Motion In Limine

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Motion In Limine 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. Motion In Limine is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Sales category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Sales · Sub-category: deal-management · Last updated: 2026-06-06

Drafts criminal defense motions in limine to exclude prejudicial, irrelevant, or inadmissible evidence before trial. Covers FRE 401-403 relevance/prejudice, FRE 404(b) character/prior-acts, FRE 801-807 hearsay, and FRE 702-703 expert testimony. Use when drafting pre-trial exclusion motions, evidentiary objection briefs, or motions to preclude testimony in criminal defense matters.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Motion In Limine includes a dedicated installation section. The SKILL.md runs to about 694 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.

License: Apache-2.0
Original author: CaseMark
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-06
Catalog position: Sales · deal-management
Indexed related skills: 10

How Motion In Limine fits the catalog

Motion In Limine sits in the Sales category under the deal-management 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

Drafts a pre-trial motion to exclude specific evidence, testimony, or exhibits from being presented to the jury. Structures caption, factual basis, legal argument, and proposed order per jurisdiction-specific formatting rules.

What this skill does

Motion In Limine is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the deal-management sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/motion-in-limine/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when drafting pre-trial exclusion motions, evidentiary objection briefs, or motions to preclude testimony in criminal defense matters.

Who uses this skill

The Motion In Limine Claude Code skill is built for sales development reps, account executives, revenue operations teams, and customer success managers. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 93,000+ 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/motion-in-limine
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/motion-in-limine/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/motion-in-limine/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/motion-in-limine/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Motion In Limine Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Motion In Limine 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 Motion In Limine skill?

Use Motion In Limine when your Claude Code task falls under the Sales category — specifically in the deal management 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 Motion In Limine" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/sales/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Motion In Limine 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. Motion In Limine is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Sales category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/ThomasMoreAI/legal-skills-open/blob/HEAD/us/criminal/skills/motion-in-limine/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). Motion In Limine [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/motion-in-limine/

BibTeX

@misc{motion-in-limine-2026,
  author    = {CaseMark},
  title     = {Motion In Limine [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/motion-in-limine/}
}

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