jury-duty-guide
Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day. Use when asked what do I do about jury duty, can I get out of jury duty, jury summons help, or how does jury service work. Produces a plain-English read of the summons and obligations, the legitimate deferral/excusal/hardship options and how to request them, what to expect at selection and service, practical prep (work, pay, logistics), and a clear warning that ignoring a summons has consequences. Not legal advice.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill jury-duty-guide --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Jury Duty Guide A jury summons is a legal obligation, not junk mail — but people either panic about it or ignore it, both of which cause problems. This explains what your summons actually requires, the legitimate ways to defer or be excused if you genuinely can't serve, and what the day itself involves — so you handle it correctly and without unnecessary stress. ## What This Skill Produces - **A summons read** — what it's asking, the response deadline, and the obligation (responding is mandatory even if you seek to be excused) - **Deferral/excusal options** — the legitimate grounds (hardship, timing conflict, eligibility, prior service) and how to request them properly - **What to expect** — the selection process, how long service may last, and what happens each day - **Practical prep** — notifying your employer, pay/protection rules, childcare/logistics, what to bring - **A consequences warning** — ignoring a summons can mean fines or worse; respond even to ask for a change - **A jurisdiction flag** — rules, pay, and processes vary by location; not legal advice ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The summons** — what it says, the date, and the response deadline
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Respond, Request If Needed, Prepare
- Output Format
- Jury duty: summoned [date] · goal: [serve/defer/excuse]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the jury-duty-guide skill do?
Understand a jury-duty summons and handle it right — what's required, whether you can defer or be excused, and what to expect on the day. Use when asked what do I do about jury duty, can I get out of jury duty, jury summons help, or how does jury service work. Produces a plain-English read of the summons and obligations, the legitimate deferral/excusal/hardship options and how to request them, what to expect at selection and service, practical prep (work, pay, logistics), and a clear warning that ignoring a summons has consequences. Not legal advice.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill jury-duty-guide --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,277 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.