Use this skill whenever a user specifically requests legal research or Westlaw Deep Research, asks for CoCounsel Legal or cocounsel legal support, or asks a question that requires explaining, analyzing, or synthesizing U.S. law.
Install
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill cocounsel-legal:deep-researchnpx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill cocounsel-legal:deep-research -a claude-code -gnpx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill cocounsel-legal:deep-research -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git --path external_plugins/cocounsel-legal/skills/deep-researchgh skill install anthropics/claude-for-legal cocounsel-legal:deep-researchgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal /tmp/anthropics__claude-for-legal
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/anthropics__claude-for-legal/external_plugins/cocounsel-legal/skills/deep-research ~/.claude/skills/cocounsel-legal:deep-research # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/anthropics__claude-for-legal/external_plugins/cocounsel-legal/skills/deep-research ~/.agents/skills/cocounsel-legal:deep-research # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode