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Leave Deadline Tracker

Flags open employee leaves that need a legal deadline decision or action this week.

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

What it does

This skill lets an AI assistant review a list of employee leaves (such as medical or family leave) and pick out only the ones with upcoming legal deadlines for designation, certification, or exhaustion. Instead of a full status report, it explains which leaves need a decision and why, and gives a one-line summary for leaves that are fine. It works from a connected HR system or a leave register file, and it is meant to be run on a regular schedule such as weekly.

Great for

  • Employment attorneys or in-house legal teams who track many leaves and need deadline alerts
  • HR-legal staff who want a weekly list of leaves requiring action
  • Legal teams already using the claude-for-legal plugin setup

Skip it if

  • Individuals managing their own leave, since it is built for attorney workflows and legal deadlines (not personal guidance) and could give misleading comfort if deadlines in a jurisdiction differ
  • Jurisdictions or leave types outside what the skill's workflow covers, because the SKILL.md does not specify which laws it applies, so results need checking by counsel
  • Situations needing automatic reminders on their own, because the skill does not schedule itself; a separate calendar or cron tool is required

Try asking

  • “Run the leave tracker and show me which leaves need a decision this week.”
  • “Check open leaves for designation or certification deadlines coming up.”
  • “Which leaves are approaching exhaustion and what do I need to do about each?”
  • “Add a new leave entry and then check the register for alerts.”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Leave Deadline TrackerInstall, 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.

    leave-tracker.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip leave-tracker.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip leave-tracker.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

  • Keep the leave register current with /employment-legal:log-leave so alerts reflect real dates.
  • Pair the weekly run with a calendar reminder, since the agent does not schedule itself.
  • Verify every flagged deadline against the applicable statute and company policy before acting on it.

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.