Template: Legal Assistant

Overview

The Legal Assistant template creates a Korean legal Q&A agent that searches statutes, precedents, and administrative rules via Schift’s public bucket.

No document upload needed. No law data to manage. Just deploy and ask.

Quick Start

npx create-schift my-legal-bot --template legal-assistant
cd my-legal-bot
npx schift auth login    # browser opens, one click
npm start

Legal Assistant ready. Type your question (Ctrl+C to exit).

You: 근로기준법에서 출산휴가 기간이 어떻게 되나요?

Agent: 근로기준법 제74조에 따르면, 사용자는 임신 중의 여성에게
       출산 전과 출산 후를 통하여 90일의 출산전후휴가를 주어야 합니다...
       [출처: 근로기준법 제74조 제1항]

What’s Included

my-legal-bot/
  src/agent.ts            # Agent + RAG configuration
  schift.config.json      # Model, bucket, instructions
  .env.local.example      # API key guide
  package.json
  tsconfig.json

Configuration

schift.config.json

{
  "name": "my-legal-bot",
  "template": "legal-assistant",
  "agent": {
    "name": "my-legal-bot",
    "model": "qwen/qwen3.6-plus-preview:free",
    "instructions": "You are a Korean legal assistant..."
  },
  "rag": {
    "bucket": "public--korean-law",
    "topK": 5
  },
  "llm": {
    "provider": "openrouter",
    "baseUrl": "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
  }
}

LLM Options

The template defaults to OpenRouter’s free tier (no API key needed for the LLM). You can switch to any provider:

Provider	Config
OpenRouter (free, default)	No changes needed
OpenRouter (paid)	Set LLM_API_KEY in .env.local
Schift Cloud	Remove llm section from config
Ollama (local)	Set baseUrl to http://localhost:11434/v1

Changing the Model

Edit agent.model in schift.config.json:

"model": "gpt-4o-mini"

Any OpenAI-compatible model ID works.

How It Works

1. User asks a question
2. Agent calls rag_search tool (auto-registered from the public bucket)
3. Schift searches public--korean-law for relevant statutes
4. Agent generates an answer citing specific articles

The public bucket handles all law data. See Public Buckets for details on lazy indexing and caching.

Customization Ideas

• Add company documents: Upload internal policies to a private bucket, combine with public law data
• Change instructions: Specialize for employment law, tax law, real estate law, etc.
• Add web search: Enable web search for recent legal news
• Build a web UI: Replace the CLI chat loop with a web interface

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• Schift API key (npx schift auth login)