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Manage matter workspaces — create, list, switch, close, or detach the active matter. Use in multi-client private practice to keep one client's context separate from another, or when a substantive skill needs to know which matter it's working in.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "matter-workspace" skill from askskill: 1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/main/ip-legal/skills/matter-workspace/SKILL.md 2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/matter-workspace/SKILL.md 3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready
Practitioners work across multiple clients and matters. A matter workspace keeps one client or engagement's context separate from every other. This skill manages those workspaces.
/ip-legal:matter-workspace new <slug> — create a new matter workspace, run a short intake, write matter.md/ip-legal:matter-workspace list — list matters with status and active flag/ip-legal:matter-workspace switch <slug> — set the active matter/ip-legal:matter-workspace close <slug> — archive a matter (move to ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/matters/_archived/, never delete)/ip-legal:matter-workspace none — detach from any active matter, work at practice-level only~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/CLAUDE.md — confirm the ## Matter workspaces section is populated. If Enabled is ✗, tell the user: "Matter workspaces are off — you're configured as an in-house practice with one client, so the plugin works from practice-level context automatically. If you actually work across multiple clients, re-run /ip-legal:cold-start-interview --redo and select a private-practice setting. Otherwise, you don't need /ip-legal:matter-workspace at all." Don't error — the disabled state is the expected one for in-house users.$ARGUMENTS:
new → run the intake interview, write ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/matters/<slug>/matter.md, seed history.md and notes.md.list → enumerate ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/matters/*/matter.md, print a table, mark the active matter.switch → update the Active matter: line in the practice-level CLAUDE.md.close → move ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/matters/<slug>/ to ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/matters/_archived/<slug>/, log the close date in history.md.none → set Active matter: to none — practice-level context only.Cross-matter context is on in the practice-level CLAUDE.md._archived/<slug>/.Multi-client practitioners (private practice — solo, small firm, large firm) work across many matters. Context from one must not leak into another. This skill is the thin file-management layer that makes that true.
Default state is off. In-house users never see this — they run at practice-level only. Matter workspaces turn on at cold-start for private-practice users, or by editing ## Matter workspaces in the practice-level CLAUDE.md. If Enabled is ✗, this skill does not run; instead it explains the disabled state and suggests /ip-legal:cold-start-interview --redo for users who actually need matter isolation.
All matter data lives under:
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ip-legal/
├── CLAUDE.md # practice-level practice profile
└── matters/
├── <slug>/
│ ├── matter.md # client, counterparty, matter type, key facts, overrides
│ ├── history.md # dated log of events, decisions, drafts, reviews
│ ├── notes.md # free-form working notes
│ └── outputs/ # skill outputs for this matter (optional subfolder)
└── _archived/
└── <slug>/ # closed matters — readable but not active
Slugs are lowercase with hyphens. Examples: acme-trademark-2026, zenith-dmca, novacorp-fto.
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