BetterCallClaude Tutorial

BetterCallClaude.ch — Swiss Legal Intelligence for COWORK

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A comprehensive tutorial for Swiss lawyers using BetterCallClaude within the COWORK platform.

🎯 What You'll Learn

This tutorial will take you from skeptic to expert, teaching you how to leverage AI for Swiss legal work while maintaining professional standards.

⏱️ Time	📚 Topic	🎯 Outcome
15 min	Quick Start	First citation lookup, first legal research
30 min	Understanding AI	Build mental model without technical overwhelm
1 hr	Building Confidence	Hands-on practice with increasing complexity
2 hrs	Full Scenarios	Real-world examples you can adapt

🚀 Quick Start

New to BetterCallClaude? Start here:

1. Quick Start Guide — Get your first success in 15 minutes

2. Understanding Your AI Assistant — Build your mental model

3. Progressive Exercises — Hands-on practice

📖 Full Tutorial Contents

Fundamentals

• Part 1: Quick Start — Installation, first citation, first research, workspace setup

• Part 2: Understanding Your AI Assistant — Commands, skills, agents, connectors, privacy

• Part 3: Building Confidence — Progressive exercises from simple to complex

Core Methodology

• Framework Methodology — The 5-phase unified workflow (Briefing → Execution → Interaction → Adversarial Analysis → Final Summary), workspace setup, agent invocation, command modes, and document management

Advanced Usage

• Part 4: The Briefing Phase — Structuring complex work with specialist panels

• Part 5: Mastering Workflows — Design multi-step legal processes

• Part 6: Scenario Library — Real-world examples

• Part 7: Collaboration & Team Workflows — Multi-lawyer matters

Reference Materials

• Cheatsheet — Complete reference: skills, commands, agents, hooks, MCP servers, workflows

• Command Reference — Commands, skills, and usage examples

• Swiss Legal Terminology — DE/FR/IT/EN glossary

• Troubleshooting & FAQ — When things don't work as expected

• Team Features — Collaboration deep-dive

• Privacy & Responsibility — Professional obligations with AI

• CLAUDE.md Templates — Ready-to-use case file templates

🇔️ Target Audience

This tutorial is designed for:

• Swiss lawyers (advokaten, avocats, Rechtsanwälter)

• Legal professionals working with Swiss law

• Non-technical users who need practical guidance

• Skeptics who want proof before adoption

⚖️ Important Note

This tutorial is specifically for the BetterCallClaude plugin within COWORK. It does not cover the Claude Code CLI or For general development work.

🌐 What Can BetterCallClaude Do?

Capability	Description	Example Commands
📜 Citation Lookup	Verify and format Swiss legal citations	/cite BGE 147 IV 73
🔍 Legal Research	Search BGE/ATf/DTF decisions and Swiss statutes	/research Art. 97 OR
⚖️ Adversarial Analysis	Stress-test your legal arguments	/adversary
📝 Document Drafting	Generate contracts, opinions, briefs	/draft contract
🌐 Translation	Translate legal documents preserving terminology	/translate
📊 Case Strategy	Assess litigation risks and opportunities	/strategy
🎯 Query Refinement	Transform vague questions into structured prompts	/refine
📄 Document Analysis	Analyze legal documents for issues and clauses	/doc-analyze

🏗️ Architecture: BetterCallClaude uses 14 specialized skills as the single source of truth. Commands are thin entry points that delegate to these skills. Infrastructure commands (legal, setup, help, workflow, briefing, version) remain full-featured.

🔗 Links

• Plugin Website: bettercallclaude.ch

• Platform: cowork.com

• Repository: github.com/fedec65/bettercallclaude_tutorial

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