# Hiring Review

Review an offer letter and any restrictive covenants, jurisdiction check included.

- Repository: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal (9865 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill hiring-review -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill hiring-review -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill hiring-review -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill hiring-review -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-for-legal`

## Description

Review an offer letter and any restrictive covenants, jurisdiction check included. Substantive rules (covenant enforceability, pay-transparency, salary-history limits, exemption criteria) are researched per hire, not stored. Use when the user says "review this offer", "can we use a non-compete here", "check this offer letter", "hiring in [state]", or attaches an offer.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# /hiring-review

1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md` → jurisdictional footprint, hiring review triggers, restrictive covenant policy.
2. Use the workflow below.
3. Check: jurisdiction, classification, restrictive covenants, background check compliance.
4. Flag anything that hits the jurisdiction-specific escalation table.

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## Matter context

**Matter context.** Check `## Matter workspaces` in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If `Enabled` is `✗` (the default for in-house users), skip the rest of this paragraph, skills use practice-level context and the matter machinery is invisible. If enabled and there is no active matter, ask: "Which matter is this for? Run `/employment-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug>` or say `practice-level`." Load the active matter's `matter.md` for matter-specific context and overrides. Write outputs to the matter folder at `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/matters/<matter-slug>/`. Never read another matter's files unless `Cross-matter context` is `on`.

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## Purpose

Offer letters are mostly boilerplate until they're not. The jurisdiction check
and the restrictive-covenant check are where this skill earns its keep. The
skill does not state the law, every jurisdiction-specific rule is researched
and cited at the time of review.

## Load context

`~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md` → jurisdictional footprint, hiring review triggers, restrictive
covenant policy, offer letter template location.

## Output header

Prepend the work-product header from `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/employment-legal/CLAUDE.md` → `## Outputs` (it differs by user role, see `## Who's using this`).

## Workflow

### Step 1: Jurisdiction

Where will this person work? Not where HQ is, where *they* are.

The rest: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/blob/HEAD/employment-legal/skills/hiring-review/SKILL.md