Claude Skills by ur-grue

Writes a radio programme pitch document for submission to a network or station commissioner, covering format, audience, editorial proposition, and production credentials.

Adapts a podcast episode or series format for broadcast radio, identifying and resolving the structural, editorial, and regulatory differences between on-demand and live scheduled audio.

Rewrites scientific, legal, financial, or technical jargon into plain language suitable for a general news audience — preserving accuracy while making the meaning immediately clear to a non-specialist reader.

Produces a structured assessment of the current scientific consensus on a specific topic — distinguishing between what is well-established, what is actively debated, and what is fringe — so a journalist can report on the science accurately without false balance or overstatement.

Summarises a scientific paper in plain language — covering the research question, methodology, key findings, limitations, and implications — so a journalist can accurately report on the study without misrepresenting it or overstating its conclusions.

Evaluates the methodology of a published study in plain language — identifying its strengths, weaknesses, and the specific claims the study design can and cannot support — so a journalist can report on the research without overstating or understating its significance.

Produces a structured research plan for mapping the ownership, governance, and organisational structure of a company or corporate group — identifying the public registries, filings, and databases to consult and the specific questions to answer about who controls the entity and how money flows through it.

Produces a structured, neutral summary of the current state of a public debate or controversy — mapping the main positions, the actors behind them, the evidence each side cites, and the unresolved questions — so a journalist can get up to speed quickly and identify the underreported angles.

Produces a structured research plan for tracing the funding sources of an organisation — NGO, think tank, campaign group, political organisation, or research institution — identifying the public databases, disclosure requirements, and investigative techniques needed to determine who is paying for the organisation's work and whether that creates conflicts of interest.

Identifies historical precedents relevant to a current news event or policy debate, provides a structured comparison showing why each precedent is or is not analogous, and lists the sources a journalist should consult to verify and deepen each comparison.

Produces a structured research framework for tracing the full legislative or regulatory history of a specific law, bill, or regulation — identifying the key milestones, political dynamics, and source documents a journalist needs to understand how the policy reached its current state.

Takes a specific indicator or metric and produces a structured, journalist-ready comparison of how multiple countries perform on that measure, including context on what the differences mean.

Produces a concise, journalist-ready profile of the population structure, trends, and key demographic characteristics of a specified region, city, country, or community — ready to use as background for a story or segment.

Takes raw numbers you provide and calculates derived figures — percentage changes, per-capita rates, index values, or ratios — with plain-language explanations ready to drop into a story.

Identifies the most authoritative official source for a given statistical indicator and tells you exactly where to find the most recent figures, what the data covers, and what to watch out for when using it.

Produces a step-by-step guide — tailored to a journalist's specific story angle — for finding, filtering, and downloading the right data from a named public database.

Translates the key findings of a statistical report into plain, journalist-ready language — pulling out the numbers that matter, explaining what they mean, and flagging anything that needs verification before publication.

Compiles a structured set of credible, ready-to-cite statistics on a specific topic, sourced from recognised institutions, government databases, and peer-reviewed research.

Reads a set of data points or a described data series and identifies the meaningful trends within it, expressed in plain, publication-ready language.

Produces a structured research plan for tracing a widely circulated claim back to its original source — mapping the citation chain, identifying where distortion may have occurred, and listing the databases and techniques needed to find the primary source and assess its reliability.

Produces a plain-language summary of the legal framework applicable to a story — identifying the relevant statutes, regulations, regulatory bodies, and legal principles — so a journalist can report accurately on legal issues without misrepresenting the law or missing key distinctions.

Produces a structured source-protection assessment for a specific source in a specific story, covering risk level, communication security guidance, legal protections available, editorial handling recommendations, and a pre-publication checklist.

Produces a structured verification brief for a specific claim — listing the key questions to investigate, the source types to consult, the red flags to watch for, and a framework for reaching a defensible editorial judgment.

Produces a structured brief identifying the potential financial, professional, and relational conflicts of interest a source or stakeholder may have — and recommending what to disclose, what to investigate further, and how to handle the source editorially.

Produces a concise, reporter-ready briefing note explaining the cultural, religious, or social context a journalist needs before covering a community, practice, or event they are not already familiar with.

Produces a structured, neutral summary of an ongoing public debate or controversy — mapping the major positions, the evidence each side draws on, and the key points of genuine disagreement — so a journalist can cover the story without inadvertently taking a side.

Generates a structured red-flag checklist for a specific document or quote a journalist has received, identifying the observable indicators that commonly appear in fabricated, altered, or misattributed materials — so a reporter knows exactly what to look for before treating the document as verified.

Builds a detailed, prose-style chronology of events for a given story — ordered by date, written in clear narrative language, and structured so a journalist can use it directly as a research backbone or hand it to an editor for fact-checking.

Compiles key events into a structured, scannable timeline — formatted as a table or numbered list — designed for use in graphic production, digital interactives, sidebar fact boxes, and editorial planning documents.

Produces a structured research brief on the known and probable funding sources of an NGO, think tank, advocacy group, or foundation — including disclosed donors, funding structures, potential conflicts of interest, and the key questions a journalist should pursue.

Produces a chronological brief tracing how a law or regulation came to be — the political context, the key amendments and turning points, and what the original intent was compared to how it is applied today — so a journalist understands the story behind the rule they are reporting on.

Produces a structured research framework mapping the internal hierarchy, key decision-makers, departments, and reporting lines of any company, institution, or organisation — so journalists can understand who holds power and how decisions get made before conducting interviews or publishing a story.

Produces a structured research framework for tracing who ultimately owns and controls a company or media outlet — including parent companies, holding structures, investors, and beneficial owners — so journalists can identify conflicts of interest, editorial dependencies, or undisclosed relationships before publishing.

Produces a structured research framework that maps the key political actors, power dynamics, fault lines, and contextual background a journalist needs to understand before reporting on a region or country — without making factual assertions about current events that require live verification.

Takes a specific claim and a list of sources you have gathered, then maps which sources support, contradict, or are silent on the claim — so you can see at a glance whether your sourcing is solid before publication.

Runs a structured checklist over every statistic in your draft — flagging figures that look wrong, comparisons that may mislead, and numbers that need a primary source before they are safe to publish.

Organise user-provided notes, facts, and context into a structured background brief for a story — creating a scannable reference document that a journalist, producer, or editor can consult throughout production.

Identifies which museums, national archives, libraries, film institutes, or specialist collections are most likely to hold historical material relevant to your story or documentary subject.

Produces a practical brief covering the best time of day, season, and weather window for filming at a specific location, including light conditions, crowd patterns, access restrictions, and known logistical challenges a crew should anticipate.

Researches and compares potential locations for a filmed or recorded interview, evaluating each against practical criteria — visual suitability, acoustic quality, access, and narrative fit — and producing a ranked shortlist with a recommendation.

Produces a structured brief summarising the permit requirements, access restrictions, and key contacts needed to film or photograph at a specific location.

Produces a written visual brief describing the architectural character, light conditions, landscape qualities, and cinematic potential of a specific location — giving a director, cinematographer, or art director a working picture of a place before a recce.

Identifies the most relevant photo archives, picture libraries, and institutional collections likely to hold historical images for a specific story, topic, or time period — and provides a prioritised research plan for approaching them.

Generates a complete, shoot-specific packing and equipment checklist organized by category, crew role, and travel constraints.

Produces a structured brief for a researcher or footage coordinator to use when sourcing stock or archive footage from libraries, broadcasters, or specialist archives.

Produces a structured logistics checklist for a reporting trip — covering the research categories a journalist needs to investigate before travel, including transport, accommodation, credentials, safety considerations, communications, and local contacts — so nothing critical is overlooked in trip planning.

Produces a structured summary of how other outlets have already covered a given topic, so you can enter any story with a clear picture of the existing media landscape.

Interprets audience engagement signals from a competitor's published piece — comments, shares, reader responses, social traction — to identify what resonated with the audience and why.

Identifies the editorial angle, narrative frame, and implicit assumptions a competitor has used on a story, so you can make a deliberate choice about how to frame your own coverage differently or more effectively.

Analyses existing coverage on a topic to identify the specific angles, voices, and questions that no outlet has meaningfully addressed — producing a prioritised list of story opportunities your outlet can own.