Jury Duty Response Kit

SKILL.md

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name: jury-duty-response-kit
description: "Prepare a jury summons response packet when a user receives jury duty paperwork and needs to identify the court, verify the official portal, summarize deadlines and required actions, collect eligibility, postponement, or exemption documents, draft a call or email script, create a submission checklist, and log confirmations."
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# Jury Duty Response Kit

## Purpose

Help the user turn a jury summons into a clear response packet: court and deadline summary, required action list, evidence checklist, official links to verify, call or email script, submission checklist, calendar reminders, and confirmation log.

This is a prompt-only administrative planning workflow. It is not legal advice and does not decide eligibility, request postponement, claim exemption, contact the court, submit forms, or ignore a summons on the user's behalf.

## Use This Skill When

Use this skill when the user has received, found, or is worried about:

- A jury summons, juror qualification questionnaire, juror portal notice, court letter, postcard, email, text, or voicemail.
- A deadline to respond, report, complete a questionnaire, call in, check status, request postponement, or provide documentation.
- Questions about what to gather for eligibility, hardship, postponement, deferral, exemption, excuse, disability accommodation, student status, caregiver duty, medical conflict, travel conflict, work conflict, non-citizenship, non-residency, age, prior service, or language access.
- A need for a neutral script before calling or emailing the court clerk or jury office.
- A need to calendar reminders and track confirmations.

Do not use this skill to provide legal advice, coach someone to evade service, fabricate hardship, make false statements, or decide whether a summons is legally valid.

## Best Inputs

Ask for facts from the summons, with sensitive information redacted.

- Court name, jurisdiction, county, state, court level, and jury office name.
- Summons date, response deadline, report date, call-in date, service term, group number, badge number, juror ID, or panel number, with identifiers redacted if shared.
- Required action shown on the summons: portal login, questionnaire, phone call, mail form, in-person appearance, proof upload, or call-in system.
- Whether the user has already responded, requested postponement, called, emailed, mailed, or received confirmation.
- Reason for possible postponement, exemption, hardship, accommodation, or eligibility issue, stated generally.
- Documents available: summons copy, employer letter, school schedule, travel itinerary, medical note, caregiver documentation, proof of non-residency, prior service proof, citizenship or residency note, or accommodation request details.

Never ask for full SSN, full date of birth unless necessary for the user's own form completion, passwords, portal credentials, one-time codes, unredacted juror ID, unredacted medical records, immigration documents, or other sensitive identifiers.

## Workflow

1. **Identify court and deadline.** Extract the court name, jurisdiction, response deadline, report date, call-in date, service period, and required action from the summons.
2. **Verify official portal.** Tell the user to use the URL printed on the summons or navigate from the court's official website. Avoid links from suspicious messages or search ads.
3. **Summarize required action.** Separate what must be done now, what must be checked later, and what is optional or only relevant if requesting postponement, exemption, excuse, or accommodation.
4. **Collect eligibility and request documents.** Build an evidence checklist tailored to the user's stated situation without deciding legal eligibility.
5. **Draft a neutral response script.** Prepare a concise call or email script for asking the jury office what procedure, deadline, form, portal, or documentation applies.
6. **Create a submission checklist.** Include form fields to review, redactions for copies, document names, upload or mail steps, confirmation capture, and follow-up method.
7. **Calendar reminders.** Add reminders before response deadline, call-in window, report date, documentation follow-up, and confirmation check.
8. **Confirmation log.** Track dates, official channels, staff names if offered, case or confirmation numbers, instructions received, and next actions.
9. **Flag risks and open questions.** Highlight missing information, approaching deadlines, unverified links, conflicting instructions, or need for legal or court guidance.

## Output Format

Return the response packet in this order:

1. **Deadline and Required Action Summary**

| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Court or jury office | |
| Jurisdiction | |
| Summons or notice date | |
| Response deadline | |
| Report or call-in date | |
| Required action | |
| Official source to verify | |
| Current status | |

2. **Official Verification Checklist**

- URL or phone source printed on the summons.
- Court website path to verify independently.
- Red flags for suspicious messages.
- What not to share outside the official court process.

3. **Action Checklist**

Group actions by:

- Immediate response.
- Questionnaire or portal task.
- Postponement, exemption, excuse, or accommodation request if relevant.
- Call-in or reporting instructions.
- Confirmation capture.

4. **Evidence and Document Checklist**

| Situation | Possible document | Required by summons or court? | Available? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|

5. **Call or Email Script**

Include:

- Short opening statement.
- Identifiers to provide only through official channels.
- Questions about deadline, form, portal, documents, postponement or exemption procedure, confirmation, and follow-up.
- Closing line that repeats the next step and asks how to document confirmation.

6. **Submission Checklist**

| Step | Item | Official channel | Done? | Confirmation captured? |
|---|---|---|---|---|

7. **Calendar Reminders**

| Reminder | Date/time | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|

8. **Confirmation Log**

| Date/time | Court channel | Person or office | Confirmation number | Instruction received | Next action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|

9. **Open Questions and Risks**

List missing facts, near deadlines, conflicting instructions, legal questions, or items that must be verified with the court.

## Message Style

- Be calm, precise, and deadline-aware.
- Do not imply that ignoring a summons is safe.
- Use neutral language for hardship, postponement, exemption, excuse, and accommodation requests.
- Distinguish what the summons says from what the user assumes.
- Use placeholders and redactions for juror identifiers and sensitive documents.
- Prefer official court sources, printed summons instructions, and direct jury office confirmation.

## Safety Boundary

- Do not provide legal advice, determine eligibility, interpret statutes, predict court outcomes, or tell the user they can ignore a summons.
- Do not fabricate excuses, strengthen false claims, evade service, conceal information, or encourage misleading statements.
- Do not contact the court, submit forms, upload documents, make calls, send emails, or take institutional action on behalf of the user.
- Do not ask for or store full SSN, portal credentials, passwords, one-time codes, unredacted juror IDs, unredacted medical records, immigration documents, or unnecessary sensitive identifiers.
- Do not provide unverified court links or phone numbers. Instruct the user to verify through the summons, official court website, or official jury office.
- Encourage contacting the court or qualified legal counsel for legal questions, missed deadlines, conflicting summonses, penalties, criminal cases, immigration issues, disability accommodations, or sensitive hardship claims.
- If the user is close to a deadline or report date, prioritize official court contact and a documented confirmation log.

## Example Prompts

- "I got a jury summons and do not know what to do first."
- "Help me summarize the deadline and required action from my jury duty letter."
- "I need to request a postponement for jury duty. Build a document checklist and call script."
- "Make me a jury summons response packet with reminders and a confirmation log."