A specialized AI skill for navigating legal statutes, legislative processes, and statutory interpretation rules.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install statute
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install statute using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Statute?
The Statute skill is a robust reference tool designed for legal professionals, researchers, and developers who need to interact with legislative data. It provides structured insights into how laws are formed, organized, and interpreted, making it a vital addition to your collection of Openclaw Skills. By bridging the gap between raw legal text and actionable intelligence, this skill empowers AI agents to provide nuanced legal analysis and accurate citation formatting.
Whether you are analyzing legislative intent or breaking down the anatomy of a specific code, the Statute skill offers a standardized framework for understanding statutory construction. It is built to facilitate deep dives into canons of construction, textualism, and purposivism, ensuring that your AI-driven legal workflows are both precise and authoritative.
Statute Use Cases
- Interpreting complex statutory language and determining legislative intent.
- Researching the step-by-step legislative process from bill to enacted law.
- Structuring legal documents with accurate citations following Bluebook or ALWD formats.
- Comparing the differences between common law and statutory law frameworks.
- Analyzing the hierarchy of law and the anatomy of statutes including titles and sections.
How Statute Works
- The AI agent accesses the Statute skill via the Openclaw Skills environment to retrieve specific legal definitions.
- The user requests a specific module such as process or interpretation via the command-line interface.
- The skill parses the legislative data structure to provide a breakdown of chapters, sections, and subsections.
- It applies statutory interpretation rules to help the agent explain the meaning of specific legal texts.
- The skill generates formatted citations and summaries based on the user's research needs.
Statute Setup
To install the Statute skill within your Openclaw Skills library, clone the repository and ensure your environment variables are configured correctly.
git clone https://github.com/bytesagain/ai-skills
cd ai-skills
# Configure the data directory if necessary
export STATUTE_DIR="~/.statute/"
Statute Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes legal information into several key modules, stored within the specified directory. It follows a hierarchical taxonomy:
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Hierarchy | Defines the relationship between titles, chapters, and sections |
| Categories | Classifies laws as criminal, civil, procedural, or remedial |
| Interpretation | Maps canons of construction to specific linguistic patterns |
| Citations | Templates for Bluebook, ALWD, and standard legal formats |
Statute Advanced Features
- Automated statutory research checklists for comprehensive legal analysis.
- Detailed breakdowns of landmark U.S. legislation for historical context.
- Support for multiple citation formats to ensure compliance with legal industry standards.
- Extensible data directory via environment variables for custom legal datasets.
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