Paxton Legal Research agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

3 ready-made playbooks that teach an AI agent how to do real Paxton Legal Research work: which tools to call, what to check first, and when to stop and ask you.

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Connect Paxton Legal Research once and all 3 skills install themselves and stay up to date. Mac, Windows and Linux.

All 3 Paxton Legal Research skills

Each skill is one job. You ask in plain words and the agent loads the skill that matches, then follows its steps.

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Use Paxton Legal Research with AI, safely and well

Sets Claude up to search Paxton's statutes, case law, administrative decisions and citation history with the right account, jurisdiction and scope. It asks before any step that would change your account, and it stays read-only.

Use it when

You have just connected Paxton and want to know if your account can search.
You are getting a permission or sign-in error from Paxton.
You want to research a legal issue in one jurisdiction without sending confidential facts.

Tools it uses

search_legal_research
search_case_law
search_administrative_decisions
get_source_text
get_citator_info

Example

Search Paxton for Texas case law on the statute of limitations for breach of written contract, opinions from the last five years only.

I searched Texas case law filtered to the last five years and reviewed 8 of 23 results. I used no client names or facts, only the legal issue. Two opinions look relevant; I will read their source text before relying on them. This is research for your professional review, not a complete survey.

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Check whether a case is still good law with Paxton Legal Research

Looks up an authority's citing and cited relationships and available treatment information, so you can see whether it has been overruled, distinguished or followed. It reports what the history shows and what it does not establish, and it never changes any record.

Use it when

You need to know whether a case you plan to cite has been overruled or criticised.
You want to see which later decisions have cited a precedent and in what direction.
You are preparing a brief and want a citator-style check before relying on an authority.

Tools it uses

search_case_law
search_administrative_decisions
search_legal_research
get_source_text
get_citator_info

Example

Is Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), still good law? Show me the citing decisions and any treatment information, and tell me what you could not establish.

Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), is confirmed by its returned title and citation. The history returned 3 citing decisions from higher courts that follow its holding on the same point, and 1 later decision that distinguishes it on the facts. I read the distinguishing passage and it does not narrow the rule. The history data ends at its most recent item, so later decisions may be missing. Run this citation in your usual citator before relying on it.

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Verify a legal authority with Paxton Legal Research

Confirms that a named case, statute or agency decision exists with the right identifier, reads its source text, and separates the holding from argument and quotation before reporting. It does not check whether the authority is still good law.

Use it when

You need to confirm a case citation matches the case you have in mind
You want to know what a decision actually held before relying on it
You need to check that a quoted passage appears in the source

Tools it uses

search_case_law
search_legal_research
search_administrative_decisions
get_source_text

Example

Pull Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), confirm the citation, and tell me what the court held versus what the parties argued.

Confirmed: Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), Supreme Court. The holding is that accessing historical cell-site location records over seven days was a Fourth Amendment search requiring a warrant. The government's third-party doctrine argument and the dissent are shown separately. Not checked: whether later decisions have limited it.

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RevampKey adds the skills when you connect Paxton Legal Research, updates them for you and removes them when you disconnect.

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How Paxton Legal Research skills work

Connect Paxton Legal Research
The Paxton Legal Research MCP server gives the agent its tools.
Ask in plain words
“Is Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), still good law? Show me the citing decisions and any treatment information, and tell me what you could not establish.” Each SKILL.md says when it applies, so only the one that fits is loaded.
Approve any change
The agent calls the tools in order, checks its work, and shows you any change before it makes it.

How to install Paxton Legal Research skills

In RevampKey the skills install themselves when you connect Paxton Legal Research. In other tools each skill is one folder with a SKILL.md file, and you also need the Paxton Legal Research MCP server connected there.

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Ask in plain language, for example “Is Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), still good law? Show me the citing decisions and any treatment information, and tell me what you could not establish.”
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for s in essentials citation-history-check research-authority-verification; do curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/paxton-legal-research-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/paxton-legal-research/skills/$s/SKILL.md done
Other tools

Into this project’s .claude/skills folder

Connect the Paxton Legal Research MCP server in Claude Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials citation-history-check research-authority-verification; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/paxton-legal-research-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/paxton-legal-research/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Is Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), still good law? Show me the citing decisions and any treatment information, and tell me what you could not establish.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Paxton Legal Research MCP server in Cursor.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials citation-history-check research-authority-verification; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/paxton-legal-research-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/paxton-legal-research/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Is Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), still good law? Show me the citing decisions and any treatment information, and tell me what you could not establish.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Paxton Legal Research MCP server in Codex.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials citation-history-check research-authority-verification; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/paxton-legal-research-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/paxton-legal-research/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Is Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), still good law? Show me the citing decisions and any treatment information, and tell me what you could not establish.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Paxton Legal Research MCP server in VS Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 3 skills:

for s in essentials citation-history-check research-authority-verification; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/paxton-legal-research-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/paxton-legal-research/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Is Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), still good law? Show me the citing decisions and any treatment information, and tell me what you could not establish.”

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

One click when you connect Paxton Legal Research
Updated for you when a skill improves
Removed when you disconnect
The MCP server is set up for you
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One command per project
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You connect the Paxton Legal Research MCP server yourself
Works in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and VS Code

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Paxton Legal Research skills FAQ

What is a Paxton Legal Research agent skill?

A SKILL.md file: a short playbook an AI agent loads when your request matches it. Each Paxton Legal Research skill describes one job, which Paxton Legal Research tools to use in which order, what to check first and when to stop and ask you.

Do the Paxton Legal Research skills change anything on their own?

3 of the 3 only read. The others tell the agent to show you the change and wait for a yes before it creates, edits or deletes anything in Paxton Legal Research.

Which tools can use these skills?

Any agent that reads the open Agent Skills format: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code with Copilot and RevampKey. In RevampKey they are attached when you connect Paxton Legal Research; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

Do I need the Paxton Legal Research MCP server too?

Yes. The skills tell the agent how to do the work; the Paxton Legal Research MCP server gives it the tools to do it. The Paxton Legal Research MCP setup guide covers every client.

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All 3 Paxton Legal Research skills

Use Paxton Legal Research with AI, safely and well

Use it when

Tools it uses

Check whether a case is still good law with Paxton Legal Research

Use it when

Tools it uses

Verify a legal authority with Paxton Legal Research

Use it when

Tools it uses

Get all 3 without copying a file

How Paxton Legal Research skills work

How to install Paxton Legal Research skills

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

Copy into your project

Paxton Legal Research skills FAQ

Put Paxton Legal Research’s best workflows in your agent

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