Lotr Speechscape — Development skill for Claude Code

LOTR Speechscape

A [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) skill for writing, revising and critiquing prose in J.R.R. Tolkien's manner.

Built from how Tolkien actually worked — his compositional process and the scholarship on his style — rather than from the surface features people usually copy.

/lotr-speechscape write Théoden's speech before the charge at the Pelennor

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Install

Pick one. Both are a single command.

**Personal** — available in every project:

git clone https://github.com/justenm25/lotr-speechscape.git ~/.claude/skills/lotr-speechscape

Windows (PowerShell)

git clone https://github.com/justenm25/lotr-speechscape.git "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\lotr-speechscape"

**Project-scoped** — commit it alongside a manuscript so collaborators get it too. Run this from the project root:

git clone https://github.com/justenm25/lotr-speechscape.git .claude/skills/lotr-speechscape

No git? Download the zip instead

Download [the latest zip](https://github.com/justenm25/lotr-speechscape/archive/refs/heads/main.zip), unpack it, and move the folder to `~/.claude/skills/lotr-speechscape` (macOS/Linux) or `%USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\lotr-speechscape` (Windows).

The folder must contain `SKILL.md` at its top level.

Then

Restart Claude Code and check it registered:

/help

You should see `lotr-speechscape` in the skills list. If you don't, confirm the file `~/.claude/skills/lotr-speechscape/SKILL.md` exists.

Update later

cd ~/.claude/skills/lotr-speechscape && git pull

Uninstall

rm -rf ~/.claude/skills/lotr-speechscape

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Use it

Invoke it explicitly:

/lotr-speechscape 

Or just ask — Claude loads it automatically when a request calls for it:

Write a lament for a drowned city in the style of the Rohirrim.

Rewrite chapter 3 so the reg