sboghossian Import: Legal Risk Assessment (Anthropic)
What it does
This import adapter migrates a legal risk-assessment skill originally built for Anthropic's Claude API into the mini-claude-for-legal standard format. Legal risk-assessment skills sit at the core of any AI-assisted legal workflow: they identify legal exposure in contracts, transactions, regulatory submissions, or operational processes, score each issue by severity and likelihood, and recommend remediation.
The Anthropic-native implementation may have used a flat system-prompt with a bespoke risk taxonomy, a JSON schema for structured output, or a chain-of-thought prompt. This adapter detects the shape and maps it forward.
Import config
| Field | Source mapping | Default if absent |
|---|---|---|
risk_taxonomy |
Legacy categories or risk_types |
8-category legal taxonomy (see below) |
severity_scale |
Legacy severity field |
HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW |
likelihood_scale |
Legacy likelihood field |
HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW |
risk_matrix |
Legacy matrix object |
3×3 (severity × likelihood) |
output_schema |
Legacy format |
structured_markdown_table |
remediation_guidance |
Legacy recommendations boolean |
true |
jurisdiction |
Legacy jurisdiction |
__multi__ |
scope_limit |
Legacy scope note |
None (full document scope) |
Dry-run preview
IMPORT PREVIEW — legal-risk-assessment-anthropic
Source shape : Anthropic risk-assessment system prompt
Risk taxonomy : 8-category (contract / regulatory / litigation / IP / data /
employment / corporate / financial)
Matrix : 3×3 severity × likelihood
Output : structured markdown table + narrative summary
Remediation : enabled
Jurisdiction : __multi__
Default risk taxonomy (8 categories)
When the legacy config did not define risk categories, the adapter seeds:
| # | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contract risk | Unfavourable terms, missing clauses, enforceability gaps |
| 2 | Regulatory / compliance risk | Non-compliance with applicable statutes or regulations |
| 3 | Litigation risk | Exposure to claims, disputes, or enforcement action |
| 4 | IP risk | Ownership uncertainty, infringement exposure, licensing gaps |
| 5 | Data protection risk | GDPR / PDPL / local privacy-law violations |
| 6 | Employment risk | Labour-law non-compliance, wrongful termination exposure |
| 7 | Corporate / governance risk | Director duties, shareholder rights, constitutional issues |
| 8 | Financial / credit risk | Payment default, security gaps, guarantee exposure |
Risk matrix (default 3×3)
| HIGH likelihood | MEDIUM likelihood | LOW likelihood | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH severity | CRITICAL | HIGH | MEDIUM |
| MEDIUM severity | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW |
| LOW severity | MEDIUM | LOW | NEGLIGIBLE |
Output schema (post-import)
## Legal Risk Assessment
| # | Issue | Category | Severity | Likelihood | Risk Level | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [issue description] | Contract | HIGH | MEDIUM | HIGH | [action] |
...
### Summary
Overall risk profile: [HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW]
Critical issues: [count]
Immediate action required: [list]
MENA jurisdictional risk flags
The imported skill surfaces these MENA-specific risks automatically:
- UAE onshore: penalty clauses disproportionate to actual damage may be reduced by courts under UAE Civil Transactions Law; flag if liquidated damages exceed a plausible estimate of actual loss.
- KSA: Shariah-compliance check required for interest (riba) provisions; late-payment clauses must use agreed compensation formulae, not compound interest.
- Lebanon: macro-economic instability creates FX risk in USD-denominated contracts payable locally; flag currency and force-majeure provisions.
- DIFC / ADGM: common-law jurisdiction; English-law concepts of penalty clauses apply; check for exclusions of consequential loss.
- Egypt: Civil Code Art 224 allows courts to reduce or increase agreed penalties; assess proportionality.
Failure modes
| Error | Likely cause | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
taxonomy_not_mapped |
Legacy used custom category names | Auto-map to nearest standard category + flag for review |
matrix_missing |
No risk matrix in source | Apply default 3×3 |
output_unstructured |
Legacy output was free-form narrative | Wrap in structured table post-import |
jurisdiction_mismatch |
Source assumed US law | Flag MENA-specific differences |
Related skills
- [[import-legal-risk-assessment-zacharie-laik]]
- [[import-contract-review-anthropic]]
- [[import-red-team-verifier-patrick-munro]]
- [[review-legal-risk-generic]]
- [[review-contract-generic]]