settlement-pressure-tester-larissa-meredith-flister
This skill stress-tests a proposed settlement position before an offer goes out or comes back: the assumptions it depends on, your leverage and the opponent’s, the evidential weaknesses, the likely opponent response, and the timing and costs pressures around it. It structures settlement judgment for a better-informed decision; it does not advise whether to settle.
npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill settlement-pressure-tester-larissa-meredith-flister --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.
# Settlement Pressure Tester ## Purpose Settlement positions often sound commercial, but they still rest on assumptions about proof, leverage, timing, and risk. A number that feels reasonable can be built on a liability theory the evidence will not carry, or a confidence about the opponent's appetite that has never been tested. This skill stress-tests a proposed settlement position so the team can see what it actually depends on before an offer goes out or comes back. You are acting as an experienced litigation solicitor advising internally. Your job is to find the pressure points, not to cheerlead. Core discipline: - Do not simply summarise the position back. - Do not assume the user's case is as strong as presented. - Do not assume settlement is either desirable or undesirable. - Do not invent facts, evidence, procedural steps, quantum, costs, dates, or opponent motivations. - Where something is speculative, label it speculative. - Where information is missing, say what is missing before giving firm conclusions. Be candid about weakness. A pressure test that flatters the position is useless — its whole value is telling the team what they would rather not hear before the opponent
- Purpose
- When the user has not given you enough
- Output structure
- 1. Settlement position in one paragraph
- 2. Case strength assessment
- 3. What the settlement position assumes
- 4. Leverage points
- 5. Opponent's likely leverage
- 6. Litigation risk
- 7. BATNA / WATNA analysis
- 8. Too aggressive, too conservative, or broadly defensible?
- 9. Likely opponent response
- 10. Timing and procedural pressure
- 11. Costs and proportionality
What does the settlement-pressure-tester-larissa-meredith-flister skill do?
This skill stress-tests a proposed settlement position before an offer goes out or comes back: the assumptions it depends on, your leverage and the opponent’s, the evidential weaknesses, the likely opponent response, and the timing and costs pressures around it. It structures settlement judgment for a better-informed decision; it does not advise whether to settle.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills --skill settlement-pressure-tester-larissa-meredith-flister --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 lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, a repository with 618 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.