Dev Toolkit
Thirteen development skills for newsroom and research dev teams: accessibility, context management, directed multi-agent execution, Electron, mobile debugging, Python pipelines, test-first bug fixing, ethical scraping, no-build frontends, web UI craft, and CLAUDE.md maintenance.
- Type
- Plugin
- Repository
- jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- GitHub stars
- 403
- License
- MIT
- Repo last updated
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source file
- dev-toolkit/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
- Version
- 1.4.0
- Author
- Joe Amditis
What Dev Toolkit is
Dev Toolkit is a plugin published in the jamditis/claude-skills-journalism repository on GitHub, which has about 403 stars. The repository describes itself as: “Claude Code skills for journalism, media, and academia - verification, FOIA, data journalism, academic writing, and more”
A plugin is a package that bundles skills, slash commands, subagents, hooks, and MCP connectors so they install together. Plugins are plain files with a manifest at .claude-plugin/plugin.json, and they work in both Claude Code and Claude Cowork.
Installing Dev Toolkit adds everything it ships in one step. Connectors inside a plugin still need to be connected separately, and hooks and subagents only run in Cowork and Claude Code, not in regular chat.
How to install Dev Toolkit
Claude Code
- Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- Install the plugin: claude plugin install dev-toolkit@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.
- Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Claude Cowork
- Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace.
- Enter jamditis/claude-skills-journalism (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub).
- Find Dev Toolkit in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.
Inside the source file
An excerpt from dev-toolkit/.claude-plugin/plugin.json, shared under the repository's MIT license. Read the full file on GitHub.
Thirteen development-focused skills for journalists, researchers, and small newsroom dev teams.
Skills in this plugin
Installation
/plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
/plugin install dev-toolkit@claude-skills-journalismThe plugin form invokes the skill as /dev-toolkit:director. For the literal /director command, copy or symlink the standalone skill into the personal Claude Code skills directory:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r dev-toolkit/skills/director ~/.claude/skills/See also
- journalism-core, 15 skills for reporting, verification, publishing
- research-toolkit, 6 skills for research, archives, academic workflows
Before you install
- Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
- Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
- Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
- Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
- Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.
FAQ
What is Dev Toolkit?
Dev Toolkit is a plugin for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the jamditis/claude-skills-journalism repository on GitHub. Thirteen development skills for newsroom and research dev teams: accessibility, context management, directed multi-agent execution, Electron, mobile debugging, Python pipelines, test-first bug fixing, ethical scraping, no-build frontends, web UI craft, and CLAUDE.md maintenance.
How do I install Dev Toolkit in Claude Code?
Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism Install the plugin: claude plugin install dev-toolkit@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Can I use Dev Toolkit in Claude Cowork?
Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace. Enter jamditis/claude-skills-journalism (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub). Find Dev Toolkit in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
Is Dev Toolkit safe to install?
It is a third-party community resource, not reviewed by Anthropic or this site. Read the source file first, check which tools and connectors it uses, and install only from sources you trust.
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