Austrian Legal Claude

Open-Source KI-Rechtsassistent fuer oesterreichisches Recht
Open-source AI legal assistant for Austrian law

Installation | Commands | Legal Areas | Testing | Contributing

34 specialized skills covering every major area of Austrian law — from contracts to court, from tenancy disputes to tax audits, from asylum proceedings to personal insolvency.

Tested against 14 real and simulated OGH (Supreme Court) cases with a 93.6% accuracy score.

Keine Rechtsberatung / Not legal advice. This tool provides preliminary legal analysis. It does not replace consultation with a licensed Austrian attorney (Rechtsanwalt). See Disclaimer.

Why This Exists

Legal help in Austria is expensive. A first consultation costs EUR 150-300. A contract review costs EUR 500-2,000. Most people sign contracts they don't understand, miss limitation periods, and enter disputes without knowing their rights.

Austrian Legal Claude changes that. It gives everyone access to structured Austrian legal analysis — instantly, for free, in German or English.

Installation

Prerequisites

Claude Code (CLI, Desktop, or IDE extension)
Python 3.8+ (only needed for PDF report generation)

One-Line Install

git clone https://github.com/MoMarcode1/austrian-legal-claude.git
cd austrian-legal-claude
./install.sh

Manual Install

If you prefer to install manually or are on Windows:

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/MoMarcode1/austrian-legal-claude.git
cd austrian-legal-claude

# 2. Copy the orchestrator
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal
cp legal/SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal/SKILL.md

# 3. Copy all skills
for dir in skills/*/; do
    name=$(basename "$dir")
    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/$name
    cp "$dir/SKILL.md" ~/.claude/skills/$name/SKILL.md
done

# 4. Copy agents and references
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal/agents
cp agents/*.md ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal/agents/
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal/references
cp references/*.md ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal/references/

# 5. Copy scripts
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal/scripts
cp scripts/*.py ~/.claude/skills/austrian-legal/scripts/

# 6. (Optional) Install PDF dependencies
pip3 install reportlab

Windows Install

git clone https://github.com/MoMarcode1/austrian-legal-claude.git
cd austrian-legal-claude

# Copy to Claude Code skills directory
$skillDir = "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills"
Copy-Item -Recurse "legal" "$skillDir\austrian-legal" -Force
Get-ChildItem "skills" -Directory | ForEach-Object {
    Copy-Item -Recurse $_.FullName "$skillDir\$($_.Name)" -Force
}
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "$skillDir\austrian-legal\agents" -Force | Out-Null
Copy-Item "agents\*.md" "$skillDir\austrian-legal\agents\" -Force
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "$skillDir\austrian-legal\references" -Force | Out-Null
Copy-Item "references\*.md" "$skillDir\austrian-legal\references\" -Force
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "$skillDir\austrian-legal\scripts" -Force | Out-Null
Copy-Item "scripts\*.py" "$skillDir\austrian-legal\scripts\" -Force

Verify Installation

After installation, open Claude Code and type:

/recht review

If Claude asks you for a document to review, the installation was successful.

RIS Integration (Recommended)

For live Austrian statute and case law lookup, install the RIS MCP Server:

# In your Claude Code MCP configuration
npm install -g ris-mcp-ts

This gives the skill access to 12 RIS tools covering Bundesnormen, Landesnormen, OGH/VfGH/VwGH Judikatur, and BGBl.

Commands

Case & Dispute Analysis

Command	Description	DE
`/recht review <file>`	Full contract review with 5 parallel agents	Vertragspruefung
`/recht risks <file>`	Deep risk analysis with financial exposure	Risikoanalyse
`/recht claim <facts>`	Identify all legal claims from facts	Anspruchspruefung
`/recht evidence <file>`	Evaluate evidence strength per ZPO	Beweiswuerdigung
`/recht costs <amount>`	Calculate GGG + RATG court/attorney fees	Kostenrechner
`/recht strategy <facts>`	Litigation strategy with success probability	Prozessstrategie
`/recht klage <facts>`	Draft court filings (Klage, Berufung, etc.)	Schriftsatz-Entwurf
`/recht verjaehrung <facts>`	Check all limitation periods	Verjaehrungspruefung

Contract Tools

Command	Description	DE
`/recht compare <f1> <f2>`	Compare two contract versions	Vertragsvergleich
`/recht plain <file>`	Translate legal German to plain language	Klartext
`/recht negotiate <file>`	Generate counter-proposals	Verhandlungsstrategie
`/recht missing <file>`	Find missing clauses	Fehlende Klauseln

Compliance & Reporting

Command	Description	DE
`/recht compliance <file>`	KSchG, DSGVO, MRG, UGB compliance	Compliance-Pruefung
`/recht report-pdf`	Generate professional PDF report	PDF-Bericht

Tenancy Law (Mietrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht miet <file/facts>`	MRG analysis, rent limits, Befristung	Mietrechtsanalyse
`/recht miet-verfahren <facts>`	Schlichtungsstelle, Raeumungsklage	Mietrechtsverfahren

Employment Law (Arbeitsrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht arbeit <file/facts>`	Contract, KollV, termination analysis	Arbeitsrechtsanalyse
`/recht arbeit-verfahren <facts>`	Kuendigungsanfechtung, ASG proceedings	Arbeitsrechtsverfahren

Family Law (Familienrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht familie <facts>`	Divorce, alimony, custody, property division	Familienrechtsanalyse
`/recht familie-verfahren <facts>`	Divorce filing, custody proceedings	Familienrechtsverfahren

Inheritance Law (Erbrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht erbe <facts>`	Succession, wills, forced heirship	Erbrechtsanalyse
`/recht erbe-verfahren <facts>`	Probate, Pflichtteilsklage	Erbrechtsverfahren

Traffic Law (Verkehrsrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht verkehr <facts>`	Accidents, license, traffic violations	Verkehrsrechtsanalyse
`/recht verkehr-verfahren <facts>`	Appeals, damage claims, Einspruch	Verkehrsrechtsverfahren

Consumer Protection (Verbraucherrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht verbraucher <facts>`	Warranty, FAGG withdrawal, KSchG	Verbraucherrecht
`/recht verbraucher-verfahren <facts>`	Complaint, Schlichtung, Klage	Verbraucherverfahren

Tax Law (Steuerrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht steuer <facts>`	Income, corporate, VAT analysis	Steueranalyse
`/recht steuer-verfahren <facts>`	Tax appeals, Selbstanzeige, BFG	Abgabenverfahren

Asylum & Immigration (Asylrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht asyl <facts>`	Asylum, residence permits, protection	Asylanalyse
`/recht asyl-beschwerde <facts>`	Appeal BFA decisions, BVwG	Asylbeschwerde

Social Security (Sozialrecht)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht sozial <facts>`	Pension, unemployment, care allowance	Sozialrechtsanalyse
`/recht sozial-beschwerde <facts>`	ASG claims, AMS sanctions	Sozialrechtsbeschwerde

Debt & Enforcement (Schulden & Exekution)

Command	Description	DE
`/recht schulden <facts>`	Debt, insolvency, Existenzminimum	Schuldenanalyse
`/recht exekution <facts>`	Enforcement, Lohnpfaendung, Oppositionsklage	Exekutionsverfahren

Legal Areas

Area	Key Laws	Skills
Civil / Contract	ABGB, KSchG	review, risks, claim, evidence, costs, strategy, klage, verjaehrung
Tenancy	MRG, WEG, ABGB	miet, miet-verfahren
Employment	AngG, ArbVG, AZG, UrlG, GlBG	arbeit, arbeit-verfahren
Family	EheG, ABGB, KindNamRaeG	familie, familie-verfahren
Inheritance	ABGB 5. Teil, AussStrG	erbe, erbe-verfahren
Traffic	EKHG, StVO, KFG, FSG	verkehr, verkehr-verfahren
Consumer	KSchG, FAGG, PHG	verbraucher, verbraucher-verfahren
Tax	EStG, KStG, UStG, BAO, FinStrG	steuer, steuer-verfahren
Asylum	AsylG, FPG, NAG, BFA-VG	asyl, asyl-beschwerde
Social Security	ASVG, AlVG, BPGG, ASGG	sozial, sozial-beschwerde
Debt / Enforcement	EO, IO, ZPO	schulden, exekution
Compliance	DSGVO, DSG, GewO, UGB	compliance
Commercial	UGB, GmbHG, AktG	review, missing, compliance
Criminal	StGB, StPO	claim, strategy
Administrative	AVG, VwGVG, GewO	compliance
IP	UrhG, MSchG, PatG	review, compliance

How It Works

The Flagship: `/recht review`

5 AI agents analyze your contract in parallel:

Agent	Role	Weight
Klauselanalyst	Maps every clause to Austrian law	20%
Risikobewerter	Scores risk against Austrian standards	25%
Compliance-Pruefer	Checks KSchG, DSGVO, MRG, UGB	20%
Pflichten-Mapper	Maps obligations, deadlines, triggers	15%
Empfehlungsmotor	Generates fixes with legal citations	20%

Returns a Vertragssicherheits-Score (0-100) with:

Risk dashboard
Clause-by-clause analysis with specific citations
Formulierungsvorschlaege (copy-paste replacement text)
Missing clause detection
Prioritized negotiation strategy

RIS Integration

Every skill verifies statute citations via the RIS MCP Server when connected. All outputs include a Quellenstatus block showing verification status:

## Quellenstatus
| Kategorie | Status | Details |
|-----------|--------|---------|
| RIS MCP   | Verfuegbar | Connected |
| Gesetze   | RIS_VERIFIED | 12 Normen geprueft |
| Judikatur | RIS_VERIFIED | 3 Entscheidungen |

Evidence Handling

When you provide documents, the skills automatically:

Classify evidence by ZPO hierarchy (Urkunden > Zeugen > Sachverstaendige > Augenschein > Parteienvernehmung)
Assess Beweiskraft (probative value)
Identify missing evidence
Determine Beweislast (burden of proof)
Recommend what evidence to gather

Bilingual

Input in German or English — output matches your language
Legal terms always include German original: "warranty (Gewaehrleistung)"
Statutes always in official form: "922 ABGB", not "Section 922 Civil Code"

Testing

The project includes a test framework with 14 cases (9 real OGH decisions + 5 simulated scenarios).

Run Tests

# Validate all test cases load correctly
python tests/run_tests.py tests/ogh/

# Score a skill output against gold standard
python tests/run_tests.py tests/ogh/mietrecht/mietzins-richtwert-01/ \
  --skill-output tests/ogh/mietrecht/mietzins-richtwert-01/skill-output.md \
  --format markdown

Test Results

Dimension	Score
Issue Spotting	98.5%
Statute Citation	88.7%
Outcome Alignment	93.6%
Overall	93.6%

Real OGH cases score 97.7% on average.

Add Your Own Test Cases

Create a directory under tests/ogh/<area>/<case-name>/ with:

case.json — metadata, gold-standard issues/statutes/holding
facts.md — German Sachverhalt (facts only, no holding)
gold.md — expected analysis

See existing test cases for the format.

Project Structure

austrian-legal-claude/
├── legal/SKILL.md                    # Main orchestrator (command router)
├── skills/                           # 34 specialized skills
│   ├── recht-review/SKILL.md         # Full contract review (5 agents)
│   ├── recht-miet/SKILL.md           # Tenancy law
│   ├── recht-arbeit/SKILL.md         # Employment law
│   ├── recht-familie/SKILL.md        # Family law
│   ├── recht-erbe/SKILL.md           # Inheritance law
│   ├── recht-verkehr/SKILL.md        # Traffic law
│   ├── recht-verbraucher/SKILL.md    # Consumer protection
│   ├── recht-steuer/SKILL.md         # Tax law
│   ├── recht-asyl/SKILL.md           # Asylum law
│   ├── recht-sozial/SKILL.md         # Social security
│   ├── recht-schulden/SKILL.md       # Debt management
│   ├── recht-exekution/SKILL.md      # Enforcement
│   └── ... (34 skills total)
├── references/                        # Shared protocols and knowledge
│   ├── ris-protocol.md               # RIS verification workflow
│   ├── evidence-protocol.md          # Evidence handling (ZPO hierarchy)
│   ├── ogh-case-presentation.md      # OGH case citation format
│   ├── common-output-rules.md        # Shared output standards
│   ├── zivilrecht-claim-map.md       # Civil law claim taxonomy
│   ├── arbeitsrecht-checklist.md     # Employment law checklist
│   ├── mietrecht-checklist.md        # Tenancy law checklist
│   ├── steuerrecht-issue-map.md      # Tax law issue map
│   ├── asylrecht-procedure-map.md    # Asylum procedure flowchart
│   └── sozialrecht-procedure-map.md  # Social security procedure map
├── agents/                            # 6 parallel analysis agents
├── scripts/generate_legal_pdf.py      # PDF report generator (ReportLab)
├── tests/                             # Test framework + 14 cases
│   ├── run_tests.py                  # Automated test scorer
│   └── ogh/                          # OGH test cases
├── templates/                         # Report templates
├── VISION.md                         # Project vision and roadmap
├── CLAUDE.md                         # Development instructions
├── install.sh                        # One-line installer
├── uninstall.sh                      # Clean uninstaller
└── LICENSE                           # MIT

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Ways to Contribute

Add test cases — Download OGH decisions from RIS, extract facts, create gold standards
Improve skills — Add procedural depth, fix statute citations, improve Formulierungsvorschlaege
Add new legal areas — Follow the advisory + procedural pair pattern
Improve the scorer — Better NLP for issue matching, semantic similarity
Add KollV data — Collective bargaining agreement specifics (IT-KV, Handel-KV, etc.)
Add Landesgesetze — State-specific laws (BauO, NatSchG per Bundesland)
Translations — Improve English output quality

Skill Pattern

Every new skill follows this pattern:

---
name: recht-<area>
description: >
  What this skill does, when to trigger it
---

# Step 1: Read the facts/document
# Step 2: RIS Verification
# Step 2b: Evidence Assessment (if provided)
# Step 3: Classify the situation
# Step 4: Systematic analysis (sub-steps 4A, 4B, ...)
# Step 5: Calculate/Score
# Step 6: Present output (structured template)
# Critical Rules
# Quellenstatus block
# Disclaimer

Disclaimer

Deutsch

Dieses Tool dient ausschliesslich der rechtlichen Ersteinschaetzung und Information. Es handelt sich um keine Rechtsberatung im Sinne der RAO. Die Nutzung ersetzt nicht die Konsultation eines zugelassenen Rechtsanwalts. Fuer verbindliche Rechtsauskuenfte wenden Sie sich an die zustaendige Rechtsanwaltskammer oder einen Rechtsanwalt Ihres Vertrauens.

English

This tool provides preliminary legal analysis for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice and does not replace consultation with a licensed Austrian attorney (Rechtsanwalt). For binding legal opinions, contact the Austrian Bar Association or a qualified attorney.

Acknowledgements

Architecture inspired by ai-legal-claude
RIS data via ris-mcp-ts
Built with Claude Code

License

MIT

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
agents		agents
legal		legal
references		references
scripts		scripts
skills		skills
templates		templates
tests		tests
.gitignore		.gitignore
CHANGELOG.md		CHANGELOG.md
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md		CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
CONTRIBUTING.md		CONTRIBUTING.md
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
SECURITY.md		SECURITY.md
install.sh		install.sh
uninstall.sh		uninstall.sh

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Austrian Legal Claude

Why This Exists

Installation

Prerequisites

One-Line Install

Manual Install

Windows Install

Verify Installation

RIS Integration (Recommended)

Commands

Case & Dispute Analysis

Contract Tools

Compliance & Reporting

Tenancy Law (Mietrecht)

Employment Law (Arbeitsrecht)

Family Law (Familienrecht)

Inheritance Law (Erbrecht)

Traffic Law (Verkehrsrecht)

Consumer Protection (Verbraucherrecht)

Tax Law (Steuerrecht)

Asylum & Immigration (Asylrecht)

Social Security (Sozialrecht)

Debt & Enforcement (Schulden & Exekution)

Legal Areas

How It Works

The Flagship: /recht review

RIS Integration

Evidence Handling

Bilingual

Testing

Run Tests

Test Results

Add Your Own Test Cases

Project Structure

Contributing

Ways to Contribute

Skill Pattern

Disclaimer

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English

Acknowledgements

License

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The Flagship: `/recht review`