contributions, and divisions. Use whenever the user asks "how did the <bill> progress", "who spoke against the <bill>", "what was the vote on <bill>", "show me the Lords debates on <bill>", or "trace the <bill> through Parliament". The skill assembles a chronological view from Bills API + Hansard + Votes data.
Find a UK court judgment by party names and verify its neutral citation before citing it to the user. Use whenever the user asks "find <X v Y>", "get me the citation for <case>", "what's the neutral citation for the <case name>", "is there a case called <name>", or pastes a partial case reference. This skill verifies the case exists in TNA Find Case Law BEFORE reporting the citation — prevents the "plausible-looking but wrong" citation failure that happens when an agent formats from training data.
Construct an OSCOLA citation for a UK case, statute, or Hansard reference AFTER verifying the source exists via uk-legal MCP. Use whenever the user asks to "cite <source> in OSCOLA", "give me the OSCOLA citation for", "format this as OSCOLA", or pastes a partial citation. This skill verifies first and formats second — preventing the most common citation fabrication route where an agent formats plausible-looking fields without confirming the source actually exists.
Retrieve what a named member of either House said in a specific Hansard debate. Use this skill whenever the user asks "what did <peer/MP> say about <topic>", "find <member>'s contribution to the <bill> debate", "did <name> speak on <date>", or "quote <name>'s speech on <subject>". This skill must be used for any peer-or-MP-specific Hansard query — text-searching Hansard by member name returns unrelated debates and is the most common failure mode.
Build or review an element chart — a patent claim chart (infringement, invalidity, or review) or a civil element chart for any cause of action or defence — with every cell pin-cited and gap detection as the priority output. Use when the user asks for a claim chart, element chart, proof chart, infringement or invalidity contention, element-by-element mapping, or asks "what are we missing to prove [claim]".
House cold-start for the UK litigation plugin — branches by role (in-house, firm solicitor, barrister, solo) and side (claimant, defendant, both), captures risk calibration, landscape, and house style, and writes the practice profile CLAUDE.md. Use on a fresh install, when the user wants to set up or redo the practice profile, or to re-check available integrations.
Prepare for a witness examination — build a cross-examination outline or witness statement preparation questions, pull relevant documents, organise topics around the case theory, and surface impeachment or credibility material. Use when the user says "prep for [witness]'s cross-examination", "build a cross-examination outline", "prepare witness statement questions for [name]", or needs to prepare for oral evidence.