Does it support all Swiss national languages?

Yes, it provides specific formatting and terminology for German (DE), French (FR), and Italian (IT), as well as unofficial English (EN) formats used in international contexts.

Which Swiss codes are covered?

It covers all major federal codes including the Civil Code (ZGB/CC), Code of Obligations (OR/CO), Criminal Code (StGB/CP), Federal Constitution (BV/Cst.), and procedural codes (ZPO/CPC).

Can it convert a German citation to a French one?

Absolutely. The skill is designed to convert prefixes and labels (like Art./art. or BGE/ATF) while preserving the critical volume, section, and page numbers.

How does it handle cantonal court citations?

It includes standardized formats for major cantons such as Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Basel-Stadt, Vaud, and Ticino, ensuring court names and reference formats are correct.

How does this improve legal drafting?

It targets over 95% citation accuracy by enforcing linguistic consistency rules and verifying article existence, significantly reducing manual proofreading time for legal professionals.

Swiss Legal Citation Formatter

Name: Swiss Legal Citation Formatter
Author: fedec65

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Gestión de Contenido

Standardizes and verifies Swiss legal citations across German, French, Italian, and English for professional legal documentation.

The swiss-citation-formats skill is a specialized tool for Claude Code designed for legal professionals and researchers in Switzerland. It automates the complex task of formatting federal court decisions (BGE/ATF/DTF), statutory articles, and legal doctrine according to strict linguistic and stylistic conventions. By ensuring language consistency—never mixing German and French conventions in a single reference—and verifying article numbers against actual statutes, it helps users maintain a 95%+ accuracy rate in multi-lingual legal drafting, translation, and academic research.

Características Principales

01Automated statutory article citation for major codes including ZGB, OR, StGB, BV, ZPO, and StPO.

02Multi-lingual formatting for BGE, ATF, and DTF federal court decisions across all Swiss official languages.

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04Cross-language citation conversion that localizes labels while preserving numerical integrity.

05Validation of article numbers and paragraph counts against official Swiss statutory texts.

06Standardized formatting for cantonal court decisions and complex doctrine references.

Casos de Uso

01Drafting multi-lingual legal briefs or academic papers requiring precise Swiss citation standards.

02Verifying existing legal citations in drafts against official Swiss legal standards and statutes.

03Translating legal documents between Swiss national languages while ensuring citation localization.

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add fedec65/bettercallclaude swiss-citation-formats

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Características Principales

01Automated statutory article citation for major codes including ZGB, OR, StGB, BV, ZPO, and StPO.

02Multi-lingual formatting for BGE, ATF, and DTF federal court decisions across all Swiss official languages.

034 GitHub stars

04Cross-language citation conversion that localizes labels while preserving numerical integrity.

05Validation of article numbers and paragraph counts against official Swiss statutory texts.

06Standardized formatting for cantonal court decisions and complex doctrine references.

Casos de Uso

01Drafting multi-lingual legal briefs or academic papers requiring precise Swiss citation standards.

02Verifying existing legal citations in drafts against official Swiss legal standards and statutes.

03Translating legal documents between Swiss national languages while ensuring citation localization.