# Complaint drafter
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Drafts civil complaints, petitions, and originating applications by mapping client facts to the legal elements of each cause of action.

Drafts civil complaints, petitions, and originating applications by mapping client facts to the legal elements of each cause of action. Validates plausibility under Twombly/Iqbal (US federal), applies heightened pleading for fraud (Rule 9(b)) and securities claims (PSLRA), and structures jurisdictional allegations, factual narratives, causes of action, and prayer for relief. Supports US federal, state, England & Wales (Particulars of Claim under CPR Part 16), and Australia (Statement of Claim under Federal Court Rules). Produces court-ready complaints with numbered paragraphs, element-mapped causes of action, exhibit references, and verification where required. Includes pre-suit requirement checks, Rule 11 compliance validation, and strategic claim selection guidance.

This skill drafts civil complaints and equivalent originating pleadings by systematically mapping client facts to the legal elements of each cause of action, structuring jurisdictional and venue allegations, building a persuasive factual narrative, and formatting the document for court filing. The skill operates in two primary modes: 1. **Full Draft Mode**: Generates a complete, court-ready complaint from client facts, instructions, and legal research — including caption, jurisdictional allegations, parties, factual narrative, causes of action (each element-mapped), prayer for relief, jury demand, and certificates. 2. **Element Validation Mode**: Takes an existing draft complaint and validates it against pleading standards — checking each cause of action for element completeness, verifying Twombly/Iqbal plausibility, flagging Rule 9(b) compliance issues for fraud claims, and identifying missing jurisdictional allegations. **Covers:** - **Element mapping**: Systematic identification and pleading of every element for each cause of action - **Plausibility validation**: Twombly/Iqbal analysis for each claim (US federal) - **Heightened pleading**: Rule 9(b) fraud specificity, PSLRA scienter requirements - **Jurisdictional analysis**: Federal question, diversity, supplemental jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, venue - **Complaint structure**: Caption, parties, facts, counts, prayer, certificates — properly formatted - **Pre-suit requirements**: Administrative exhaustion (EEOC), tort claims notices, certificates of merit, demand letters - **Claim selection**: Strategic ...

## Jurisdictions

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