inbound/ — incoming legal correspondence

This folder holds triage and response work for anything arriving from the outside world: demand letters received, subpoenas served on the company, regulator inquiries, preservation demands, cease-and-desist letters aimed at us.

Separate from demand-letters/ (outbound) and matters/ (tracked portfolio) because inbound items have their own workflow: read → triage → decide → respond (or escalate to matter). Not everything that comes in becomes a tracked matter.

Layout

inbound/
├── _README.md
└── [slug]/
    ├── incoming.pdf              # or .eml / .docx — the original (or link/pointer)
    ├── triage.md                 # analysis: scope, merit, options, recommendation
    └── response-v1.docx          # drafted response, if we respond (v2, v3 as iterated)

Slug conventions

[type]-[sender-short]-[yyyy-mm]. Examples:

demand-rec-acme-2026-04 (demand letter received)
subpoena-smith-v-us-2026-04 (third-party subpoena)
regulator-ftc-inquiry-2026-04
preservation-vendor-2026-04 (preservation letter received)

Workflow

Type	Command	Outputs
Demand letter received	`/litigation-legal:demand-received [path]`	triage.md + optional response draft
Subpoena served	`/litigation-legal:subpoena-triage [path]`	triage.md + objections memo
Regulator inquiry	future skill

Each triage cross-checks matters/_log.yaml for related matters (same counterparty, overlapping subject). If a related matter exists, the triage flags it and offers to add this as a related_matter entry. If this inbound item should itself become a tracked matter, the triage hands off to /matter-intake with fields pre-populated.

Relationship to matters

Inbound + related to existing matter → link via related_matters field in _log.yaml; file stays in inbound/.
Inbound + should become a matter → create matter; matter.md cross-links back to inbound/[slug]/.
Inbound + handled and closed (no matter needed) → stays in inbound/ as a record.

Relationship to outbound

If the response to an inbound demand is itself an outbound demand (a counter-demand), the triage hands off to /demand-intake pre-populated. The outbound demand lives in demand-letters/, with a cross-link back to this inbound folder.

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