cold-call-prep
Prep for a cold-call — predict the professor's likely questions and drill them Socratically, flagging where you're shaky so you know what to re-read before class. Use when the user says "prep for class tomorrow", "cold call [case]", "what might [professor] ask on", or points at assigned reading.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill cold-call-prep- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads cold-call-prep automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
/cold-call-prep
- Load
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md→ class list, professors, learning style. - Apply the workflow below.
- Identify reading (case name + citation, professor, class, syllabus context).
- Predict 6-10 likely questions across categories (Facts / Holding / Reasoning / Application / Policy), weighted to professor's known tendencies.
- Drill using socratic pattern — ask, wait, push back, narrow when stuck. Don't give answers.
- Post-drill summary: strong/shaky/missed; what to re-check before class.
Real-matter check
If the question the student is asking sounds like it's about a REAL situation — their lease, their parking ticket, their family's business, their friend's arrest, a real dollar amount, a real deadline, a real party name — stop.
"This sounds like a real situation, not a hypothetical. I can't give you legal advice, and you can't give it either — you're not a lawyer yet. If this is real, [the person] needs an actual lawyer: legal aid, your school's clinic, a lawyer referral service (your jurisdiction's bar association, law society, or legal aid body), or (if there's money) a private attorney. I'm happy to help you understand the general legal concepts involved, but that's study, not advice."
Watch for: real names, real addresses, real dates, specific dollar amounts, "my landlord/boss/parent/friend," "I got a ticket/letter/notice," deadlines measured in days. Any one of these is a trigger.
Purpose
Cold-calling lives or dies on preparation. The professor has read the case dozens of times and knows the questions; the student has read it once. This skill narrows the gap — predicts the likely question patterns for the case, drills the student on them, and surfaces what they haven't locked in.
Not a replacement for reading the case. A test that you actually did.
Confidence discipline
- When the student provides case text or casebook excerpts: I predict questions based on the actual text. Confident.
- When the student provides only a case name: I predict based on what I know about the case. Flag
[UNCERTAIN]on any question that depends on case details I'm not sure of. Strongly recommend the student pastes the case or casebook treatment first. - If I don't know the case well: say so. "I don't have a reliable read on this case — paste the text or casebook treatment and I can work from that. Otherwise my questions are educated guesses."
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md→ current classes, professors, learning style- User-provided: case name / case text / casebook pages / reading list
Workflow
Step 1: Identify the reading + professor
- Case name and citation
- Professor (from ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md class list — tone and focus vary by professor)
- Class / subject area
- Where this case falls in the syllabus (for context — is this the first case on the topic, a narrowing case, a counterexample?)
Step 2: Predict the questions
Professors cold-call in recurring patterns. Predict across these categories:
Facts-level (warm-up):
- Who are the parties? What happened? Procedural posture?
- What did the trial court do? The appellate court below?
- Why is this in the casebook? What subject is it illustrating?
Holding / rule:
- What's the holding? One sentence.
- What's the rule that comes out of this case — the portable takeaway?
- How would you phrase the rule if it were in your outline?
Reasoning:
- Why did the court decide this way?
- What arguments did the court reject?
- Was there a dissent? What did it argue?
Application / hypos:
- What if [fact X] were different — same outcome?
- How does this case compare to [prior case in the syllabus]?
- What's the limiting principle? Where does this rule stop?
Policy / theory:
- What's the policy the court is protecting?
- Does this rule make sense? Alternative approaches?
Professor-specific flavor (from ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md notes):
- If the professor is known for hypo-heavy calls, weight Application/Hypo questions
- If policy-heavy, weight Policy/Theory
- If fact-heavy socratic (Socratic 101 Paper Chase style), weight Facts + Holding
Pick 6-10 questions across these categories. Rank by likelihood of being asked first (Facts usually go first, then Holding, then the harder categories).
Step 3: Drill
Use the socratic-drill pattern:
- Ask Question 1. Wait for answer.
- If right + well-reasoned: acknowledge, move to Question 2.
- If right but sloppy: don't let it slide. "You got there, but explain — why does the court's reasoning support that?"
- If wrong: don't give the answer. Ask a narrowing question. "What facts does the court rely on?" Walk them to it.
- If stuck: narrow further. "Before we go to the holding — what's the procedural posture?"
- If genuinely lost: tell them to re-read the case. "This is a re-read, not a guess-your-way-through. Come back when you've read it again."
Step 4: Post-drill summary
At the end:
# Cold-Call Prep — [case] — [date]
**Questions drilled:** [N]
**Strong:** [questions where they were confident + right]
**Shaky:** [questions where they guessed or hedged]
**Missed:** [questions where they didn't know]
## Before class tomorrow:
- [specific thing to re-check — facts they got wrong, rule they couldn't state]
- [if shaky on policy/theory: "read the dissent again — that's usually where policy questions come from"]
## Questions likely to come up in class:
- [top 3 of the 10 — the ones the professor is most likely to lead with]
Integration
- case-brief: if the student hasn't briefed the case yet, offer to run
/law-student:case-briefbefore cold-call prep. A brief is a cold-call prep tool too. - socratic-drill: if prep surfaces a weak spot in the subject (not just this case), follow with
/law-student:socratic-drill [subject]. - flashcards: if the case's rule is one the student should memorize, offer to add to the flashcard deck.
What this skill does not do
- Be the professor. The actual cold-call can go anywhere. This skill predicts patterns; professors surprise.
- Replace reading the case. If you haven't read it, the skill can't help you — questions require text you've absorbed.
- Give you the case's holding without asking you first. Drill-me pattern: I ask, you answer.
- Predict jurisdiction-specific niche questions. If the professor has known hobby horses, capture them in ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md class notes and the skill can weight accordingly; otherwise, it works from general patterns.
FAQ
What does the cold-call-prep skill do?
Prep for a cold-call — predict the professor's likely questions and drill them Socratically, flagging where you're shaky so you know what to re-read before class. Use when the user says "prep for class tomorrow", "cold call [case]", "what might [professor] ask on", or points at assigned reading.
How do I install cold-call-prep?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill cold-call-prep in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/cold-call-prep/ (personal) or .claude/skills/cold-call-prep/ (project).
Which AI agents can use cold-call-prep?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is cold-call-prep safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains cold-call-prep?
It is published by anthropics in anthropics/claude-for-legal, and it is an official skill from the maker of the technology it covers. It has 608 recorded installs.
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