NPRM Comment Tracker
OfficialFreeManage NPRM comment periods and decisions efficiently.
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What NPRM Comment Tracker does
The NPRM Comment Tracker skill is designed for legal professionals and organizations that need to manage and track comment periods for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) effectively. This skill surfaces open comment periods, logs decisions regarding whether to file comments, and tracks important deadlines to ensure that no critical dates are missed. By maintaining a clear overview of deadlines and decisions, it helps mitigate the risks associated with regulatory compliance and comment submissions.
When using this skill, users can easily view all currently open comment periods, including those with imminent deadlines. The default view organizes these periods into categories based on urgency, allowing users to prioritize their actions accordingly. The skill also features a logging mechanism that records decisions made about filing comments, not filing, or waiving the opportunity to comment, along with the rationale behind each decision. This structured approach not only aids in decision-making but also creates a documented history of actions taken.
Notifications are built into the skill to remind users of upcoming deadlines, ensuring that decisions are made in a timely manner. If a decision remains undecided as the deadline approaches, reminders are sent at critical intervals to prompt action. Additionally, the skill includes a gate that prompts users to consult with legal counsel before logging a decision to file, emphasizing the importance of legal review in regulatory matters. This feature ensures that users are aware of the potential consequences of their submissions and encourages them to seek professional guidance when necessary.
Overall, the NPRM Comment Tracker is an essential tool for legal teams and professionals who need to navigate the complexities of regulatory comment periods efficiently. It streamlines the decision-making process, enhances accountability, and helps organizations stay compliant with regulatory requirements.
When to use it
Use this skill when you need to track open NPRM comment periods and make decisions about filing comments.
When not to use it
This skill is not suitable for drafting comment letters or making legal decisions independently; it is a tracking and management tool only.
What you can build with it
Tracking Upcoming Deadlines
Legal teams can use the skill to view all open NPRM comment periods and prioritize actions based on imminent deadlines.
Logging Filing Decisions
Users can log their decisions regarding whether to file comments, ensuring that all actions are documented and rationales are recorded.
Receiving Timely Reminders
The skill sends reminders for upcoming deadlines, helping users stay on top of their regulatory responsibilities.
How to install NPRM Comment Tracker
View source1. Install with the skills CLI
npx skills add anthropics/claude-for-legal/comments --agent claude-code2. Or install it manually
Download the skill folder and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/ for all projects, or .claude/skills/ to scope it to one repo. Restart Claude Code so it picks up the new skill.
Anthropic's agentic coding CLI, and the reference implementation of Agent Skills. Drop a skill folder into ~/.claude/skills and Claude Code loads it automatically whenever a task matches the skill's description. Claude Code docs
Inside SKILL.md
Written by anthropics/comments
Purpose
NPRMs have deadlines. The decision to file a comment or not is an attorney call — but the deadline disappearing without a logged decision is the risk. This skill surfaces open comment periods and records decisions.
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/comment-tracker.yaml → all tracked NPRMs and their status.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md → default comment decision owner.
Default view — open comment periods
## Comment Period Tracker — [date]
### ⏰ Deadline in <14 days
| ID | Regulation | Deadline | Days left | Decision | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMT-001 | [name] | [date] | [N] | Undecided | [owner] |
### 🟡 Open (>14 days)
[same table]
### Recently decided
| ID | Regulation | Decision | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMT-002 | [name] | Not filing | [reason] |
---
**Total open:** [N] **Undecided with deadline <30 days:** [N]
Log a decision
/regulatory-legal:comments --decide CMT-001
Decision: [filing / not-filing / waived]
Rationale: "[brief — e.g., 'Rule doesn't apply to our model' or 'Filing comment on Section 3']"
Updates tracker. If decision is "filing": prompt for filing deadline reminder (comment deadline minus 5 business days for internal review).
Notifications
On first detection of an NPRM (populated by reg-feed-watcher): Slack DM to
comment decision owner if Slack MCP is configured and owner_slack is set.
Reminder at 14 days before deadline if decision is still "undecided." Reminder at 3 days before deadline if still undecided — elevated urgency.
Consequential-action gate (submit a regulatory comment / respond to a regulator)
Before logging a decision as "filing" — and always before producing a comment letter or regulator-response draft for submission: Read ## Who's using this in ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/regulatory-legal/CLAUDE.md. If the Role is Non-lawyer:
Submitting a comment or response to a regulator has legal consequences. It's a public statement of the company's position, it's on the record in the rulemaking or enforcement matter, and positions taken here bind the company and can be used against it in subsequent proceedings. Have you reviewed this with an attorney? If yes, proceed. If no, here's a brief to bring to them:
- The rulemaking or inquiry (regulator, docket, deadline)
- What the proposed comment/response says and on what sections
- Open questions and what's unresolved
- What could go wrong (adverse admissions, inconsistent prior positions, coordination-of-comment concerns with trade associations)
- What to ask the attorney (should we file at all; should we file jointly through a trade group; are there positions we should not take)
If you need to find a lawyer: your professional regulator's referral service is the fastest starting point (state bar in the US; SRA/Bar Standards Board in England & Wales; Law Society in Scotland/NI/Ireland/Canada/Australia; or your jurisdiction's equivalent).
Do not log a "filing" decision or produce a submission-ready draft past this gate without an explicit yes. Tracking views, deadline reminders, and "not-filing / waived" decisions do not require the gate.
What this skill does not do
- Draft the comment letter. That is a separate attorney task.
- Make the filing decision. It tracks the decision; the attorney makes it.
- Monitor post-comment activity. Once a decision is filed, this tracker's job
is done — follow the rulemaking through
/regulatory-legal:reg-feed-watcher.
The
comment-decisiongap_typesemantics, the per-send Slack confirmation rule, and the comment-tracker.yaml schema live in the gap-surfacer reference skill — load it before doing substantive work.
Frequently asked questions about NPRM Comment Tracker
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