Litigation Document Generator

The Problem: Preparing Litigation Filing Documents

Litigation lawyers face a tedious and error-prone process when preparing a complete set of documents for case filing with the court. A single case may require a complaint, preservation application, guarantee letter, power of attorney, and more. The core challenge lies in maintaining absolute consistency of key information (party names, case numbers, amounts) across all documents while adhering to strict, non-negotiable formatting rules from the court (e.g., specific fonts, indentation, alignment). Manually copying data and adjusting formats in Word is inefficient and risky, where a single typo can lead to document rejection.

How It Works: Core Capabilities and Workflow

The litigation-docs-generator skill automates this entire process through a template-driven engine.

Core Capabilities

• Template-Driven Format Standardization: All document templates are defined in .md files with a YAML frontmatter for formatting rules and Markdown content. The rendering engine render_docx.py processes these templates to produce court-compliant .docx files, ensuring perfect format consistency across the entire document set.
• Single-Point Data Entry with Strict Consistency: After gathering case information (parties, amounts, cause of action) once in the first step, this core data is reused across all templates. Variables like [plaintiff_name] are consistently substituted in the complaint, preservation application, firm letter, etc., eliminating data mismatch errors.
• Integrated Legal Research & Smart Linking: The skill can connect to legal databases like Yuandian or PKULaw for regulation and case law research. Upon identifying the cause of action, it intelligently prompts the user to generate a structured complaint and can automatically trigger the element-complaint-filler skill to populate relevant templates.
• One-Click Retainer Agreement Generation: With basic case information already collected, 80% of the fields in the retainer agreement (client, firm, case details) are automatically populated, requiring only a few additional inputs like the attorney fee.

Key Workflow Steps

1. Information Collection: Systematically gathers all necessary details about parties, the case, preservation requests, interest calculations, and agency information. Users can optionally upload an existing retainer agreement for automatic data extraction.
2. Template Loading and Rendering: Loads all .md templates from references/ and executes render_docx.py to generate core documents like the complaint and preservation application one by one.
3. Interest Calculation: Utilizes generate_interest_calc.py to automatically calculate interest based on an LPR (Loan Prime Rate) database, outputting an Excel sheet with verifiable formulas.
4. Structured Document Generation: Based on the cause of action (e.g., private lending, compulsory execution), it automatically invokes the element-complaint-filler skill to populate structured complaint templates using the just-generated complaint as the source.
5. Fixed Document Output: Automatically renders blank templates like the risk notice and lawyer feedback form to ensure the document checklist is complete.

Scope and Important Notes

• Applicable Scenario: This skill is strictly limited to civil and commercial cases (e.g., contract disputes, torts, debt, corporate disputes). It is triggered by commands like "draft a complaint," "prepare filing materials," or "generate litigation documents."
• Key Limitations: It is not suitable for criminal or administrative cases. Before generating any documents, a legal database connection check is mandatory; if disconnected, the user must be informed of the risks of a degraded mode.
• Formatting Compliance: Generated documents adhere to standard court requirements: A4 paper, specific margins, FangSong/SimSun fonts, designated font sizes, and line spacing. The variable substitution rules in templates are strict to prevent misuse.
• Professional Verification: While the skill aims for accuracy, all generated documents must be reviewed and confirmed by a practicing lawyer for legal basis, amount calculations, and core litigation claims before submission.