Research Toolkit

Six skills for research, source preservation, and academic workflows. Covers academic writing and scholarly communication, legal paywall-bypass strategies (Unpaywall, library databases, ethical open-access strategies), web archiving (Wayback Machine, Archive.today, ArchiveBox, evidence preservation), web page monitoring and change detection (Visualping, ChangeTower, self-hosted alternatives), AI-enriched digital archive construction with entity extraction and knowledge graphs, and a curated free-API catalog with currency notes for major API sunsets (IEX Cloud, CrowdTangle, ProPublica Congress, X, Reddit). Built for journalists, researchers, librarians, and academics who need to find, preserve, and analyze evidence across the web.

Type
plugin
GitHub stars
★ 303
Repository
jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
Category
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Install

  1. 1Quick install (skills CLI)

    npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill research-toolkit --agent claude-code

    Installs research-toolkit into the current project's .claude/skills/ directory. Requires Node.js and the skills CLI.

  2. 2Manual install

    Create ~/.claude/plugins/<name>/ and copy the SKILL.md file from the repository into it. The directory name must match the skill name.

⚠️ Exact file layout and requirements vary by repository — always check the repo README first.

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Prefer the full source? The repository README is the authoritative install reference.