Clara Skills
Use reusable instructions to guide Clara through common legal workflows.
Skills are reusable instructions attached to a Clara message. A skill tells Clara what to gather, how to analyse it, and how to structure the response.
A skill does not grant access to new workspace content, bypass an approval, or turn a draft into legal advice.
Use a skill
- Open Clara from the sidebar.
- Select the + menu in the message box.
- Open Skills and choose the skill you need.
- Add a specific request and send the message.
- Review the response and its sources before using it.
The selected skill applies to that message. Clear it when you move to a different task.
Built-in skills
Ardela includes skills for common legal work, including:
| Area | Examples |
|---|---|
| Document work | Summarise or compare documents |
| Review | Review risks, propose redlines, or build a diligence table |
| Matter work | Build a chronology or create a matter brief |
| Drafting | Draft a client update |
| Extraction | Extract dates, actions, owners, and deadlines |
| Compliance | Check for privilege, confidentiality, and disclosure concerns |
Built-in skills guide the form of the response. Always check the result against the underlying documents and current law.
Custom skills
Where custom skills are enabled, use them for repeatable firm instructions such as matter handovers, practice-specific checklists, or drafting conventions.
Create a custom skill
- Open +, Skills, then Manage skills.
- Select New skill.
- Add a name, description, category, scope, and clear instructions.
- Save the skill and test it with representative material.
- Review the test result before sharing the skill more widely.
Skill scope
| Scope | Visibility |
|---|---|
| Private | Available only to its creator |
| Workspace | Available to permitted members of the workspace |
Workspace administrators control shared skills. A custom skill cannot override workspace permissions, Matter grants, or Clara's approval requirements.
Skills and playbooks
| Skills | Document review playbooks | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Shape a Clara response | Check a document against review instructions |
| Typical output | Draft prose, lists, or tables | Source-grounded findings and proposed tracked changes |
| Change control | Proposed edits require approval | Each tracked change can be accepted or rejected |
| Availability | Shown in the Clara skills menu | Pro and Enterprise document review |
Use Propose redlines for drafting suggestions in a Clara response. Use document review when you need a playbook-led review with individual tracked-change decisions and DOCX export.
Responsible use
Skill output is a draft, not legal advice. Check sources, missing information, the applicable law, and the final wording before relying on it.