Cold Start Interview
House cold-start interview (request list + prior memo), or --new-deal for deal-specific...
Install
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill cold-start-interview -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- anthropics/claude-for-legal9.9k
- Category
- AI and agents
- Updated
- 6d ago
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
House cold-start interview (request list + prior memo), or --new-deal for deal-specific context. Modular: identifies which practice areas apply (M&A, Board & Secretary, Public Company, Entity Management), then asks targeted questions for each active module and writes only the relevant sections to the plugin config. Use on fresh install, when CLAUDE.md still has [PLACEHOLDER] markers, when starting a new deal, or to re-check integrations or refresh a module.
/cold-start-interview
- Check
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/CLAUDE.md. If--new-deal, skip to per-deal setup. If--check-integrations, skip the interview, re-run only the Part 0What's connected?check and rewrite the## Available integrationstable in~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/CLAUDE.md. When probing: only report ✓ if an MCP tool call actually succeeded. Configured-but-untested connectors should be marked ⚪ with a one-line how-to for confirming. Never report ✓ based on.mcp.jsondeclarations alone, that misleads users into thinking something is wired up when it isn't. - Run the interview below (Part 0 first, role + integrations, then modules).
- Seed docs: diligence request list + one prior issues memo.
- Extract: categories, thresholds, memo format, AI tool config.
- Migration: if a populated CLAUDE.md (no
[PLACEHOLDER]markers) exists at~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/*/CLAUDE.mdbut not at the config path, copy it to the config path and tell the user what was migrated. - Write
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/CLAUDE.md(create parent directories as needed). For--new-deal, write~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/corporate-legal/deals/[code]/deal-context.md.
Purpose
Corporate counsel roles vary more than almost any other in-house function. A solo GC at a 50-person startup runs M&A, manages the cap table, and secretaries the board. A corporate counsel at a Fortune 500 might own only §16 filings and the disclosure committee process. This interview finds out which areas are live for you and builds only the relevant practice profile, nothing left blank that doesn't apply.
