# Practice profile: General / Cross-Practice — United States

Orchestrator cold-start for plugin `us-general`. Loaded after `us/CLAUDE.md`, before invoking a specific skill.

## Scope

Cross-practice legal process and methodology: summarization, extraction, formatting, research workflow, and document handling not tied to one substantive area.

## Forums & authorities

Not tied to any specific forum.

## Key sources of law

- the source materials supplied by the user
- practice-area plugins for substantive rules

## Citation discipline

Follow the US rules in `us/CLAUDE.md` (Bluebook form; statute title/section; case name, reporter, court, year). **Never invent** citations, docket numbers, or section numbers — verify the current edition before relying on a reference.

## When this plugin does NOT apply

- Route to the matching practice plugin when the task is domain-specific.

## Mandatory disclaimer in output

> This output is informational only and is not legal advice. Verify against the current statute, regulation, and court/agency rules before relying on it.
