Project Templates Toolkit
Three skills for starting and closing out journalism projects: a CLAUDE.md project-memory writer, a LESSONS.md retrospective writer, and a template-selector decision tree for editorial tools, events, publications, research, pipelines, and archives.
- Type
- Plugin
- Repository
- jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- GitHub stars
- 403
- License
- MIT
- Repo last updated
- Sep 25, 2026
- Version
- 1.0.4
- Author
- Joe Amditis
What Project Templates Toolkit is
Project Templates 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 Project Templates 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 Project Templates Toolkit
Claude Code
- Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
- Install the plugin: claude plugin install project-templates-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 Project Templates 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 project-templates-toolkit/.claude-plugin/plugin.json, shared under the repository's MIT license. Read the full file on GitHub.
Three skills for setting up and closing out journalism projects, the institutional-knowledge layer that survives staff turnover, sabbaticals, and the natural decay of "everyone just knows that."
Skills in this plugin
Client support
project-retrospective and template-selector remain shared-skill candidates. project-memory currently generates CLAUDE.md for Claude Code. Paired test fixtures define the intended merge and nested-scope contract for both clients, but Codex AGENTS.md output is not supported yet. The Codex fixture must pass against an installed client before the shared instructions or an adapter change.
Installation
/plugin marketplace add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism
/plugin install project-templates-toolkit@claude-skills-journalismSee also
- dev-toolkit, 11 development skills (accessibility, Electron, scraping, frontend patterns, CLAUDE.md maintenance)
- journalism-core, 15 skills for reporting, verification, publishing
- research-toolkit, 6 skills for research, archives, academic workflows
- security-toolkit, 3 defensive security skills for web apps and APIs
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 Project Templates Toolkit?
Project Templates Toolkit is a plugin for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the jamditis/claude-skills-journalism repository on GitHub. Three skills for starting and closing out journalism projects: a CLAUDE.md project-memory writer, a LESSONS.md retrospective writer, and a template-selector decision tree for editorial tools, events, publications, research, pipelines, and archives.
How do I install Project Templates 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 project-templates-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 Project Templates Toolkit in Claude Cowork?
Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace. Enter jamditis/claude-skills-journalism (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub). Find Project Templates Toolkit in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
Is Project Templates 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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