Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add bromso/metapowers --skill legal-researchgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bromso/metapowersWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/bromso/metapowers/legal-research)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/bromso/metapowers/legal-research"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/bromso/metapowers/legal-research/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/bromso/metapowers/legal-research"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/bromso/metapowers/legal-research.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00085 | $0.00963 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00034 | $0.00385 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00017 | $0.00193 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00009 | $0.00096 |
Grade A, and why
legal-research scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 74 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Legal Research
Research the legal question "$ARGUMENTS". Identify applicable statutes, regulations, case law, and expert commentary, then synthesize findings into an actionable analysis.
Note: AI-generated legal content does not constitute legal advice. Consult a qualified attorney for complex matters, high-stakes decisions, or novel legal questions.
Arguments. $ARGUMENTS may contain the project name and optional flags. Take the first token as <project> and treat --skip-checks as a flag; never include flags in file paths. All paths below use <project>. If --skip-checks is present, skip the prerequisite check and, before writing any artifact, append one line to .metapowers/legal/<project>/skip-log.md: - <ISO timestamp> — <skill name> skipped prerequisite check for <artifact file> — reason: <reason or "none given">.
Prerequisites
None — this is a utility skill.
Process
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Define the legal question and jurisdiction(s):
- Parse "" to identify the core legal question
- Determine applicable jurisdiction(s) (federal, state, country, or multi-jurisdictional)
- Note any specific industry or regulatory context that narrows the scope
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Research relevant sources:
- Use WebSearch to find relevant statutes, regulations, case law, and expert commentary
- Search across multiple source types: primary law (statutes, regulations), secondary sources (treatises, law review articles), and practitioner commentary
- Prioritize authoritative sources (official government sites, established legal publishers, bar association resources)
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Read key sources in depth:
- Use WebFetch to read the full text of the most relevant statutes and regulations
- Use WebFetch to read key case holdings and reasoning
- Cross-reference sources to confirm accuracy and identify conflicts
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Synthesize findings:
- What the law says — the black-letter rule from statutes and regulations
- How it's been interpreted — key court decisions and administrative guidance
- How it applies to "" — specific application to the user's question
- Areas of ambiguity — unsettled questions, circuit splits, ongoing legal debates, or pending legislation
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 3d ago First seen · 74 lines · 85 tokens per session scan A 63c87cee47f3
legal-research is a skill published in the GitHub repository bromso/metapowers (2 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 85 tokens to every session and 963 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-21.
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