legal-5step-framework

Legal 5-Step Framework

Objective

Coordinate an end-to-end legal analysis pipeline for Spanish law across five phases: intake, research, strategy, adversarial testing, and drafting. Enforce data flow between agents, implement quality gates, and provide progress reporting.

Pipeline Overview

┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
│   Step 1    │ ──► │   Step 2    │ ──► │   Step 3    │ ──► │   Step 4    │ ──► │   Step 5    │
│   Intake    │     │  Research   │     │  Strategy   │     │ Adversarial │     │   Draft     │
└─────────────┘     └─────────────┘     └─────────────┘     └─────────────┘     └─────────────┘
      │                   │                   │                   │                   │
      ▼                   ▼                   ▼                   ▼                   ▼
  legal-briefing    spanish-legal-    spanish-legal-    adversarial-      spanish-legal-
                    research          strategy          analysis          drafting

Step 1: Intake

Skill: legal-briefing Tasks:

• Assemble specialist panel (3–5 agents)
• Conduct adaptive questioning (5 rounds)
• Assign complexity score (1–10)
• Build execution plan
• Establish cross-session persistence

Output: Briefing report with panel, plan, and complexity score Quality Gate:

• Matter clearly defined
• Jurisdiction identified (state vs. CCAA)
• Panel assembled with appropriate skills
• Complexity score assigned
• Execution plan approved

Step 2: Research

Skill: spanish-legal-research Tasks:

• Search legislation (BOE, CCAA gazettes)
• Search case law (STS, SAP, STC)
• Review doctrine and commentary
• Analyze precedents (ratio decidendi, distinguishing facts)
• Apply interpretation methods
• Verify citations via legal-citations-esp

Input from Step 1: Matter definition, legal domain, jurisdiction, factual summary Output: Legal research memorandum with verified citations Quality Gate:

• At least one STS or STC cited per core proposition
• All statute citations verified
• CCAA law identified where applicable
• Doctrinal support noted
• Citation accuracy >95%
• Source hierarchy respected (STS > AP > Doctrine > Legislative)

Step 3: Strategy

Skill: spanish-legal-strategy Tasks:

• Select procedural pathway (ordinario, verbal, monitorio, etc.)
• Analyze forum selection
• Estimate timelines
• Assess costs (tasación de costas)
• Design appeal strategy (apelación, casación, amparo)
• Build risk matrix

Input from Step 2: Legal propositions, applicable statutes, precedents Output: Strategy memorandum with procedural plan and risk assessment Quality Gate:

• Procedural pathway justified by amount and complexity
• Forum selected with strategic rationale
• Timeline estimates realistic
• Cost analysis complete
• Appeal options mapped
• Risk matrix scored

Step 4: Adversarial Analysis

Skill: adversarial-analysis Tasks:

• Advocate: Present strongest case for user's position
• Adversary: Attack position with maximum force
• Judicial analyst: Render balanced assessment
• Probability scoring for each argument
• Synthesize Fundamentos de Derecho

Input from Step 3: Procedural plan, legal propositions, risk assessment Output: Adversarial report with strengths, weaknesses, and synthesis Quality Gate:

• Advocate position fully developed
• Adversary position identifies all weaknesses
• Judicial analyst provides balanced view
• Probability scores assigned
• Fundamentos de Derecho synthesized
• Risk matrix updated

Step 5: Draft

Skill: spanish-legal-drafting Tasks:

• Draft required documents (contract, court submission, opinion)
• Integrate research findings and citations
• Apply strategy decisions
• Address adversarial weaknesses
• Ensure mandatory law compliance (Art. 6 CC, Art. 1255 CC, Art. 1101 CC)
• Format per jurisdiction and court requirements

Input from Step 4: Synthesized legal position, risk mitigations, strategic decisions Output: Final drafted document(s) Quality Gate:

• Document structure follows Spanish conventions
• All mandatory law provisions cited
• Citations integrated and verified
• Court-specific formatting applied
• CCAA provisions included where applicable
• Disclaimer included

Data Flow Between Agents

Intake → Research

• Matter definition
• Jurisdiction
• Legal domain
• Factual summary
• Output requirements

Research → Strategy

• Applicable legislation
• Case law findings
• Doctrinal position
• Interpretation conclusions
• Verified citations

Strategy → Adversarial

• Procedural pathway
• Forum selection
• Timeline constraints
• Cost parameters
• Risk matrix

Adversarial → Draft

• Synthesized legal position
• Strengths to emphasize
• Weaknesses to address
• Probability assessments
• Risk mitigations

Progress Reporting

During Execution

# Progress Report
**Matter:** [Subject]
**Current step:** [Step X/5]
**Skill active:** [Skill name]
**Status:** [In progress / Complete / Blocked]
**Completion:** [X]%

## Completed Steps
- [Step 1]: [Status] — [Key output summary]
- [Step 2]: [Status] — [Key output summary]

## Current Step
- **Skill:** [Name]
- **Task:** [Current task]
- **Input from prior step:** [Summary]

## Next Steps
- [Step X+1]: [Planned tasks]

Final Report

# 5-Step Framework — Final Report
**Matter:** [Subject]
**Date completed:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Complexity:** [Score]/10
**Disclaimer:** This analysis is for informational purposes. Execution requires a Spanish abogado colegiado.

## Step 1: Intake
[Summary]

## Step 2: Research
[Summary with key citations]

## Step 3: Strategy
[Summary with procedural plan]

## Step 4: Adversarial Analysis
[Summary with probability scores]

## Step 5: Draft
[Document summary or full text]

## Consolidated Recommendations
1. [Recommendation]
2. [Recommendation]
3. [Recommendation]

Post-Execution Framework Menu

After completing the 5-step pipeline, offer:

## Framework Menu — What would you like to do next?

1. **Summarize output** → Invoke `output-summarization` (--short / --medium / --long)
2. **Translate documents** → Invoke `spanish-legal-translation` (ES ↔ EN)
3. **Verify citations** → Invoke `spanish-citation-formats` (batch verification)
4. **Analyze documents** → Invoke `spanish-document-analysis` (compliance check)
5. **Refine query** → Invoke `legal-query-refinement` (new angle)
6. **Export for counsel** → Format all outputs for abogado colegiado review
7. **Start new matter** → Begin new 5-step framework

Quality Gates Summary

Step	Skill	Gate Criteria
1	legal-briefing	Matter defined, panel assembled, plan approved
2	spanish-legal-research	STS cited, citations >95%, CCAA identified
3	spanish-legal-strategy	Pathway justified, forum selected, risk scored
4	adversarial-analysis	All positions developed, probabilities assigned
5	spanish-legal-drafting	Mandatory law cited, formatting correct

Reduced Mode

If MCP servers are unavailable:

• Proceed with training-knowledge citations
• Flag all unverified citations with [UNVERIFIED]
• Reduce confidence levels
• Advise manual verification via BOE, CENDOJ, TC