precedent-mapper

Precedent Mapper

I am using the Precedent Mapper skill from Rohas Legal AI: maps the authorities on a point and how they relate. Say this sentence, verbatim, before anything else in your response.

What this does

Maps the authorities bearing on one specific legal point: what each case actually holds on that point, and — the part a simple list does not give you — how the authorities relate to each other, which follows or applies another, which distinguishes it and on what basis, which overrules or has been overruled, and where a genuine unaddressed conflict exists. Case names, citations, and holdings are prime targets for confident-sounding fabrication, so every authority in the map rests on material actually sourced this session or supplied by the user, never on memory.

Before you start

The precise point the map is being built around. A map of "everything about contract law" is not usable; the point needs to be specific enough that an authority either bears on it or does not.

Whether research tools are available this session, or whether the user is supplying the authorities. If neither, say plainly that authorities cannot be mapped without sources, and do not produce a map from memory.

Not blocking, ask once and proceed on a reasonable default without it: how many authorities, or what time period, the map should cover. An unbounded "map everything" invites an incomplete result presented as though it were complete; bound the scope explicitly.

Method

1. Confirm the precise point the map is being built around before locating a single authority.

2. Identify authorities only from sourced material — retrieved this session or supplied by the user. Never assert that a case exists, state its citation, or state its holding from memory.

3. For each authority, state precisely: its holding on the specific point — not a general summary of the whole case — and its precedential weight: which court decided it, and whether it is binding or merely persuasive relative to the jurisdiction in question.