litigation-chronology

# Litigation Chronology ## Purpose Produce a structured, sourced factual chronology of events relevant to a litigation or dispute matter. Every event in the chronology is tied to a specific source document or Bates reference. The skill separates undisputed facts from disputed ones, flags evidentiary gaps, and never resolves or adjudicates a factual conflict. It produces draft legal work product for attorney review — not legal advice and not a statement of what happened. ## Use When - A user asks to "build a timeline," "create a chronology," or "put the facts in order" from a set of documents. - Counsel needs a fact-organized view of events across multiple documents, productions, or depositions. - Pre-trial preparation requires organizing the documentary record by event date. - A mediation brief, motion, or opening statement requires a supporting factual narrative grounded in the record. - A second attorney is joining the matter and needs a document-grounded orientation to the facts. - Discovery gaps or missing time periods need to be identified and flagged. ## Required Inputs - One or more source documents (contracts, correspondence, emails, text messages, records, pleadings, deposition excerpts, discovery responses, or other materials). Do not build a chronology without source documents. - Identification of each source document: document name, Bates range or other identifier, and date of the document if known. - The matter name or a brief description of the dispute (to...