Health Care Agent Letter

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Health Care Agent Letter skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Health Care Agent Letter is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: ai-tooling · Last updated: 2026-06-06

ai:agent

Drafts a non-binding instruction letter (values letter / legacy letter) from a client to their designated health care agent, translating personal values, quality-of-life thresholds, and scenario-based treatment preferences into operational bedside guidance for substituted judgment. Trigger when the user mentions values letter, legacy letter, instruction letter to healthcare proxy, substituted judgment guidance, supplementing an advance directive with personal guidance, or communicating treatment wishes to a designated agent. Also trigger for family conflict around medical decision-making authority.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Health Care Agent Letter is published as a SKILL.md file in this catalog. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,348 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.

License: Apache-2.0
Original author: CaseMark
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-06
Catalog position: General · ai-tooling
Indexed related skills: 10

How Health Care Agent Letter fits the catalog

Health Care Agent Letter sits in the General category under the ai-tooling sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Non-binding, client-voiced letter that supplements formal advance directives with operational guidance a health care agent can use at the bedside. Not a legal document — the most important supplement to one. In "clear and convincing evidence" jurisdictions (e.g., New York), the letter also serves a critical evidentiary function.

What this skill does

Health Care Agent Letter is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the ai-tooling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/health-care-agent-letter/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Health Care Agent Letter Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 92,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/health-care-agent-letter
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/health-care-agent-letter/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/health-care-agent-letter/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/health-care-agent-letter/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/health-care-agent-letter/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\health-care-agent-letter\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Health Care Agent Letter Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/health-care-agent-letter/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Health Care Agent Letter skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Health Care Agent Letter skill?

Use Health Care Agent Letter when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the ai tooling area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Health Care Agent Letter" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Health Care Agent Letter skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Health Care Agent Letter is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/ThomasMoreAI/legal-skills-open/blob/HEAD/us/trusts-and-estates/skills/health-care-agent-letter/SKILL.md
License: Apache-2.0
Author: CaseMark

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

CaseMark. (2026). Health Care Agent Letter [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/health-care-agent-letter/

BibTeX

@misc{health-care-agent-letter-2026,
  author    = {CaseMark},
  title     = {Health Care Agent Letter [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/health-care-agent-letter/}
}

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