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Workshop / demo starter
Use this live during a presentation without putting a real person's case into the room.
01 / START HERE
A practical AI field guide for legal preparation.
A concise, safety-first companion for community defense, self-help education, and preparing to work with a lawyer.
02 / A CALMER WORKFLOW
Make the next useful move.
One source connector, one guardrail skill, and one clear human handoff. Keep the workflow calm and auditable.
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Orient
Identify the jurisdiction, stage, relevant date, representation, and immediate concern. Do not guess.
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Organize
Separate facts, allegations, evidence, inferences, contradictions, and unknowns in a working copy.
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Verify
Open the actual primary or official source. Record the pinpoint, date, and what remains uncertain.
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Hand off
Bring a concise question list to a public defender, legal-aid provider, law library, clerk, or licensed attorney.
03 / COPY, THEN ADAPT
Prompts that keep the guardrails on.
Replace bracketed fields. Start with fictional or redacted material. An AI output is a working aid, not evidence or legal advice.
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Source-grounded research
Structure a research pass around authority, date, pinpoint, treatment, and verification status.
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Ask Codex to install the skill
Use a review-first request that avoids automatic setup, credentials, or connector changes.
04 / LOCAL GUARDRAIL
Take the skill with you.
The Participatory Defense Assistant keeps privacy, evidence preservation, source hierarchy, and human-review gates close to the work.
05 / OPTIONAL RESEARCH TOOLS
Connectors can find sources. They are not the source.
Review a connector's permissions and current setup instructions before adding it. Always open and inspect the underlying authority.
CourtListener MCP
Useful for U.S. opinions, dockets, citation extraction, and citation checks. Verify every quotation and later treatment against the underlying authority.
Open CourtListener MCPGovInfo MCP
Official U.S. Government Publishing Office MCP public preview for federal publications. A GovInfo API key may be required; follow its current documentation.
Open GovInfo developer hubOfficial sources first
For statutes, rules, procedures, orders, and forms, start with the applicable court, legislature, agency, or government repository.
See human and official routes06 / GET HUMAN HELP