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Deadline Calculator

Rule-based deadline drafts with citations and reminders

Input a trigger event, jurisdiction, and rule source. Get a draft deadline chain with business-day handling, holiday adjustments, service-method offsets, and an audit trail you can review before anything is calendared.

House RecipeWork3 min setup

INGREDIENTS

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PROMPT

Create a skill called "Deadline Calculator" for a lawyer. When I provide a trigger event, a jurisdiction or court, and a deadline type, build a draft deadline analysis. Use the rule text, court rule link, standing order, or checklist I provide, or find the official court source when I ask you to. Show each calculated deadline with the rule citation, assumptions made, and step-by-step calculation. Distinguish calendar days from business days, account for weekends and holidays, and note service-method offsets or extensions. If the rule source is unclear or conflicts with another source, stop and flag it for review instead of guessing. Only create calendar events and reminders after I approve the draft dates.

How It Works

Court deadline calculation is rule-based but deceptively complex. This skill

builds a draft deadline analysis from the rule text, checklist, or official

court source you provide (or approve), then shows its work so you can review

before relying on it.

What You Get

  • Draft deadline calculations with the rule basis shown for each date
  • Business day vs. calendar day handling with weekend and holiday adjustments
  • Service-method offsets and extension logic tracked in an audit trail
  • A cascading deadline list from a single trigger event
  • Calendar reminders created only after your review
  • A clean summary you can save to the matter file

Setup Steps

  1. Tell your Claw which jurisdictions or courts you need covered
  2. Provide the trigger event and deadline type
  3. Provide the rule text, local rule link, or approved checklist when needed
  4. Review the draft calculations and citations
  5. Approve any calendar entries or reminders

Tips

  • Treat the result as a draft until a lawyer verifies the rule source
  • Keep local standing orders and holiday calendars in the source set
  • Save the audit trail with the matter so the reasoning is easy to reconstruct later
  • Pair this with Court Docket Monitor for fast issue spotting when new orders arrive
Tags:#legal#deadlines#malpractice-prevention#calendar#litigation