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BetterCallClaude transforms legal research, case strategy, and document drafting for Swiss lawyers. It provides deep integration with Swiss legal databases, multi-lingual analysis (DE/FR/IT/EN), and built-in Anwaltsgeheimnis (attorney-client privilege) protection -- 21 agents, 30 commands, 17 skills, and 10 MCP servers covering BGE/ATF/DTF precedent research, litigation strategy, adversarial analysis, legal drafting, citation verification, document intelligence, and CAS/TAS sports arbitration across all 26 Swiss cantons.

Claude Code CLI users: this repository is Cowork Desktop only. The CLI version is at fedec65/bettercallclaude-cli.

Overview

BetterCallClaude provides a structured methodology for handling legal work with AI assistance. The framework consists of five interconnected phases.

What's New in v4.11.9

v4.11.9 — Every agent runs on the model you chose. All 21 agents previously pinned to fixed tiers (opus for the orchestrator and judicial analyst, haiku for the citation specialist and summarizer, sonnet for the rest) now declare model: inherit and follow the model selected in your main conversation — cost, quality, and latency track your explicit choice end-to-end.

What's New in v4.11.8

v4.11.8 — /doctor now catches a broken agent route. In v4.11.5 an outage left plugin agents unable to reach any connector ("No such tool available") while /doctor reported everything green, because doctor only tested the main-session route. /doctor now also dispatches the plugin's citation-specialist agent for a one-shot validate_citation call and reports "Route agent: OK" — or, if the agent route is broken, says so plainly with update instructions. A new CI check additionally enforces that every MCP tool in agent/command/skill whitelists is registered under both naming conventions hosts use, so this regression class cannot silently return.

What's New in v4.11.5

v4.11.5 — Ollama server actually starts on Cowork Desktop. The v4.11.4 fallback never ran: Cowork's host bridge drops any server whose .mcp.json entry references ${user_config.*} (user_config is not supported on the desktop host bridge; dropping server), so the whole ollama server was rejected at load. The template and the dead ollama_host plugin setting are removed — the bundled server now starts and talks to your local Ollama daemon at http://localhost:11434 directly. Update the plugin, restart Cowork, then run /bettercallclaude:setup to see the ollama server connected.

v4.11.4 — Ollama connector fixed on Cowork Desktop. Since v4.3.0 the bundled ollama server received an empty ollama_host setting on Cowork (the app exposes no userConfig settings UI), which broke every local translation/summarisation call with Failed to parse URL from /api/version. The server now falls back to the default http://localhost:11434 automatically — reinstall or update the plugin and no action is needed.

v4.11.3 — Workflow IDs that survive Cowork restarts. Cowork Desktop wipes its sandbox filesystem on restart, which used to reset your generated workflow ID. The workflow commands now also read your ID from a BetterCallClaude workflow user ID: … line in Settings → General → Instructions for Claude — one line to paste once, stored by the app, permanent. The generation message tells new users how.

v4.11.2 — Server-enforced unique workflow namespaces. The new claim_user_id tool on the workflows-ch server reserves your User ID in the database (UNIQUE constraint), so no two users can ever share a workflow namespace. Generated bcc-… IDs are claimed before they're saved, with automatic retry on collision.

v4.11.1 — Private workflow namespaces for everyone. Custom workflows are now stored under a unique per-user ID: if you don't set the User ID plugin setting, a random bcc-… ID is generated once and saved to ~/.betterask/config.yaml. No shared default namespace anymore.

v4.11.0 — Custom workflows. Build your own multi-agent pipelines once and reuse them: /bettercallclaude:create-workflow interviews you, validates the agent chain server-side (compatible hand-offs only), and saves it; /bettercallclaude:workflow then lists your saved workflows next to the built-in templates and runs them with the same engine. Backed by the new workflows-ch MCP server (30 commands, 10 MCP servers total).

Also in recent releases — v4.10.0 legal wayfinder: /legal-chart decomposes a matter into a decision map — destination, decisions so far, fog, out-of-scope — with one ticket per open decision. /legal-way then works the map ticket by ticket (research, grilling, prototype, task) until the route to the deliverable is clear and hands off to execution. A fog check in /briefing routes oversized matters to the chart instead of forcing a static execution plan.

Also in recent releases — v4.9.6 privacy fix: the Anwaltsgeheimnis PreToolUse hook silently failed on plugin paths containing spaces (e.g. a user name with a space) — privilege detection was off with no error shown. The hook command now quotes the plugin root correctly, with regression guards (standalone tests + a CI check). If you handle privileged client content, update.

Also in recent releases — v4.9.5 /legal-timeline: build a sourced case chronology from your case documents: every event carries its document and locus, contested facts and date conflicts are made visible (never silently resolved), evidentiary gaps of 30+ days are flagged, and procedural deadlines are computed via MCP with cantonal holiday calendars. Three outputs (Markdown table, interactive HTML, Word export) under bcc-output/timeline/.

Content counts: 21 agents, 30 commands, 17 skills, 10 MCP servers in .mcp.json (8 remote HTTP on mcp.bettercallclaude.ch + swiss-caselaw SSE on mcp.opencaselaw.ch + ollama local STDIO).

Full changelog →

Cowork Desktop dedicated release -- This repository is exclusively for Claude Cowork Desktop. The Claude Code CLI version is at fedec65/bettercallclaude-cli.

• HTTP-only transport: 9 of 10 MCP servers connect via mcp.bettercallclaude.ch / mcp.opencaselaw.ch -- no local Node.js build required for those
• Local STDIO server (ollama): bundled and only touches http://localhost:11434 for privacy-routed translation/summarisation
• Simplified setup: /setup checks connectivity only -- no transport switching needed in Cowork

Installation

Full installation guide with screenshots: BetterCallClaude Tutorial →

1. In Cowork, click Customize > Browse plugins > Personal > + > Add marketplace from GitHub
2. Enter fedec65/bettercallclaude and click Sync
3. Click Install on the BetterCallClaude card

MCP servers connect automatically via HTTP. No Node.js, no local setup, no API keys required.

Commands