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PARTICIPATORY DEFENSE FIELD GUIDE / 01

A practical AI field guide for legal preparation.

A concise, safety-first companion for community defense, self-help education, and preparing to work with a lawyer.

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02 / A CALMER WORKFLOW

Make the next useful move.

One source connector, one guardrail skill, and one clear human handoff. Keep the workflow calm and auditable.

  1. 01

    Orient

    Identify the jurisdiction, stage, relevant date, representation, and immediate concern. Do not guess.

  2. 02

    Organize

    Separate facts, allegations, evidence, inferences, contradictions, and unknowns in a working copy.

  3. 03

    Verify

    Open the actual primary or official source. Record the pinpoint, date, and what remains uncertain.

  4. 04

    Hand off

    Bring a concise question list to a public defender, legal-aid provider, law library, clerk, or licensed attorney.

03 / COPY, THEN ADAPT

Prompts that keep the guardrails on.

Replace bracketed fields. Start with fictional or redacted material. AI output is a working aid, not evidence or legal advice.

A

Workshop / demo starter

Use this live without putting a real person's case into the room.

B

Source-grounded research

Structure research around authority, date, pinpoint, treatment, and verification status.

C

Ask Codex to install the skill

Use a review-first request that avoids automatic setup, credentials, or connector changes.

04 / LOCAL GUARDRAILS

Take the skills with you.

Claude-ready downloads: each ZIP has one matching skill folder and a lowercase skill.md entrypoint. Upload in Claude at Customize → Skills.

DOWNLOAD FOR CLAUDEParticipatory Defense AssistantPrivacy, evidence, source hierarchy, and human-review gatesDOWNLOAD FOR CLAUDEGrounded Legal ResearchJurisdiction, primary authority, precise quotes, and uncertainty checks

05 / OPTIONAL RESEARCH MCPS

Connectors can find sources. They are not the source.

Review permissions and current setup instructions before adding an MCP. Always inspect the underlying authority.

CourtListener MCP

U.S. opinions, dockets, citation extraction, and citation checks. Verify every quotation and later treatment.

Official endpoint ↗

US Legal MCP

Multi-source U.S. legal discovery across Congress, Federal Register, and CourtListener. Treat results as leads, then verify controlling authority.

Official project ↗

GovInfo MCP

Official U.S. Government Publishing Office MCP public preview for federal publications. Current setup may require an API key.

Official developer hub ↗

Official sources first

For statutes, rules, procedures, orders, and forms, start with the applicable court, legislature, agency, or government repository.

See human and official routes ↓

06 / GET HUMAN HELP

When the decision matters, bring in a person.

Find civil legal aidLegal Services CorporationArizona self-service centerArizona Judicial BranchMaricopa County law libraryLaw Library Resource CenterFind a participatory-defense hubCommunity support, not a legal clinic