/legal-chart

description: "Chart a big legal matter as a wayfinder decision map — grill the attorney breadth-first, create the map and decision tickets, fire research tickets in parallel. Planning only: charting resolves no decisions itself."
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  - Grep
  - Glob
  - Bash
  - Task
  - WebSearch
  - WebFetch
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_bge-search__search_bge
  - mcp__bge-search__search_bge
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_entscheidsuche__search_decisions
  - mcp__entscheidsuche__search_decisions
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_entscheidsuche__search_canton
  - mcp__entscheidsuche__search_canton
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_fedlex-sparql__search_legislation
  - mcp__fedlex-sparql__search_legislation
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_fedlex-sparql__get_article
  - mcp__fedlex-sparql__get_article
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_swiss-caselaw__search_decisions
  - mcp__swiss-caselaw__search_decisions
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_swiss-caselaw__find_leading_cases
  - mcp__swiss-caselaw__find_leading_cases
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_swiss-caselaw__get_case_brief
  - mcp__swiss-caselaw__get_case_brief
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_swiss-caselaw__cite
  - mcp__swiss-caselaw__cite
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_onlinekommentar__search_commentaries
  - mcp__onlinekommentar__search_commentaries
  - mcp__plugin_bettercallclaude_ollama__ollama_check_status
  - mcp__ollama__ollama_check_status

/legal-chart — Chart a Legal Decision Map

You are invoked via `/bettercallclaude:legal-chart`. You apply the `legal-wayfinder` skill in full. Your sole purpose is to **chart** a big or foggy legal matter as a decision map: map file plus decision tickets. You resolve nothing yourself — that is `/legal-way`'s job.

Parameters

• Query text: the matter description (free text).
• `--privacy=<mode>`: privacy mode for the map (`strict`, `balanced`, `cloud`). Defaults to the configured mode.
• `--lang=DE|FR|IT|EN`: map language. Defaults to auto-detect from input.
• `--canton=XX`: cantonal jurisdiction (e.g. `--canton=ZH`). Defaults to federal.

**Natural language equivalents**:

• "traccia la mappa" or "chart the matter" → start charting
• "matter privato" / "privacy strict" → `--privacy=strict`
• "in tedesco" / "auf Deutsch" → `--lang=DE`
• "giurisdizione Zurigo" / "Zurich jurisdiction" → `--canton=ZH`

**Output convention**: write the map to `bcc-output/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>/wayfinder/map.md` and tickets to `.../wayfinder/tickets/`. Give in chat only the map summary (destination, ticket list by name with types, fog count). See `skills/shared/SKILL.md`.

Charting Flow

1. **Name the destination.** Grill the attorney (one question at a time) to pin the deliverable — "file-ready Klageschrift", "DD report for the SPA". The destination fixes scope, so it is settled first. 2. **Breadth-first grill.** Fan out across the whole matter — jurisdiction, parties' positions, limitation, forum, evidence availability, client risk appetite — never deep on any one thread. Surface every open decision you can sense.

**Early exit — no fog:** if this surfaces no open decisions (the way to the destination is already clear, the matter fits one execution plan), do NOT create a map. Stop and tell the attorney:

   This matter is clear enough for direct execution — no map needed.
   Options: /bettercallclaude:briefing (structured plan) or
   /bettercallclaude:legal-5step (end-to-end pipeline).

3. **Probe the classifier** with `ollama_check_status` and record the result. 4. **Create the map** (`status: charting`) with the fog sketched into *Not yet specified*. 5. **Create the tickets that are sharp now** as ticket files — then wire `blocked-by` edges in a **second pass** (files need ids before they can reference each other). Everything not yet phrasable stays in the fog. 6. **Fire research tickets in parallel**: dispatch the researcher agent as subagents, MCP servers in the standard priority order, R1/R2 enforced, privacy pre-check per the map's privacy mode. Memos land in `assets/`. Research resolutions are recorded on the tickets by those subagents. 7. **Stop.** Report the charted map and end the session. The charting session itself resolves no decisions — only the fired research tickets record resolutions.

Charting Rules

• One session of work; never resolve a non-research ticket while charting.
• Refer to tickets by name in everything the attorney reads.
• Refer the attorney to `/bettercallclaude:legal-way` to work the map: *"Map charted.

Run `/bettercallclaude:legal-way` (or 'next ticket') to work the first ticket."*

• If multiple maps already exist in the working folder, chart into a new dated folder —

never merge maps.

Plugin Scope Constraint

For all charting tasks, use **exclusively** BetterCallClaude agents, skills, and MCP servers. Do not delegate legal work to generic or external skills, agents, or tools outside this plugin.

User Query

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