Skills Overview

A comprehensive library of structured legal skills that power AI-driven legal work — from research summaries to court filings.

Using Case.dev agents? Agent Skills is already baked in. Just start using it — no setup required.

Open Source & Community-Driven

Browse, Edit & Contribute Skills

The entire Legal Agent Skills library is open source under the MIT License. You can browse all 870+ skills, suggest edits to existing skills, or contribute your own legal expertise to the community.

Browse Skills

Explore the full library of legal AI skills

Contribute

Submit your own skills to help the community

Agent Skills Protocol

Learn about the underlying standard

What are Legal Agent Skills?

Anthropic recently standardized a protocol for progressive disclosure called Agent Skills. We’ve extended this approach beyond writing code and into Legal. Legal Agent Skills is a curated, open-source library of professional-grade prompts, document templates, and research methodologies designed specifically for legal work. Each skill includes:

Structured prompts — Battle-tested instructions for generating legal documents
Installable bundles — Optional companion files for scripts, templates, and references
Practice area tags — Categorized by litigation, transactional, corporate, regulatory, and 14 more practice areas
Rich metadata — Version tracking, authorship, and licensing information

Skills cover the full spectrum of legal practice:

Category	Examples
Research	Legal research summaries, case analysis, article summaries
Litigation	Complaints, motions, appellate briefs, judgment summaries
Transactional	Lease agreements, dissolution reports, client memos
Billing	Legal billing summaries, matter tracking

Free MCP Installation

Install Agent Skills on any MCP-compatible AI application for free.

Server Details

Property	Value
URL	`https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp`
Protocol	Streamable HTTP
Auth	None required (free tier)

Setup Guides

Cursor

Open Settings → MCP
Click Add new MCP server
Add this configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-skills": {
      "url": "https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp",
      "headers": {}
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor

Test it: Ask Cursor to “search for legal research skills”

Claude Desktop

Open your Claude Desktop config file:
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Add the Agent Skills server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-skills": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

Test it: Ask Claude to “find skills for drafting appellate briefs”

Windsurf

Open Settings → MCP Servers
Add a new server with:
- Name: legal-skills
- URL: https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp
Restart Windsurf

Add to Existing Config

Already have MCP servers configured? Just add this entry inside your "mcpServers" object:Cursor (URL-based):

{
"legal-skills": {
"url": "https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp",
"headers": {}
}

Claude Desktop (command-based):

{
"legal-skills": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp"]
}

Available Tools

Once connected, your AI assistant can use these tools:

Tool	Description
`resolve_skill`	Search for legal skills by query (semantic search)
`read_skill`	Read the full content of a skill by slug

resolve_skill

Search the skills library by topic or practice area.

"Find skills for drafting employment complaints"
"Search for appellate brief templates"
"What skills are available for corporate governance?"

Parameters:

query (required) — What you’re looking for

Returns: Ranked list of matching skills with name, summary, and relevance score.

read_skill

Retrieve the full content of a specific skill.

"Read the legal-research-summaries skill"
"Get the judgment-summaries skill content"

Parameters:

slug (required) — The skill identifier (e.g., legal-research-summaries)

Returns: Complete skill including prompt content, tags, and metadata.

Skill Metadata

Each skill includes structured metadata for intelligent routing:

{
  "slug": "legal-research-summaries",
  "name": "Legal Research Summaries",
  "summary": "Comprehensive research synthesis with statutes, case law, and regulatory guidance",
  "tags": ["litigation", "regulatory"],
  "version": 1,
  "author_name": "CaseMark",
  "license": "MIT"
}

Field	Description
`slug`	Unique skill identifier used for lookups
`name`	Display name of the skill
`summary`	Brief description of what the skill does
`tags`	Practice area tags from a controlled vocabulary (see below)
`version`	Skill version number
`author_name`	Skill author (nullable)
`license`	License type (e.g., MIT)

Practice Area Tags

Skills are tagged with one or more practice areas from a controlled vocabulary:

Tag	Covers
`litigation`	Lawsuits, motions, pleadings, briefs, court filings
`transactional`	Contracts, agreements, mergers, acquisitions, leases
`regulatory`	Compliance, FDA, SEC, HIPAA
`corporate`	Governance, board matters, shareholders, bylaws
`ip`	Patents, trademarks, copyrights
`tax`	Tax law and planning
`labor`	Employment and labor law
`immigration`	Immigration law
`real-estate`	Property and real estate law
`family`	Divorce, custody, family law
`criminal`	Criminal law
`bankruptcy`	Bankruptcy proceedings
`estate-planning`	Probate, trusts, estate planning
`environmental`	Environmental law
`healthcare`	Healthcare law
`privacy`	Privacy and data protection
`adr`	Arbitration, mediation, alternative dispute resolution
`constitutional`	Constitutional law

Unlimited Requests with API Key

For production use or high-volume applications, authenticate with a Case.dev API key.

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-skills": {
      "url": "https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "legal-skills": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://skills.case.dev/api/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CASE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get your API key at console.case.dev.

Example Skills

Here are just a few of the 870+ skills available in the open-source library:

Legal Research Summaries

Comprehensive research synthesis with statutes, case law, and regulatory guidance

Judgment Summaries

Structured court decision analysis with holdings, precedent, and implications

Appellate Briefs

Response briefs that systematically address appellant arguments

Client Memos

Clear, accessible memoranda for non-lawyer audiences

Complaints

Court-ready pleadings with proper factual and legal allegations

Lease Agreements

Jurisdictionally compliant residential and commercial leases

Want to see more? Browse all 870+ skills → or contribute your own →

What’s Next?

Browse All Skills

Explore the full open-source library of 870+ legal AI skills

Contribute a Skill

Share your legal expertise with the community (MIT License)

MCP Integration

Connect to Case.dev documentation and services

Agents

Build agent workflows with Agent Skills built-in

LLMs Guide

Use AI models for legal intelligence

Agent Skills Protocol

Learn about the underlying open standard

Get Started

Platform

Resources

Open Source & Community-Driven

Browse, Edit & Contribute Skills

Browse Skills

Contribute

Agent Skills Protocol

What are Legal Agent Skills?

Free MCP Installation

Server Details

Setup Guides

Available Tools

resolve_skill

read_skill

Skill Metadata

Practice Area Tags

Unlimited Requests with API Key

Example Skills

Legal Research Summaries

Judgment Summaries

Appellate Briefs

Client Memos

Complaints

Lease Agreements

What’s Next?

Browse All Skills

Contribute a Skill

MCP Integration

Agents

LLMs Guide

Agent Skills Protocol

​Open Source & Community-Driven

Browse, Edit & Contribute Skills

Browse Skills

Contribute

Agent Skills Protocol

​What are Legal Agent Skills?

​Free MCP Installation

​Server Details

​Setup Guides

​Available Tools

​resolve_skill

​read_skill

​Skill Metadata

​Practice Area Tags

​Unlimited Requests with API Key

​Example Skills

Legal Research Summaries

Judgment Summaries

Appellate Briefs

Client Memos

Complaints

Lease Agreements

​What’s Next?

Browse All Skills

Contribute a Skill

MCP Integration

Agents

LLMs Guide

Agent Skills Protocol

Open Source & Community-Driven

What are Legal Agent Skills?

Free MCP Installation

Server Details

Setup Guides

Available Tools

resolve_skill

read_skill

Skill Metadata

Practice Area Tags

Unlimited Requests with API Key

Example Skills

What’s Next?