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claude-for-legal

Anthropic's plugin suite for legal workflows — practice-area plugins, named agents and MCP connectors.

★ 9.6k stars⑂ 1.9k forksApache-2.0updated 2026-09
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// project facts

Project facts

claude-for-legal is an open-source productivity project by anthropics (anthropics/claude-for-legal on GitHub). It has 9,625 GitHub stars and 1,877 forks, is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and was last updated on GitHub on 29 September 2026.

GitHub stars
9,625
Forks
1,877
License
Apache-2.0
Last updated on GitHub
29 September 2026
Category
Productivity
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Clarify your goal

    Choose the practice-area plugins that match your work (for example commercial, privacy or corporate) and be ready to complete each plugin's setup interview.

  2. Get the project

    Clone anthropics/claude-for-legal from GitHub (or use the install path in the run steps below) and skim its README for the parts relevant to your goal.

  3. Install and configure

    Add this repository as a Claude plugin marketplace, install the plugins you need, then restart Claude Code or open Cowork.

  4. Run your first task

    Run setup for an installed plugin to write your practice profile, then invoke one of its named agents on a real matter, such as a vendor agreement review.

// features

Why people love it

Practice-area plugins

Plugins covering in-house, firm and academic legal work, each built around a cold-start interview and a persistent CLAUDE.md practice profile.

Named workflow agents

End-to-end agents with job-style names — Vendor Agreement Reviewer, DSAR Responder, Termination Reviewer, Claim Chart Builder and more — each run with a single command.

Managed-agent cookbooks

Recipes for scheduled, eyes-on-the-feed workflows: renewal watcher, docket watcher, regulatory feed monitor, diligence grid and launch radar.

MCP connectors

Connectors across general productivity (Slack, Google Drive, Box) and legal-specific systems (Ironclad, DocuSign, iManage, Everlaw, CourtListener and more).

Editable practice profile

Your playbook, escalation rules and house style live in a plain-English CLAUDE.md you can edit directly; it survives plugin updates.

Community skill trust layer

Community legal skills get a security review — hidden-content scan, injection detection and a structural trust check — on every install.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Clone the repository

    Get the source from the official GitHub repository for claude-for-legal.

    git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal.git
    cd claude-for-legal
  2. Add the marketplace in Claude Code

    Register this repository as a plugin marketplace using its path or GitHub URL, as the README shows.

    /plugin marketplace add <path-to-this-repo>
  3. Install plugins and run setup

    Install the practice plugins you need, restart Claude Code, then run setup for each one to create your practice profile.

    /plugin install commercial-legal@claude-for-legal
    /plugin install privacy-legal@claude-for-legal
    /plugin install corporate-legal@claude-for-legal
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains claude-for-legal?

Anthropic, through the anthropics/claude-for-legal repository; some external plugins under external_plugins/ are maintained by their vendors.

Is claude-for-legal free to use?

Yes — the project is open source under the Apache-2.0 license as recorded for this listing. See the license terms for any conditions on redistribution.

Does claude-for-legal need a paid API key?

It runs inside Claude Cowork / Claude Code, so you need your own Claude access; the plugins themselves are free and Apache-2.0 licensed.

How does this compare to prompting a general AI assistant for legal work?

A general assistant starts from zero each time. These plugins persist your playbook in a practice profile, ship named agents for whole workflows, and connect to legal systems via MCP — but they assist lawyers rather than replacing legal judgment.

How do I get started with claude-for-legal?

Clone the repository (or use the documented installer), follow the install and configure steps on this page, and run the smallest real task first — run setup for an installed plugin to write your practice profile, then invoke one of its named agents on a real matter, such as a vendor agreement review.

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