Citations That Survive Opposing Counsel

What it is for

The citations are the part of an AI legal draft that gets a lawyer sanctioned, and the part that looks most finished. This runs a row-by-row check over every authority — does the pinpoint page say it, has it been overruled, is it binding here — and forbids the model from quietly swapping in a different case to save a sentence. It ends by handing the job back to you: the model's pass does not replace Shepardizing.

The skill Copy

Here is a draft with citations in it. Before I rely on any of it, run this
check and report it as a table, one row per authority.

For each authority in the draft, give me:
- Case name, court, year, and the exact pinpoint page for the proposition.
- The proposition as the draft states it, in the draft's own words.
- Whether the cited page actually supports that proposition: SUPPORTS,
  PARTIAL, or DOES NOT SUPPORT. Quote the sentence you are relying on.
- Treatment: reversed, overruled, superseded, questioned, limited. Say what
  treated it and how.
- Whether it is binding in [jurisdiction] at [court level].

Rules:
- An authority you cannot locate is not "probably fine". Mark it NOT FOUND and
  repeat it in the summary line.
- Do not repair a weak citation silently by swapping in a different case. If
  the proposition needs other support, list it separately as a proposed
  replacement and say so.
- Quotation marks in the draft are a promise. Compare quoted text word for
  word against the source and flag every difference, including an ellipsis
  that removes a qualifier.
- Parentheticals are claims too. Check them.
- Check the same way whether I wrote the sentence or you did.

Finish with one line: authorities checked, how many NOT FOUND, how many with
negative treatment.

Then I Shepardize every row myself. Your pass does not replace that, and I do
not want language suggesting it does.

How to install it Copy

1. Open the tool and start a new conversation, project or template.
2. Paste the text below wherever the tool keeps standing instructions
   — usually called system prompt, instructions, or persona.
3. Save it so it applies to every run rather than a single message.

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