The rich practice context from setup — jurisdiction footprint, risk
posture, playbook positions — was only accessible through structured
skills. A lawyer asking a quick question in the plugin's domain got a
generalist answer.
Now the plugin CLAUDE.md instructs Claude to read the practice profile
and apply the plugin's guardrails for ANY question in the domain, not
just skill invocations. A configured plugin feels like a colleague who
already knows your practice, not a form you fill out. The skills are
the structured workflows; this is everything in between.