# Send Drop a contract, get answers. lawclaw rips through PDFs, spots risky clauses, diffs redlines, checks citations, and searches thousands of discovery docs—locally, so nothing leaves your machine. Built for attorneys and paralegals who bill by the hour and can't waste one to your agent
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
## Fast path
- Download the package from Yavira.
- Extract it into a folder your agent can access.
- Paste one of the prompts below and point your agent at the extracted folder.
## Suggested prompts
### New install

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### Upgrade existing

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## Documentation

### lawclaw

Drop a contract, get answers.

lawclaw tears through legal documents the way you wish your associates would—fast, thorough, and without missing the indemnification clause buried on page 47. It extracts text from PDFs, flags key clauses, generates redline comparisons, validates citations, and searches entire discovery sets for the one sentence that wins your case.

Everything runs locally on your machine. No uploads, no third-party servers, no risk to attorney-client privilege. Just you, your terminal, and a very sharp claw.

Who it's for: Attorneys, paralegals, and legal ops teams doing contract review, litigation support, due diligence, e-discovery, or brief-writing.

What it replaces: Hours of Ctrl+F across dozens of PDFs.

### Core Capabilities

Document Analysis

Extract text from legal PDFs: pdftotext <file.pdf> <output.txt>
Search for specific clauses: grep -i "indemnification\\|liability\\|warranty" contract.txt
Word count for billing: wc -w document.txt
Extract metadata: pdfinfo <file.pdf>

Contract Clause Extraction
Use grep with regex to find common clauses:

Indemnification: grep -i "indemnif\\|hold harmless" contract.txt
Termination: grep -i "terminat\\|cancellation" contract.txt -A 3
Confidentiality: grep -i "confidential\\|proprietary\\|NDA" contract.txt -A 3
Force majeure: grep -i "force majeure\\|act of god" contract.txt -A 3
Jurisdiction: grep -i "jurisdiction\\|venue\\|governing law" contract.txt -A 2
Arbitration: grep -i "arbitration\\|dispute resolution" contract.txt -A 3
Non-compete: grep -i "non-compete\\|noncompete\\|restrictive covenant" contract.txt -A 3
Assignment: grep -i "assign\\|transfer\\|delegate" contract.txt -A 2

Redline / Comparison

Compare two versions: diff -u original.txt revised.txt > redline.diff
Side-by-side view: diff -y original.txt revised.txt | less
Word-level diff: wdiff original.txt revised.txt > changes.txt
Convert Word to text first: pandoc contract.docx -t plain -o contract.txt

Citation and Reference Checking

Find case citations: grep -E "[0-9]+ [A-Z]\\.[A-Za-z0-9.]+ [0-9]+" brief.txt
Find U.S. Code refs: grep -E "[0-9]+ U\\.S\\.C\\. § [0-9]+" document.txt
Find CFR refs: grep -E "[0-9]+ C\\.F\\.R\\. § [0-9]+" document.txt
Extract footnotes: grep -E "\\[[0-9]+\\]" brief.txt
Find Bluebook short cites: grep -E "[A-Z][a-z]+, [0-9]+ [A-Z]\\." brief.txt

Document Organization

Find specific file types: find . -name "*.pdf" -type f
Search within discovery docs: grep -r "key term" ./discovery/
List recent modifications: find . -name "*.pdf" -mtime -7 -ls
Batch rename exhibits: for f in *.pdf; do mv "$f" "Exhibit_${f}"; done

Discovery Support

Count pages in PDF: pdfinfo document.pdf | grep Pages
Batch convert PDFs: for f in *.pdf; do pdftotext "$f" "${f%.pdf}.txt"; done
Create production log: ls -lh *.pdf > production_log.txt
Search Bates numbers: grep -r "PROD[0-9]\\{6\\}" ./documents/

Due Diligence

Scan for key terms: grep -i "material adverse\\|intellectual property\\|pending litigation" diligence/*.txt
Extract dates: grep -E "[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{4}" contract.txt
Find monetary amounts: grep -E "\\$[0-9,]+(\\.[0-9]{2})?" agreement.txt
Identify parties: grep -E "WHEREAS|Party|Seller|Buyer|Lessor|Lessee" contract.txt

Deposition / Transcript Analysis

Search testimony: grep -i "Q\\." deposition.txt | grep -i "keyword"
Extract witness answers: grep "A\\." deposition.txt -A 2
Count pages/lines: wc -l transcript.txt

Privilege Log Support

Generate file list: find ./documents -type f -exec ls -lh {} \\; > privilege_log.csv
Search for privileged terms: grep -ri "attorney-client\\|work product" ./emails/
Tag privileged docs: grep -rli "attorney-client" ./emails/ > privileged_files.txt

### Common Workflows

Contract Review Checklist

Extract text: pdftotext contract.pdf contract.txt
Scan key clauses:

grep -i "limitation of liability" contract.txt
grep -i "indemnification" contract.txt
grep -i "termination" contract.txt
grep -i "confidentiality" contract.txt
grep -i "governing law" contract.txt


Extract monetary terms: grep -E "\\$[0-9,]+" contract.txt
Flag deadlines: grep -i "within [0-9]+ days\\|business days\\|calendar days" contract.txt

Redline Workflow

Convert both versions: pandoc original.docx -t plain -o original.txt && pandoc revised.docx -t plain -o revised.txt
Generate diff: diff -u original.txt revised.txt > changes.diff
Side-by-side: diff -y original.txt revised.txt | less

Discovery Review

Extract all PDFs: for pdf in discovery/*.pdf; do pdftotext "$pdf" "${pdf%.pdf}.txt"; done
Search across all docs: grep -ri "responsive term" discovery/*.txt
Generate document index: ls -lh discovery/*.pdf > document_index.txt

Due Diligence Package Review

Extract all docs: find diligence/ -name "*.pdf" -exec pdftotext {} \\;
Search for red flags: grep -ri "litigation\\|breach\\|default\\|bankruptcy" diligence/*.txt
Extract unique dates: grep -Eroh "[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{4}" diligence/*.txt | sort -u

Brief / Motion Citation Check

Extract citations: grep -E "[0-9]+ [A-Z]\\.[A-Za-z0-9.]+ [0-9]+" brief.txt
Cross-reference ToA: diff <(grep -oE "[0-9]+ [A-Z]\\.\\S+ [0-9]+" brief.txt | sort -u) <(sort toa.txt)

### Notes

All processing runs locally—no cloud uploads—so client confidentiality is preserved
Convert proprietary formats (DOCX, DOC) to plain text via pandoc before analysis
Use wdiff for word-level comparison: install via brew install wdiff
Combine with gog skill for Google Workspace integration (Drive, Gmail, Sheets)
Confirm with supervising attorney before automated batch operations on case files
For OCR on scanned PDFs, install tesseract: brew install tesseract

### Security & Ethics Reminders

Verify all OCR-extracted text for accuracy before relying on it in filings
Maintain privilege logs when processing communications
Use redaction tools for PII before document production
Comply with court e-discovery orders, ESI protocols, and local rules
Keep audit trails of all document processing for chain-of-custody challenges
Never transmit client data to external services without written consent
## Trust
- Source: tencent
- Verification: Indexed source record
- Publisher: jagadeeshmurali-coder
- Version: 1.0.0
## Source health
- Status: healthy
- Item download looks usable.
- Yavira can redirect you to the upstream package for this item.
- Health scope: item
- Reason: direct_download_ok
- Checked at: 2026-04-29T20:12:47.452Z
- Expires at: 2026-05-06T20:12:47.452Z
- Recommended action: Download for OpenClaw
## Links
- [Detail page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/lawclaw)
- [Send to Agent page](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/lawclaw/agent)
- [JSON manifest](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/lawclaw/agent.json)
- [Markdown brief](https://openagent3.xyz/skills/lawclaw/agent.md)
- [Download page](https://openagent3.xyz/downloads/lawclaw)