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Client Communications Log

Keep a dated, append-only record of client contacts for a legal clinic case

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Repository
anthropics/claude-for-legal
Stars
9,870
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill gives an AI agent a structured way to record every contact with a client in a law clinic case, such as calls, emails, texts, letters, in-person meetings and voicemails. The student describes the contact, the agent formats it into a dated entry, shows it for confirmation, and adds it to a per-case log file. It can also read back recent entries, produce a short summary, or scan the log for unanswered messages, missed follow-ups, language gaps, tone shifts and long gaps in contact.

Great for

  • Law school clinic students tracking client contact on active cases
  • Supervising clinical professors who want to spot patterns across student caseloads
  • Students picking up a case mid-semester who need the communication history quickly

Skip it if

  • Storing legal strategy or privileged analysis, since the skill says that belongs in a separate internal file, not the comms log
  • Automatically capturing calls or emails from a case management system, since the skill states this integration is not included in v1
  • Firms or clinics expecting the tool to enforce logging, since the skill cannot know about contacts that were never logged

Try asking

  • “/client-comms-log 2024-031 --add to record a 10 minute phone call with my client about the lease dispute”
  • “/client-comms-log 2024-031 --read to see my last five entries before tomorrow's client call”
  • “/client-comms-log 2024-031 --patterns to check this case for unanswered voicemails and missed follow-ups”
  • “/client-comms-log 2024-031 --summary for a condensed history to hand off to the next semester's student”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Client Communications LogInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    client-comms-log.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip client-comms-log.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip client-comms-log.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Write a two-sentence summary yourself after each contact, since the skill formats and appends rather than writing the substance
  • Review each proposed entry at the confirmation step, because the skill is designed so clinic records are checked before they are written
  • Keep substantive legal analysis in the case's internal analysis file and use the comms log only for facts of contact

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from anthropics/claude-for-legal under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.