Journalism skills
Skills for journalists, researchers and academics: verification, FOIA requests, data journalism and academic writing, for Claude Code and Codex.
Test results
Run with our skill harness: the skill alone in a throwaway project, invoked by name, and the real output file checked. Skills are tested in Claude Code and Cursor only so far.
| Client | Result | Last passed | What we checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code 2.1.296 (Claude Code) | Passed Tested 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-26 | fact-check via report.md: {'token': True, 'flags sample size / n=12': True, 'flags no control': True, 'flags causal/cause language': True, 'recommendation or rating': True} |
| Cursor 2026.10.22-27dcf5f | Passed Tested 2026-10-26 | 2026-10-26 | fact-check via report.md: {'token': True, 'flags sample size / n=12': True, 'flags no control': True, 'flags causal/cause language': True, 'recommendation or rating': True} |
Skill version: github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism @ f0fea787 (2026-10-24).
Get it
The skill’s files and install instructions are in its repository: github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.