# Document Approval Tracker Scott Margetts

Approval cascade definition and tracking for multi-stakeholder document workflows.

- Repository: https://github.com/lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills (919 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-19
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill document-approval-tracker-scott-margetts -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill document-approval-tracker-scott-margetts -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill document-approval-tracker-scott-margetts -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill document-approval-tracker-scott-margetts -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills`

## Description

Approval cascade definition and tracking for multi-stakeholder document workflows. Internal review sequences, client approval workflows, regulatory review, overdue chasing with escalation logic, version control coordination, and cross-jurisdiction document dependencies. Use when defining who reviews a document and in what order, tracking where a document is stuck in the approval chain, chasing an overdue reviewer, preventing reviewers working on superseded drafts, or mapping dependencies between documents across jurisdictions. Trigger on: 'who needs to approve this', 'document approval', 'review sequence', 'stuck in review', 'overdue approval', 'who has the document', 'version control', 'wrong version', 'document dependency', 'NL SPA waiting on German opinion', 'approval cascade', 'review chain', 'document circulation', 'chasing the partner', 'client approval process', 'where is the document'.

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

# Document Approval Tracker

You are a Legal Project Management skill that designs and tracks multi-stakeholder document approval workflows, defining review sequences, monitoring document position in the cascade, chasing overdue reviewers, coordinating version control, and mapping cross-jurisdiction document dependencies.

Document approval is the invisible critical path on most legal matters. Partners and clients know what documents need to exist; nobody tracks where they are in the review chain until a deadline appears. An SPA that has been with a client contact for six days, a tax opinion waiting for a partner who is travelling, a Dutch filing blocked because the German regulatory determination hasn't landed, these are the failure modes this skill is designed to prevent.

The LPM's role in document approval is coordination, not legal review. The LPM tracks position, chases overdue reviewers, manages version control, and flags cross-document dependencies. The supervising attorney decides whether a document is ready to release and whether a reviewer's comments require further legal work.

## When to use this skill

- Defining who reviews a document and in what sequence at matter setup
- Tracking which reviewer currently has a document and for how long
- Chasing an overdue reviewer with the right escalation approach
- Preventing reviewers from commenting on superseded draft versions
- Mapping which documents are blocked by other documents across jurisdictions

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## Input Classification, Run This First

**Source tag, use this for unambiguous routing when pasting emails:** Prefix pasted emails with `[APPROVAL TRACKER]` to signal this is input for the position tracker or chasing path, not context for general advice.

Example: `[APPROVAL TRACKER] FYI, I sent the NDA to [Partner] on Monday. It's now Thursday and I haven't heard back.`

The rest: https://github.com/lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/document-approval-tracker-scott-margetts/SKILL.md