"בית ספר להחלטות" Phase 2 — the system now has formal analytical
methodology for building quasi-judicial decisions, separate from
Dafna's writing style (SKILL.md) and content checklists.
What was done:
- Downloaded 5 authoritative sources (~341K words): FJC Judicial
Writing Manual (1991+2020), Garner Legal Writing in Plain English,
Posner How Judges Think, Scalia/Garner Making Your Case
- Extracted principles from all sources into intermediate docs
- Synthesized into docs/decision-methodology.md (3,400 words,
12 sections, 10 guiding principles)
- Integrated methodology into block-yod prompt via {methodology_guidance}
- Restructured legal-writer agent workflow to follow analytical stages
- Made "answer all claims" flexible (bundle/skip via chair_directions)
- Added methodology compliance check (#7) to legal-qa agent
- Updated all knowledge files (CLAUDE.md, SKILL.md, lessons, corpus)
Three-layer architecture:
1. Methodology (decision-methodology.md) — universal, how to think
2. Content checklists (lessons.py) — specific per appeal subtype
3. Style (SKILL.md) — Dafna's personal writing patterns
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Closes the loop so דפנה's positions (written inline in the UI and
saved to analysis-and-research.md) automatically become binding
direction for the legal-writer agent — no manual copy-paste,
no bypass.
Backend:
- research_md.extract_chair_directions(path) returns a compact dict
with status (missing/empty/partial/complete), filled_count,
empty_count, and a reduced list of threshold_claims + issues each
with {id, number, title, direction}. Designed to be directly usable
as direction_doc by the writer.
- New MCP tool: drafting.get_chair_directions(case_number) wraps the
helper, resolves the case research file path via config.find_case_dir,
returns formatted JSON.
- Registered in server.py as mcp__legal-ai__get_chair_directions.
legal-writer agent update:
- Adds get_chair_directions to the tools list.
- New mandatory "שלב 1ב" before any block writing: call
get_chair_directions, branch on status.
- missing → halt, report "legal-analyst לא רץ עדיין"
- empty → halt, instruct Dafna to fill positions via the UI URL
- partial → halt unless user confirms; write only filled sections
- complete → proceed
- New "שלב 1ג" constructs an internal direction_doc from the
received chair rulings before writing block י.
- Block י section expanded with 5 binding rules:
1. Open each discussion with Dafna's ruling as the thesis
2. Frame the reasoning in her style (use get_style_guide phrases)
3. Match her tone (decisive vs nuanced)
4. Must NOT contradict her position — if she disagreed with your
own inclination, her position rules
5. Use legal_questions from the analysis file as the analytical
structure (principle question first, concrete application second)
- New bullet section for block יא: summarize each chair ruling
briefly, state final outcome, close with the signed date formula.
Verified all four status paths (missing/empty/partial/complete) via
local test. Now Dafna's workflow is fully end-to-end: she reads the
analyst report in the UI, fills "עמדת ועדת הערר" in each card, hits
blur to auto-save, then triggers legal-writer — which picks up her
positions as direction without any file shuffle.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add "עמדת ועדת הערר" placeholder to legal-analyst agent template
for each legal issue, to be filled by the chair as guidance for the
writing agent
- Fix green checkmark not showing for proofread documents (treat
'proofread' status same as 'completed')
- Show time alongside date in local files listing
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- Add delete_document_chunks for reprocessing, save extracted text to disk
- Expand case directory structure (original/extracted/proofread/backup)
- Update classifier patterns (תגובה, הודעת עמדה)
- Fix proofreader agent paths for new directory layout
- Update HEARTBEAT to notify on every task completion
- Improve bidi_table with LRE/PDF directional embedding
- Add Paperclip project verification and auto-close setup issue
- Add auto-sync-cases.sh for Gitea synchronization
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove cases/new|in-progress|completed subdivision (status managed in DB)
- Rename documents/original → documents/originals (consistent plural)
- Move exports from global data/exports/ into cases/{num}/exports/
- Add documents/research/ for case law and analysis files
- Update all agents, scripts, config, web API endpoints, and DB paths
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
New: scripts/notify.py — sends via SMTP (notify@marcus-law.co.il → paperclip+chaim@marcus-law.co.il)
Updated: HEARTBEAT.md — agents must send email when waiting for human decision
Triggers: outcome choice, direction approval, QA failures, review ready.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
All agent output — comments, status, errors, summaries, thinking — must be in Hebrew.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two issues that caused QA agent to fail:
1. save_block_content saved to DB only — now also rebuilds drafts/decision.md
2. legal-writer.md now has explicit mandatory step: case_update(status="drafted")
Without these, workflow_status reports has_draft=false and QA can't run.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
brainstorm_directions tool uses claude -p subprocess which times out
when called from inside a claude session (agent). CEO should think
about directions directly — it already has all the context.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
CEO now follows a step-by-step interactive flow:
A. Check status and what's been done
B. Summarize case + ask Chaim for outcome (1/2/3)
C. Read response, run brainstorm, present directions
D. Read direction choice, approve, launch writer agent
E. Monitor writing progress
F. QA and export
All interaction happens through Paperclip comments.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Manages the decision writing pipeline:
- Creates issues and assigns to specialist agents
- Tracks status across all active cases
- Reports to human (Chaim) when approvals needed
- Never writes or analyzes directly — delegates
All 4 specialist agents now report to CEO.
Hierarchy: עוזר משפטי → מנתח/חוקר/כותב/בודק
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Symlinked to Paperclip instructions directory for each agent.
Single source of truth: .claude/agents/ files → symlinked to Paperclip.
Cleaned duplicate soul_md from DB metadata.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Complete agent pipeline for decision writing:
1. legal-analyst (existing) — extract claims/responses/replies
2. legal-researcher (new) — analyze precedents, plans, protocols
3. legal-writer (new) — write decision blocks in Dafna's style
4. legal-qa (new) — validate before export (6 checks)
All agents use claude_local adapter (Claude Code session, zero API cost).
Each has YAML frontmatter with specific tools and detailed Hebrew instructions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Defines the agent's role, tools, document type rules, and workflow.
Linked to Paperclip agent via --agent legal-analyst extraArg.
Key rules:
- Claims only from appeal docs, responses from response docs, replies from supplementary
- Never extract from precedents, plans, or protocols
- Must report results to Paperclip before finishing
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
