A first contract review with the Legal plugin

Contract review is reading for risk: what am I agreeing to, what is unusual, what needs a lawyer. Anthropic's official Legal plugin ships 9 skills for exactly that preparation. Verified from the public repository (October 2026); not run.

The 9 skills

• review-contract - the core read: clauses, obligations, the parts worth a second look.
• triage-nda - the fast version for the most repetitive document in business.
• legal-risk-assessment - the structured "what could hurt us" pass.
• compliance-check - terms against the rules you operate under.
• vendor-check - the contract plus the counterparty.
• brief - condense the document into what a decision-maker needs.
• legal-response - draft the reply.
• meeting-briefing - prepare for the negotiation conversation.
• signature-request - the last-mile paperwork step.

Where the human line sits

Use the plugin to prepare, not to decide. A first pass that flags the three clauses worth your lawyer's hour is a real saving; an AI verdict on whether to sign is not. The practical split: the plugin reads everything and marks what matters, a qualified human rules on what it marks. Anything jurisdiction-specific or high-stakes goes to counsel, whatever the output says.

In Anthropic's official marketplace - add a GitHub marketplace. The consultant shortlist shows how Legal pairs with the research plugins for practice work.

Sources

• anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins on GitHub - skill list verified from the repo, October 11, 2026