Journalism Tools for Claude Code
A plugin marketplace with tools for investigative journalism: Python script execution with automatic dependency management, data preprocessing with provenance tracking, and transparent data analysis designed to be defensible under scrutiny.
Installation
Add the marketplace and install the plugin:
/plugin marketplace add nhagar/claude-plugins-journalism
/plugin install journalism-tools@journalism-tools
Skills
Once installed, you'll have access to four skills:
/journalism-tools:python-runner
Run Python scripts with automatic dependency management using uv. No manual environment setup required—dependencies are installed automatically in isolated environments.
/journalism-tools:journalistic-data-preprocessing
Preprocessing workflow for journalistic data analysis emphasizing transparency, provenance, and human oversight. Core principles:
- Provenance first: Every row traces to source file, sheet, and row number
- No silent transformations: Every change is documented and approved
- Human-in-the-loop: Present findings and get approval before transformations
- Transparency artifacts: Generate documentation suitable for reporters and editors
/journalism-tools:structured-data-analysis-journalism
Analyze preprocessed data for investigative journalism with full transparency. Emphasizes simple, legible analyses over complex methods—every finding must be explainable to editors and defensible under scrutiny. Core principles:
- Simple beats clever: Analyses must be explainable in plain language
- Every number needs a source: Statistics trace back to verifiable records
- Findings are hypotheses: Analysis surfaces patterns, not proof of wrongdoing
- Defensibility over sophistication: Simple analyses that hold up under scrutiny
/journalism-tools:document-extractor
Extract structured data from documents that resist standard parsing—scanned PDFs, redacted FOIA responses, inconsistent government forms, and OCR artifacts. Follows a five-step workflow:
- Convert documents to page images
- Transcribe each page to markdown, preserving layout and marking redactions, illegible text, and handwriting
- Stitch page transcripts into a single document
- Schema proposal with journalist approval before extraction
- Extract to JSON with provenance tracking and a browser-based review interface
Core principles:
- Provenance: Every extracted record traces to source page and document
- Human-in-the-loop: Schema must be approved before extraction proceeds
- Transparent ambiguity: Redactions, illegible text, and low-confidence values are explicitly marked
- Zero-install review: Generates a self-contained HTML interface for journalist verification
Local Development
Test the plugin locally without installing:
claude --plugin-dir ./plugins/journalism-tools
License
MIT
NHagar